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Nell Dorr, West Branch, Westport, Connecticut, to John Van Nostrand Dorr. n.d.

Nell Dorr Papers

Object Details

  • Date

    n.d.

  • Genre/Form

    Letters

  • Accession Number

    A2008.045.01.02.04.011.001

  • Description

    Autograph letter signed. Explains accounting Nell has made about the farm and its expenses, Says it doesn’t include doctor’s bills or the effects of the strain on Bets’ health and her own. Says as a result of the summer’s project she herself is a physical and nervous wreck. Includes costs of meal preparations, trips for supplies, wages for help, etc. Says that nothing means as much to him as experimentation and “that is no foundation to build a home on.”

  • Credit Line

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Preferred Citation

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas.

Additional details

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Location: Off view

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