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190083373s. l.: S. n. 1900. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1900 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count on a closed pneumatic card of 14 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Cher monsieur il est bien convenu que vous rappelez n'est-ce pas nos fêtes de lundi dans votre numéro de ce soir par un petit entrefilet invitant et signfiant avec l'heure du départ et les attractions etc. Merci et bon sentiment. Cye R.de M."" ""Dear sir it is well understood that you will remind is it not our Monday festivities in your issue this evening with a small inviting and meaningful paragraph with the departure time and attractions etc. Thank you and good feelings. Cye R.de M."" S. n. unknown
190883360s. l.: S. n. 1908. Fine. S. n. s. l. 4 février 1908 21.50 x 28 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 22 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Neuilly Indeed dear friend you would give me great pleasure by continuing to point out to your readers the faithfulness of word & the good conduct of this edition which encounters more and more the serious reception to which I hope it is entitled by showing more clearly what those titles that have become famous contained a little confidence and which want to deserve to be so after a more mature examination. And if you insist on the poor passiflora of which your wife speaks to me so eloquently and elegantly in a letter that would be a very beautiful 'art criticism' this will delight at the same time a luminous shadow and my chiaroscuro. Robert de M. 4 February 08."" Fold marks inherent to envelope placement. S. n. unknown
190083374Paris: S. n. 1900. Fine. S. n. Paris s. d. circa 1910 23 x 18 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 27 lines written in violet ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""14 avenue Bosquet Cher monsieur et ami j'ai le plaisir de vous envoyer mon livre que je l'espère vous aimerez assez pour lui concéder la gracieuse faveur que je vous demande. Quelques lignes un alinéa en première page rappelant à vos lecteurs son apparition avec un bout de commentaire que vous tracerez je le sais obligeamment et savamment seront pour dédommager et peut-être récompenser le poète qui s'entête à chanter en ces époques troublée. Un compte-rendu de M. Perret m'a été promis mais il viendra en son temps que la politique peut retarder ; et votre bienveillant et incisif rappel agirait à cette heure fort élégamment et éloquemment sur les voyageurs au débotté et sur les parisiens en partance. Merci avant pendant après de votre sincère affectionné Robert de Montesquiou. 22 juin."" ""14 avenue Bosquet Dear sir and friend I have the pleasure of sending you my book which I hope you will like enough to grant it the gracious favor I ask of you. A few lines a paragraph on the first page reminding your readers of its appearance with a bit of commentary that you will write I know obligingly and learnedly will compensate and perhaps reward the poet who persists in singing in these troubled times. A review by M. Perret has been promised to me but it will come in its time which politics may delay; and your benevolent and incisive reminder would act at this hour most elegantly and eloquently on travelers upon arrival and on Parisians departing. Thank you before during after from your sincere affectionate Robert de Montesquiou. June 22."" Small pinhole marks that held the two sheets together. S. n. unknown
192083358s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1920 25.50 x 20 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 27 lines written in blue ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Neuilly Dear friend thank you for your note. I am going to see Coppée again. When you speak again you of my book you will please me of course if this accords with your views first by recalling that it is dedicated to Barrès then by observing if not admiring what is rare in the spectacle shall we say the example given by an artist who has proven himself and publishes his eleventh volume books in which there are things without ever having cared about anything other than the esteem of those who please him; by a man who below this list of works which is requested of him by a recent questionnaire then encountering the word rewards followed by a question mark has the happiness and perhaps the honor of having to leave this useless line blank or at least to populate it with this word from Flaubert: ""One must be quite modest to be able to be honored"" Your proud friend RMontesquiou. 10 June."" Traces of folds inherent to the envelope. S. n. unknown
197275103Paris 1972. Fine. Paris 25 juin 1972 21 x 27 cm une page sur un feuillet enveloppe jointe Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Arnost Budik; one page written in black ink on a sheet of tissue paper. Envelope included. Some punch holes in the margin of the letter and envelope not affecting the text as well as some folds inherent to the folding of the missive. Roger Caillois thanks the Czech writer for the ""issues of Gravida that he was kind enough to send him"". Arnost Budik was indeed part of the editorial committee of this Belgian surrealist magazine and seems to have solicited a contribution from Caillois: ""Please find enclosed a text that I have just completed."" Caillois was alongside the surrealists only very briefly from 1932 to 1935 and here seems to apologize for this distancing: ""Surrealism never much appreciated descriptive-meditative poetry where I believed later to find my path. So if the text does not suit you have no qualms about returning it to me quite simply. I would understand very well."" unknown
196875105Paris 1968. Fine. Paris Mardi 27 février 1968 13.50 x 20.90 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Dominique Aury; one page on a leaf written in blue ballpoint pen. Interesting letter concerning the article ""Mémoire interlope"" which would appear in issue 185 of the sixteenth year May 1968 of the Nouvelle Revue Française. At this time Marcel Arland and Jean Paulhan were both directors of the review which they had revived from its ashes in 1953. Roger Caillois's correspondent Dominique Aury also known under the pseudonym Pauline Réage sat on the Reading Committee of the famous Revue. This letter concerns a ""note"" that Roger Caillois asks Dominique Aury not to publish: ""Pour la note comme je l'avais dit à Arland je renonce à la publier. Notre ami la prendrait surement comme une sorte de coup de poignard dans le dos une trahison d'autant plus délibérée que je n'écris pour ainsi dire jamais de note. Elle n'en vaut pas la peine."" ""Regarding the note as I had told Arland I'm giving up publishing it. Our friend would surely take it as a sort of stab in the back a betrayal all the more deliberate since I practically never write notes. It's not worth it."" We could find no trace of this enigmatic note which Roger Caillois is impatient to recover: ""Retournez-la moi voulez-vous. J'en ferai peut-être le noyau d'une étude plus étendue où j'essaierai qu'apparaissent moins irritants que dans ce condensé les rapprochements litigieux."" ""Return it to me would you. I might perhaps make it the core of a more extended study where I will try to make the contentious connections appear less irritating than in this condensed version."" unknown
196867060Paris 1968. Fine. Paris 16 décembre 1968 21 x 27 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Long autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes addressed to Georges Raillard. Two pages written in blue ink on a letterhead of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Envelope with identical header attached. Two central folds inherent in enveloping the envelope. ""Dear friend Thank you for your good letter thank you for the list of notabilities and thank you for the check.Fun has it that I will go back to Barcelona for a few hours at the end of the week.I could not have room on Saturday 21 in the plane Geneva Casablanca which takes place once a week and held by complicated dates I was obliged to go to Morocco to plan to go from Geneva to Barcelona unknown
195762715s. l. 1957. Fine. s. l. 21 mai 1957 13.30 x 20.90 cm une page sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes in Wintgen written in black ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Central fold caused by mailing. Roland Barthes sends this letter to warn his addressee that he will not be able to come to a meeting of authors in Germany. He writes that he must absolutely be in Switzerland on the same date. unknown
195662716s. l. 1956. Fine. s. l. 11 mai 1956 21 x 27 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed Roland Barthes written in black ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folds caused by mailing. One erasure and two additions from the author's hand.Roland Barthes sends this letter to warn his addressee that he will not send him the article he had announced on realism because what he wrote does not satisfy him: ""I can not decide to give you this text on realism and I just ask you to give it up: it does not satisfy me enough "" . He then proposes a theme of reflection for the journal of his correspondent which would be the study of the stakes of the debates between intellectuals: ""its limits its hopes its failures its action what one expects etc."" 1956 is the year of the writing of the Mythologies of Barthes which appear at Seuil in 1957. unknown
195662720s. l. 1956. Fine. s. l. 2 juin 1956 21 x 27.10 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes written in blue ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folds caused by mailing.Roland Barthes sends this letter to his correspondent to warn him that he has decided to give ""three pages of his intervention"" to Hollerer founder of the German magazine Akzente and that following his refusal of an article addressed to the addressee he afraid that it will upset him. He explains in the letter saying that these pages are not really developed but also that it ""dreads the German audience less"". 1956 is the year of the writing of the Mythologies of Barthes which appear at Seuil in 1957. unknown
191475402Mannheim: s. n. 1914. Fine. Roland Garros comes to the aid of aviators' widows and orphans s. n. Mannheim s. d. juin 1914 22.20 x 28.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Roland Garros addressed to his ""vieux Toto"" Jacques Mortane written in black ink on Parkhotel Mannheim letterhead. Horizontal folds from mailing a few marginal tears without loss. A rare and attractive letter in which the aviator refers to ""Le Groupe"" and the ""Jour des Aviateurs"" at Juvisy: ""Faites l'impossible dans l'intérêt très important du groupe je vous expliquerai pourquoi jeudi à Paris pour faire passer en bonne place dans Excelsior l'article inclus intégralement."" Mortane successfully managed to transmit the article which was published in the 14 June 1914 issue under the title ""Le Gala des Aviateurs - La fête aérienne d'aujourd'hui à Juvisy."" It was Roland Garros who initiated the association with Jacques Mortane serving as secretary general which he named ""Le Groupe."" Bringing together around fifteen aviation celebrities its purpose included supporting the widows and orphans of fellow aviators who had perished in pursuit of their passion. The ""Journée des aviateurs"" was the first charitable event organized by ""Le Groupe"" and as this letter testifies held great significance for Garros: ""C'est très très important pour nous."" The letters and signatures of the most famous of aviators who died at only twenty-nine are rare and much sought after. s. n. unknown
196775618n. l.: s. n. 1967. Fine. s. n. n. l. 17 février 1967 21.50 x 27 cm une page sur un feuillet Handwritten letter signed by Samuel Beckett addressed to Alain Bosquet. Some lines written in black ink on watermarked paper. I do not have the slightest novelty to offer you . I very much regret. s. n. unknown
1980770661980. Fine. 2 Juillet 1980 14.50 x 20.50 cm 1 page 1 enveloppe Autograph letter signed by Simone de Beauvoir consisting of 9 lines addressed to Antoinette Boulesteix with envelope enclosed. A central fold inherent to the mailing and an envelope mark at the foot of the letter the envelope and letter having been glued together then separated. ""Chère mademoiselle je suis très touchée de cette lettre mais je n'ai pas le temps de rencontrer votre mère. Je quitte Paris pour aller me reposer à la campagne. Dites lui mes regrets et croyez à mes meilleurs sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir."" ""Dear Mademoiselle I am very touched by this letter but I do not have time to meet your mother. I am leaving Paris to go rest in the countryside. Give her my regrets and believe in my best sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir."" unknown
1808689671808. Fine. 26 mars 1808 20 x 24.80 cm 3 pages 1/2 sur un double feuillet Long autograph letter by Stendhal addressed to his sister Pauline written in fine handwriting with black ink. Address of Stendhal's father where his sister resides in Grenoble with the stamp ""n°51 Grande Armée."" Red wax seal bearing Stendhal's coat of arms. Several original folds inherent to postal delivery. A paper loss due to the unsealing of the letter has been skillfully restored. Published in his Correspondance ed. Henri Martineau Paris Le Divan 1933 vol. 3 no. 262 A pp. 26-29. A very beautiful letter filled with romantic passion blending childhood nostalgia with sentimental tales and foreshadowing The Red and the Black. This letter is part of the correspondence between twenty-five years old Henri Beyle and his sister Pauline three years his junior. This epistolary relationship which quickly took the form of a ""journal"" as Pauline's responses were rare. It is deemed a crucial milestone in the intellectual development of the future Stendhal: ""Here are my dreams my dear friend; I am almost ashamed of them; but after all you are the only person in the world to whom I dare confess them."" In this letter which attests to the strong bond between brother and sister Stendhal then in Germany expresses his deep nostalgia: ""I revisited in my memory all the time we spent together: how I did not love you in our childhood; how I once hit you at Claix in the kitchen. I hid in the little book cabinet; my father came back a moment later furious and said to me: 'Wicked child! I would eat you!' Then all the woes inflicted upon us by poor Aunt Séraphie; our walks along those paths surrounded by stagnant water towards Saint-Joseph."" These regrets about the past are accompanied by a typically Stendhalian melancholy: ""Alas! That delightful happiness I once imagined I glimpsed it once at Frascati and a few other times in Milan. Since then it has not returned; I marvel at my inability to feel it. The mere memory of it is more powerful than all the present joys I can procure."" This evocation of the Italy he longs for is intertwined with memories of the women he loved: ""I told you that while in Frascati at a charming fireworks display at the moment of the explosion Adèle leaned on my shoulder for an instant; I cannot express how happy I was. For two years whenever I was overwhelmed with sorrow this image gave me courage and made me forget all my troubles. I had long forgotten it; I tried to recall it today. Against my will I see Adèle as she is; but as I am now there is no longer the slightest joy in this memory."" This lengthy account of Adèle Rebuffet his cousin with whom he had a profound romantic relationship before forming a closer bond with her mother reflects Stendhal's sentimentality. He also mentions another of his great passions Angelina Pietragrua the ideal Italian woman and embodiment of his Milanese memories: ""Madame Pietragrua is different: her memory is linked to that of the Italian language; whenever something pleases me in a role for a woman in a work I involuntarily put it into her mouth."" This ""role for a woman"" that Stendhal refers to echoes the central theme of this letter the work Il Matrimonio segreto by composer Cimarosa: ""Do you sometimes play the Matrimonio Its the passage Cara sposa at the beginning between Carolina and Paolino. . But play the Matrimonio for my sake especially Signor deh permettette and the finale Io rival de mia sorella."" This opera by Cimarosa remained a constant throughout the writer's life and work. In his Memoirs of an Egotist 1832 he explains: ""In Milan in 1820 I wanted to have this written on my tomb . I wanted a marble tablet in the shape of a playing card: ""Errico Beyle - Milanese - Visse scrisse amò - Quest'anima adorava Cimarosa Mozart e Shakspeare - Morì di anni. il . 18."" ""Henri Beyle - Milanese - He lived wrote loved - This soul adored Cimarosa Mozar unknown
187164361Versailles 1871. Fine. Versailles s. d. 20-30 avril 1871 10.50 x 11.50 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Théophile Gautier 34 lines in black ink address at foot on verso of the letter: ""Versailles avenue de St-Cloud n°3"". Folds inherent to mailing. The letter appears to be unpublished not mentioned in the Correspondance Générale de Théophile Gautier edited by Claudine Lacoste-Veysseyre under the direction of Pierre Laubriet Droz Geneva-Paris 12 vol. 1985-2000. Rare glimpse into Gautier's private life the letter captures the anguish that struck the author and his family during the Paris Commune. Separated from his family by the Prussian invasion of 1870 and the Parisian insurrections of 1871 Théophile Gautier confides the extent of his torments both financial and due to the Paris Commune to his ""dear sweetheart"" his younger daughter Estelle Gautier: ""I may yet manage to recover from this collapse . I am happy that these atrocious ordeals have been spared you. For my part I nearly lost my life and I am still not in brilliant condition"". Gautier's usual supporters are evident here through the names of academician Camille Doucet and dancer Carlotta Grisi. The virulence of the fighting between communards and repressive forces can be sensed in the evocation of Gautier's sister Emilie called ""Lili"": ""Lili is still in her cellar. Coming out is too perilous but she will be delivered within a few days. Alas! Very long ones"". Characteristic of the personal register rare in Gautier's correspondence the letter is imbued with the paternal love the author bears for his family: ""What a celebration when we are all reunited for my heart suffers greatly from this dispersion"". unknown
1879841641879. Fine. 12 mars 1879 10.20 x 13.30 cm une page sur un bifeuillet et une enveloppe Autograph letter signed by Victor Schoelcher one page written in black ink on a bifolium of blue paper bearing the monogram and address of the politician addressed to minister Alfred Boucher-Cadart director of the general security service at the Ministry of the Interior. The envelope containing this letter has been pasted onto the second leaf. Central fold inherent to the mailing. ""There is nothing more to be done for the worker Cauchare. He was forced to serve his 10 days in prison while the Ministry of Justice was changing his sentence. I nonetheless thank you for your goodwill toward the poor man and I ask you to accept the assurance of my highest consideration."" unknown
195686293Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 1956. Fine. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie s. d. ca 1956 13 x 21 cm une page et demie sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Violette Leduc addressed to Adriana probably Adriana Salem 21 lines in blue ink. Folding inherent to mailing and small marginal lacks due to removal of the sheet. Thank-you letter sent from her Versailles home: ""J'ai bien reçu la boîte de gâteaux merci de tout mon coeur comme c'est gentil."" ""I received the box of cakes thank you with all my heart how kind."" Violette Leduc being mentally ill she informs her correspondent of her medical treatment program: ""Simone de Beauvoir m'emmenera à la Vallée aux Loups dans la clinique du Dr Le Savoureux mais Diatkine me reverra avant ici c'est long enfin si j'en sors ! "" ""Simone de Beauvoir will take me to Vallée aux Loups to Dr Le Savoureux's clinic but Diatkine will see me again before that here it's long finally if I get out of it!"" and asks for her news. Adriana Salem was the daughter of Frederic Gentili di Giuseppe representative of the Italian Minister of Finance in Paris and great collector of Italian Renaissance paintings. unknown
196086494Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 1960. Fine. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie s. d. ca 1960 16 x 22 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Violette Leduc addressed to Adriana probably Adriana Salem 20 lines in blue ink. Fold marks inherent to postal handling and small marginal losses due to removal of the leaf. Violette Leduc is still in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie: "". bloquée par les belles choses cherchées et trouvées dans la nature : des grosses des vieilles pierres de couleurs des fossiles"" "". blocked by the beautiful things sought and found in nature: big old colored stones fossils"" and cheerfully enjoys her walks in the open countryside: ""J'ai marché des kilomètres et des kilomètres sous la pluie sous l'orage ."" ""I walked kilometers and kilometers in the rain in the storm ."" She worries about having everything she has gathered during her wanderings transported to Paris: "". j'ai porté ces chargements. Maintenant je me demande comment les expédier. Il y en a beaucoup. L'idée que tout arriverait en miettes me désole vous le comprendrez."" "". I carried these loads. Now I wonder how to ship them. There are many. The idea that everything would arrive in pieces dismays me you will understand."" unknown
1963757071963. Fine. 9 10 et 16 janvier 1963 16.60 x 21.90 cm 3 pages sur 2 feuillets Autograph letter signed by Violette Leduc addressed to Adriana Salem written in three stages in blue ink on two sheets detached from a schoolchild's notebook. The three stages of this letter concern the regretted purchase of a record player that Violette Leduc wishes to exchange for a transistor radio. unknown
195679397Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 1956. Fine. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 1956 13 x 21 cm une page sur un feuillet - enveloppe jointe Autograph letter signed by Violette Leduc addressed to Adriana Salem. One page written in blue ink on a school notebook sheet. Transverse folds inherent to mailing and small marginal losses due to removal of the sheet from the notebook. Charming letter sent from Saint-Cirq-Lapopie: ""Me voici à Saint Cirq La Popie sic depuis vendredi dernier et m'y voici seule. . L'été est revenu et il s'est installé depuis mon départ. C'est un site extraordinaire connaissez-vous "" ""Here I am at Saint Cirq La Popie sic since last Friday and here I am alone. . Summer has returned and it has settled in since my departure. It's an extraordinary site do you know it"" It was undoubtedly on the invitation of Thérèse Plantier her friend who was also a writer that Violette Leduc went to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie André Breton's stronghold. ""In the 1950s the department of Lot was chosen as a testing ground by the Citizens of the World movement: a globalist movement advocating for a planet without borders governed by world law. Cahors became the first city to sign a globalization charter followed by 248 municipalities in the department and declared itself 'Cahors mundi' a world city. Several personalities - politicians intellectuals artists - joined this movement initiated by Garry Davis a former pilot in the American army. Among them André Breton 1896-1966 but also Max Ernst Albert Camus and even Abbé Pierre. On June 24 1950 André Breton participated in the inauguration of the Route sans frontière n°1 symbolically linking Cahors to Figeac. The route was then supposed to cross the world and reach Berlin China Japan and the United States. On the occasion of this inauguration André Breton discovered the village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie."" Archives du Lot Adriana Salem was the daughter of Frederic Gentili di Giuseppe representative of the Italian Minister of Finance in Paris and great collector of Italian Renaissance paintings. unknown
26952Known as "Lord Beresford" this British admiral is remembered for his part in the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptain War of 1882 and the Nile expedition 1884-85. LS 1p 5" X 8" Chicago IL 1899 February 19. Addressed to Miss F. Maryanna Neumann. Very good. Moderately age toned with mounting traces at corners. "I have much pleasure in sending you my autograph" he notes signing large and bold. A nice example. unknown
40610Grover Cleveland's private secretary while governor of New York continued in this capacity when Cleveland was elected U.S. president in 1885 then was named his Secretary of War during his second term 1893-97. LS 2pp lettersheet 5" X 8" Washington DC 1888 May 28. Addressed to Charles D. Palmer. Very good. Faint original folds. On blue-imprinted "Executive Mansion" letterhead Lamont does something he no doubt did on countless occasions on the president's behalf: Decline an invitation this time from the persistent mayor of Lowell Massachusetts. In part: "The President directs me to. thank you for the courtesy of the invitation conveyed therein to go to Lowell on June 6th upon the occasion of the visit there of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. He has however been obliged to decline the latter's invitation to attend the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the organization on June 4th.:" Boldly signed at the conclusion. If at first you don't succeed invite invite again! unknown
28691This innovative Chicago publisher 1876-88 came up with the idea of using young boys to hawk his "Chicago Daily News"; he also served as president of Associated Press 1894-1900 and was a powerful leader for civic reform. LS 1p 4 3/4" X 6¼" Green Lake WI 1914 October 13. Addressed to Seymour Eaton 1859-1916 Canadian-born literary and marketing genius best known for the Teddy-G and Teddy-B illustrated series he created. Near fine. On pale green letterhead Lawson sends "Thanks for sympathy in the great bereavement that has come to me." Lawson wife of 34 years Jessie Bradley daughter of a prominent Chicago family had died shortly before. unknown
20101Secretary of the Navy under Grant; Massachusetts governor. LS 2pp 7 3/4" X 9 3/4" Washington DC 1877 February 3. Addressed to Commissioner of Pensions J.A. Bentley. Very good. Regards a pension sought by "John Heath alias Thomas Steward" for service aboard the U.S.S. Nipsic. unknown
41873This pioneering New York physician joined Bellevue Hospital in 1847 and worked his way up to chief surgeon along the way helping to found Bellevue Medical College in 1861 and creating the first ambulance service and the first training school for nurses; he championed the "Dissecting Bill" a statute that helped provide cadavers for medical dissection and research for medical students thus eliminating the practice of body snatching and paving the way for instruction using actual bodies as well as textbooks. LS 1p lettersheet 5" X 8" New York NY 1862 April 20. Addressed to Thomas C. Acton 1823-98 New York City police commissioner politician reformer. Very good. Bit of sporadic age toning; original folds none weakened. Wood tells the new appointed 1860 police commissioner that "The bearer Thomas Flynn is anxious of procuring some employment -- I have known him along while and believe him to be an honest worthy and industrious young man -- If you can aid him in any way I shall feel much obliged." Boldly signed in thick brown ink. Wood's plea may just have worked for only a few years later one Thomas Flynn appears in reports issued by the city comptroller's office. An interesting and early piece from the year after the Medical College's founding. unknown