Letter to his son, Gregory, from St. Mary's Hospital, 1961 (signed and framed)
$20,000 · Offered by Biblio
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Rochester, Minnesota, 1961. Very good. A one-page autographed letter signed to Hemingway's youngest son Gregory, which reads in full: "6-292, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, 1961, Dear Gig, Dr. Howard Rome told me this morning that you had called him in regard to the $350.00 you need on completing your tuition and I am enclosing herewith. Thank you for your letters and best luck in everything. Am doing well here and will not go into details but send this off to you with the minimum delay possible. The Cuban situation is quite complicated but appreciate your offer of help. Yours Always, Papa." In a postscript he adds: "Mary is quite well and I will be talking with her tomorrow night. Have been swimming three out of the last four days and it feels good again. There are some really fine doctors here and it is a pleasure about a privilege to know them. EH." A significant letter as it is written from the famous Mayo Clinic hospital where he was being treated, via electroshock therapy, for depression. Hemingway stayed at the hospital from November, 1960 to January 1961, and then again from April through June. The letter comes only 33 days before he would take his own life in Ketchum, Idaho, immediately after his release. The "Cuba Situation" he mentions in the letter is of course the Cuban Missile Crisis and Hemingway was unsure if he would be able to return to his home there, Finca Vigia, not least to save a number of manuscripts. One almost senses his resignation in th
- Year: 1961
- Binding: unknown
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