Lot 101
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr (1809-1894) Physician and poet; father of the eponymous Supreme Court justice. Autograph Verse written on unevenly toned 4½"x6" paper Signed and dated: "The Dutch have taken Holland - so the schoolboys used to say / The Dutch have taken Harvard -- no doubt of that today! / For the Wendells were low Dutchmen, and all their vrows were Vans, / And the Breitmanns are high Dutchmen, and here is honest Hans. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, March 14th 1882." This is the first verse of a poem Holmes wrote in 1881 for the 250 anniversary of the founding of Harvard College.
Estimated Value $450 - 600.
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