Personal letter from Ch[arles] Testut, New Orleans, to Léona Queyrouze, New Orleans (with envelope), 1887 May 31
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LaRC-600, Box 25, Folder 15
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Personal letter from Ch[arles] Testut, New Orleans, to Léona Queyrouze, New Orleans (with envelope), 1887 May 31
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Autograph letter signed from Charles Testut to Léona Queyrouze, written from New Orleans and dated 31 May 1887.
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Charles Testut tells Léona Queyrouze that he will not be able to attend her lecture because he does not have the proper attire. He quotes Voltaire, noting that ‘Poverty is worse than vice’, before concluding by saying that he feels his destiny will change. Testut encloses a poem titled ‘Récit d’un rêve’.
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Gifted to Tulane University Libraries by Felix Herwig Kuntz on 30 November 1953. Additional materials were added to the collection in 1956, 1958, and 1970.
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