Letter Written by Eugene Field to Wife Place on Display at Newspaper Office
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L9999.999.3485
Description
Letter Written by Eugene Field to Wife Place on Display at Newspaper Office is an undated article in the St. Joseph News-Press describing a letter written by Eugene Field to his wife, Julia, on St. Joseph Gazette stationery. The letter was a gift from W. True Davis, Secretary of the Treasury to David R. Bradley, publisher of the newspaper. The letter is dated April 20, 1875 while is wife was away from the city. The Fields had married in 1873 when Julia was 16.
Field's wife was Julia Comstock of St. Joseph. Eugene Field served as city editor of the Gazette in 1875-1876 when it was the Daily and Weekly Gazette, located at 4th & Charles St. The article reprints the letter . It also describes Eugene Field's introduction to Julia through her brother. A biographical panel records major events in Field's life.
The framed letter hangs at the offices of the St. Joseph News-Press.
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Letters from Eugene Field to his wife, Julia, Daily and Weekly Gazette--St. Joseph, Missouri, Christ Episcopal Church, Field, Eugene, St. Joseph History