KELLER HELEN Typed Letter Signed in pencil to Natalie Harris

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EXPLAINING HER FEELINGS FOR FRIEND AND TEACHER MACY KELLER, HELEN. Typed Letter Signed, in pencil, to Natalie Harris Hammond ("Dear Mrs. Hammond"), thanking for her sympathy regarding Keller's relationship with Anne Sullivan Macy, remarking that Macy is recovering from bronchitis and pleurisy, giving travel plans, sending a photograph of Macy and herself [not present], and sending regards to Mr. Hammond. 2 pages, 4to, written on two sheets; remnants of prior mounting at upper edges recto and corners verso, folds. Wrentham, MA, 5 November [1905-36]

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"My heart warmed as at the touch of a sunbeam when your sweet letter was spelled out in my hand. My teacher and I thank you, not only for your sympathy and friendship, but also for your beautiful understanding of our affection for each other. My life has lived in hers so long that when I am away from her even a few days, I feel quite adrift. So you can imagine how anxious I have felt during her illness. I have wondered what would become of me if anything happened to her. How dark and empty the world would be without her. I should be left without purpose, prospect or horizon. . . . [H]ow impossible it would be for another woman to fill the void in my life that Mrs. Macy has filled all these years! . . ."
Provenance: From the estate of the Hammond family; thence by purchase to current owner.