Letter from Isaac Israel Hayes to Messrs Sampson Low, Son & Marston
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line 1: New York
line 2: 33 West 24th St
line 3: June 26th 1867
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line 5: To/ Messrs Samson Low, Son
line 6: & Marston
line 7:
line 8: Dear Sirs
line 9: Messrs Hind
line 10: & Houghton have handed
line 11: me your letter of June
line 12: third.
line 13: For your correspondents
line 14: Messrs Hachette & Co I
line 15: gladly give the right
line 16: they ask for (so far
line 17: as my consent is needed)
line 18: to make and publishPage 2
line 1: a translation of
line 2: "The Open Polar Sea"
line 3: and I shall be pleased
line 4: if the right of publication
line 5: in the French Tongue
line 6: is allowed to rest
line 7: exclusively with them.
line 8: I shall have
line 9: pleasure also in
line 10: giving the same
line 11: sanction for a
line 12: German translation
line 13: to Mr Harmann
line 14: Cartnoble, Jena, with
line 15: whom I shall be
line 16: gratified to have
line 17: you, as the European
line 18: agents of my publishingPage 3
line 1: here, negotiate on
line 2: the same terms and
line 3: to the same end
line 4: as with Messrs
line 5: Hachette & Co.
line 6: I beg to assure
line 7: you that your
line 8: liberal proposal to
line 9: give me an interest
line 10: in your Edition is
line 11: highly appreciated, and
line 12: I thank you cordially.
line 13: I regret to be
line 14: obliged to inform
line 15: you that the
line 16: Smithsonian Museum
line 17: has not yet hadPage 4
line 1: published, nor
line 2: have I any satis=
line 3: =factory assurance
line 4: as to when it will
line 5: be.
line 6: Believe me,
line 7: with great respect
line 8: I am very truly
line 9: I. I. Hayes
line 10:
line 11: P.S. On reflection I
line 12: have thought it
line 13: best to address
line 14: the authorization of
line 15: Messrs Hachette & Co,
line 16: directly to them. Please
line 17: find it enclosed.