• Title: Letter from Hettie J. Marti to John G. Neihardt, with notation of response from Neihardt, December 1971-January 1972
  • Date: December, 1971
  • Author(s): Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
  • Recipient: Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
  • TEI XML: nei.j4c.62.43-44.xml

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Dr. Neihardt,

You stand apart — gentle, kind, a philosopher, a poet.

What a lover you must have been!

Your admirer at 93!

Mrs. D. B. Marti
1971.
Dr. Neihardt — 91 — replied
Dear Mrs. Marti:

I greatly appreciate your generous appraisal of me as a youthful lover!

But why the past tense?

Your admirer,

John G. Neihardt (at 91)
Mrs. D. B. Marti
3303 M. Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
LINCOLN. NE PM 23 DEC 1971 IB.

U.S.POSTAGE 8¢ AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL 1776-1976

Note 12-24-71
Dr. John G. Neihardt 5835 Vine St. Lincoln, Nb. 68505.
Ansd J. G. N. 1-4-72