Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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E.B. White (1899-1985), a noted writer of essays, children's literature, and a manual on style, wrote to Katharine Curtis Pierce in 1949 to decline an invitation to speak at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a group devoted to peace and to inter-faith cooperation.
White moved to North Brooklin, Maine, in 1957 with his wife, Katharine Sergeant Angell.
Pierce was married to Henry Hill Pierce, a native of Portland, and the daughter of William J. Curtis, a native of Brunswick. Both her father and her husband were lawyers in New York.
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About This Item
- Title: E.B. White letter to Katharine Pierce, 1947
- Creator: E. B. White
- Creation Date: 1947-01-16
- Subject Date: 1947
- Location: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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- Fellowship of Reconciliation (Maine)
- Pierce, Katharine Curtis--Correspondence
- Authors
- Invitations
- White, E.B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985--Correspondence
- Peace--Societies, etc.
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