[ Autograph ] Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 American man of letters; a poet, novelist and doctor who wrote "The Poet at the "Breakfast-Table" and "Old Ironsides". A.L.S. "0 W. Holmes", 1p. 8vo. Boston, Oct. 1, 1858 declining an invitation to address a meeting of friends in Burlington, citing a previous literary commitment.