844. 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. "O.W. Holmes", 1p., 8vo., Boston, Oct. 22, 1853, accepting an engagement to speak: "I shall come with much pleasure to lecture at Great Falls on the same terms as in previous years...Please write whether this is satisfactory...". Framed with a portrait engraving. Not examined out of frame. Very good. $150 - 200