xt7qjq0stw34_6 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474.dao.xml unknown archival material 1997ms474 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection William Taylor Adams letter to my young friend text 43.94 Cubic Feet 86 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 22 items Poor-Good Peal accession no. 11453. William Taylor Adams letter to my young friend 2017 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474/Box_1/Folder_6/Multipage16.pdf 1891 March 11 1891 1891 March 11 
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 OLIVER OPTIC. WILLIAM T. ADAMS. American Author of Juveniles.

AOLQS. 1p. , avoo DOIOhBSteI‘, “81‘. 11, 1891.

AN INTERESTING AND VERY DESIRABLE AUTOGRAPH. Letters of this
famous author of boys' books are rarely met with. This one, addressed to
an admirer, is signed not only "William T. Adams," but also with his pen
name "Oliver Optic." "I should be happy to write you a letter nhxxnmlle
but some sort of acquaintance seems to me to be necessary to enable one to
write a letter that is worth reading and I suppose you have heard of the
person who wrote a letter refusing to give an applicant his autograph

and signed his name to it. Like me!"