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HENRY JAMES WRITING TO THE WIFE OF AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE JOHN G. MEIGGS
JAMES
(Henry, 1843-1916, American born, British Naturalised Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs MEIGGS
saying he has had the misfortune to promise to go the houses of two friends, far apart, on Sunday next, after drinks; but I shall not fail to do my best to turn up in Cromwell Road, if I can achieve it at a decorous hour. If I am worsted in this effort please believe that it will not have been for want and true good will to see Mrs Francis before she leaves England. Please to give her this remembrance, with my kindest regards..., 3 sides 8vo., 34 de Vere Gardens, 4th April no year
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With an accompanying note Mary Meiggs (1836-1906) was the wife of the American millionaire John G. Meiggs. He was a railroad contractor who came to live in London about 1876. They had a house at 123 Cromwell Road and a country house at Wickhambreaux in Kent. Mrs Meiggs held soirees at their London house and invited many friends with American connections, from Henry James to J. S. [John Singer] Sargent to Madge Kendal and Hubert Parry. Their daughters married into the English landed gentry. John G. MEIGGS (1827-1904) was born in New England and moved to London in the 1870s. He joined his brother, Henry Meiggs, in Peru where they built the famous Oroya railway, which is still regarded as a great feat of engineering. The original contract was taken by Mr. Meiggs for $7,600,000. Since living in London Mr. Meiggs built several important railroads in Argentina. Provenance: by descent through the family.
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