Telegram from Charles Merrill to James Merrill

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Merrill, Charles. 1955. “Telegram from Charles Merrill to James Merrill”. Series_VII_Personal_Papers, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38560

Title: Telegram from Charles Merrill to James Merrill
Description: Telegram from Charles Merrill to James Merrill, taken from "The Immortal Husband" scrapbook in the James Merrill Papers. The telegram includes advice on how to take failure if the play is not "a hit."
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, Charles
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 281
Date: 1955: February 12
Relation: Series_VII_Personal_Papers; Exhibit Cases 3-4: Water Street; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 190 (critical reception of "An Immortal Husband"); See also The Immortal Husband script and mailer
Language: English
Type: Correspondence
Format: 1 leaf. Recto.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Identifier: Telegram_From_Charles_Merrill_to_JM_Feb_12_1995-001.jpg
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Water Street - Personal Papers

Media: Telegram_From_Charles_Merrill_to_JM_Feb_12_1995-001.jpg