Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

Selected Letters

Frederic Remington sometimes illustrated his letters to family or close friends with sketches. The letters shown in the gallery below typify Remington’s often lighthearted approach to letter writing.

"dot and carry 1"
My dear Bigelow -- To-morrow -- to morrow
My dear Bigelow - I have this note from the Pall...
My dear Bigelow -- Well you old hearse driver
P.B.-- Now I have got you
Say Burdick - don't get excited
My dear Gunnison - Are you humorous
My dear John -- Hand this letter of
My dear John -- The Inglenuk Indians will
Dear "Unkie Yob". Rob, I am so sick
Dear mother, I can hardly find time
Dear Granpa -- Have been thinking of you
My Dear Burdick: Have you got maps -- hired...
Why in the hell don't you answer your letters
Dear Horace, I thought I would drop
My dear Bigelow - I have the solemn compact
My dear Bigelow- your Dec 22 at hand.
My dear Bigelow - I'll join the canoe club
My dear Bigelow - Your note at hand
Dear Bigelow - Been building a place to work this...
My dear Bigelow - Just a word- am hard at turning...
My dear Bigelow - Just back from the Adirondacks
My Dear Kid-Just got notice that the mail will go...
My Dear Burdick--Saw Paddock today
Recreation of Remington's Studio
Dear Kid: Left Ignacio...

 

 

These letters are part of the Frederic Remington collection, 1874-1925 which is housed in St. Lawrence University's Special Collections and Vance University Archives. For details regarding the use of the collection, please contact Mark McMurray, Curator of Special Collections & University Archivist, phone: 229-5476 e-mail: mcm@stlawu.edu