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WILDER, AMOS NIVEN, 1895-1993; and WILDER, AMOS PARKER, 1862-1936.

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WILDER, AMOS NIVEN, 1895-1993; and WILDER, AMOS PARKER, 1862-1936.
Letters from Amos P. Wilder (diplomat/journalist) to Edward M. Chapman, one in which he refers to his son Thornton Wilder's writing; together with a letter from Amos N. Wilder to Chapman: WILDER, AMOS N.: 1. Single-sheet ALS to Edward M. Chapman, May 5 [likely c. 1926/publication year of Chapman's book]. He thanks Chapman for his "sincerity with respect to my editorial" on his book (A Modernist and His Creed), and writes: "Perhaps we who have the splendid realization of the liberty of the spirit are likely to neglect too much the 'Days of His flesh.'" He ends the letter with a verse from one of his poems. 6 7/8in. x 6in. Condition: One horizontal fold, light staining. WILDER. AMOS P.: 2. ALS on a New Haven Journal-Courier "Memo" slip, to Edward M. Chapman, May 3 [likely c. 1926/publication year of Chapman's book]. He writes: "My son Amos N... wrote the enclosed at my request. I told him that I read the book with particular delight -- I have wanted to know what the thoughtful ministers hold these days..." 3 1/4in. x 5in. Condition: Light spotting at edges. 3. Single-sheet TLS on New Haven Journal-Courier letterhead, February 14, 1927, with handwritten postscripts at the end. Amos P. begins: "I am indeed pleased to get your letter which will much agitate the family," and then: "Yes, 'Punch' [handwritten over the typed word "much"] is in hand. A number of the English papers have been appreciative." He then refers to Thornton Wilder and his work in progress (The Bridge of San Luis Rey): "I am doing what I can to keep the young author simple... He is now working on a Peruvian tale of some two hundred years ago." 11in. x 8 1/2in. Condition: Two vertical and one horizontal fold; holes punched and edge creases; areas of toning. PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635). He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman€™s works integrated his wide-ranging theological, literary, and historical interests. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.