News
Pro-Palestine Encampment Represents First Major Test for Harvard President Alan Garber
News
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Condemns Antisemitism at U.S. Colleges Amid Encampment at Harvard
News
‘A Joke’: Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Harvard Should Spend More on Legacy of Slavery Initiative
News
Massachusetts ACLU Demands Harvard Reinstate PSC in Letter
News
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Protesters Begin Encampment in Harvard Yard
The following letter has been recently received from Mr. Sargent in regard to the painting of Major Higginson's portrait:
James Lawrence, Jr., Esq.
MY DEAR SIR:--I would consider it a great honor to be commissioned by the students of Harvard to paint. Major Higginson. I could do it best later on towards the summer. Just at present and for the next couple of months my time is very fully taken up" . . . "Hoping to learn whether I am to be crowned with this interesting commission, and that Major Higginson will keep me posted as to his movements, I am Yours very truly, JOHN S. SARGENT.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.