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Collection of autograph letters, autograph manuscripts of poems, corrected proof sheets, and printed poems : primarily Massachusetts, 1830 Apr. 1-1895.

BIB_ID
120260
Accession number
MA 1304.1-74
Creator
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Display Date
1830 Apr. 1-1895.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 v. (76 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 36.9 cm
Provenance
Samuel T. Pickard; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Collection includes 19 autograph letters; 42 autograph manuscripts of poems; 7 autograph manuscripts of essays, reviews, etc.; and 6 corrected proofs of poems. These items are described in 74 individual records (MA 1304.1-74). Collection also includes two printed versions of Whittier's "A Legend of the Lake," cataloged separately as PML 22377.1-2 (located between MA 1304.25 and MA 1304.26).