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Collection of autograph letters signed (6), an autograph publication agreement, autograph poems (9), and photographs (2) : Cambridge, Mass., etc., 1827 Dec. 13-1880 May 30 and undated.

BIB_ID
287743
Accession number
MA 623.1-18
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1827 Dec. 13-1880 May 30 and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907-1911.
Description
1 v. (18 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 28.1 cm
Notes
Many of the poems in this collection are fair copies.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from various sources including the Wakeman Collection, George S. Hellman, and Dodd & Livingston, 1907-1911; see individual records for specific provenance information.
Summary
Collection includes: 6 autograph letters signed to various recipients (MA 623.1, MA 623.10, MA 623.13-16); an autograph publication agreement for Ballads and Other Poems (MA 623.2); autograph manuscripts and fragments of poems including "The Children's Hour" (MA 623.3), "The Arrow and the Song" (MA 623.4), "Psalm of Life" (MA 623.5), "To the River Charles" (MA 623.6), "Song" (MA 623.7), "Giotto's Tower" (MA 623.8), "In the Churchyard at Tarrytown" (MA 623.9), "The Poet and his Songs" (MA 623.11), and "Prometheus and Epimetheus" (MA 623.12); and 2 photographs of Longfellow (MA 623.17-18). Items are described in individual records (MA 623.1-18).