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Use and abuse of the poetic theme : autograph manuscript signed "John C. Walker" : Greenfield, 1879 Apr.

BIB_ID
305508
Accession number
MA 1023.8
Creator
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.
Display Date
1879 Apr.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph poems, articles and letters written by James Whitcomb Riley to Charles H. Philips of the Kokomo Tribune. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Submitted to Charles H. Philips for publication in the April 5th Kokomo Tribune.
Text is accompanied by a parody of Longfellow's The chamber over the gate.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from J.F. Drake, 1925.