Only a curl : AMsS, [1847].

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Only a curl : AMsS, [1847].

Fair copy of a poem on the death of a child, written at the request of a mother who sent a lock of his hair.

1 item (2 p.) in case ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6724360

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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