Letter, 1877, Aug. 25, Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, to Tabb.

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Letter, 1877, Aug. 25, Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, to Tabb.

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Happy to discover that Tabb is alive and writing poetry. Suggests some changes in his poem, "An Allegory". With this is filed a fragment of TL. written by Wm. McDevitt, editor of Biblio-Ana. Also included is an issue of the catalogue (Biblio-Ana, Vol.III.5, June, 1931) describing the sale of this letter to Brown University.

4 p. ; 20 cm.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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