Scrapbook of clippings of poetry, [ca. 1830-1880].

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Scrapbook of clippings of poetry, [ca. 1830-1880].

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Clippings of poems, many of which by Samuel Francis Smith and Helen Hunt Jackson. Includes announcements of activities and events relating to both authors. Clippings are pasted over text of printed volume relating to New England agriculture.

1 v.; 22cm.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6783174

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Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted co...

Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808-1895

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America (My country 'tis of thee) was premiered on 4 July 1831, at a children's celebration in the Park Street Church of Boston. It was written approximately 6 months earlier. From the description of My country 'tis of thee : manuscript, [1831] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612783134 Writer of the words to song America also called My Country Tis of Thee. From the description of One stanza of America. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat re...