James Maurice Thompson letter, 1868.

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James Maurice Thompson letter, 1868.

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This collection consists of a letter from James Maurice Thompson to the Editors of the Southern Society in Baltimore Maryland, 1868. Thompson writes that he sent a poem and story to them, but, as he has not heard from them, he wants his manuscripts returned.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901

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Maurice Thompson was an American author and critic who worked in a number of fields. Born in Indiana, his family moved to Georgia in his youth, where he was home schooled, and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the war he worked a variety of jobs before moving back to Indiana, eventually opening a law office. As a young lawyer he began publishing articles, popular poetry, and old-fashioned adventure novels; his greatest success was probably a series of articles popularizi...