ALS, 1863 September 8 : Amesbury, [MA], to Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth.

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ALS, 1863 September 8 : Amesbury, [MA], to Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth.

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Whittier writes here to a popular novelist, Mrs. Southworth, whom he acknowledges as the source for his famous Civil War poem. He mentions that he has "just written out a little ballad B̀arbara Frietchie, ̀which will appear in the next Atlantic ..."

2 1/2 p. ; 13 x 10.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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