APS, quatrain signed from his poem, "Barbara Freitchie".

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APS, quatrain signed from his poem, "Barbara Freitchie".

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19656904

The poem reads: "She leaned far out on the window sill, And shook it forth with a royal will; Shoot if you must this old grey head, But spare your country's flag, she said."

APS, framed under glass with engraved portrait & small American flag made of cloth; 44 x 37 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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