Letter [manuscript] : Hawthorn, to Mr Vidler. 1923.

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Letter [manuscript] : Hawthorn, to Mr Vidler. 1923.

Letter refers to selecting poems for recitation and date for a special meeting in McCrae's honour. This letter was inside a copy of George McCrae's poems entitled The fleet and convoy and other verses, Melbourne, Lothian, 1915, in Fryer library collection.

1 l. ; 23 cm.

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McCrae, George Gordon, 1833-1927

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