Autograph letters signed from Henry Giles to various people [manuscript], [1841?]-1863.

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Autograph letters signed from Henry Giles to various people [manuscript], [1841?]-1863.

Correspondents: Anne C. (Lynch) Botta, [E.P.] Whipple and unidentified persons. (1) discusses the "relation of poetry to moral purpose"; (2) philosophizes on the moral and intellectual climate in America; (3) includes a syllabus of proposed lecture course, "Life in Shakespeare"; (6) describes the cant of criticism on Shakespeare.

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