[Letters], 1885.

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[Letters], 1885.

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This collection contains two letters addressed to Mrs. [Margaret Junkin] Preston, thanking her for poems which he will print, sympathizes with her loss of sight, will meet her when he takes his son to Washington and Lee at Lexington, Virginia (6/25/1885); the second letter thanks Mrs. Preston for the Christmas poem, has not been back to his homestead [at Vevay] since 1865, and does not care to go back as there have been too many changes (12/11/1885).

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Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897

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Epithet: of Finingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x000278 Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897) of Lexington, Va., was a poet and author. From the description of Margaret Junkin Preston papers, 1812-1892, 1938, 1997. WorldCat record id: 24599967 American author. From the description of Papers of Margaret Junkin Preston [manuscript], 1889-1893, n.d. (University of Virgi...

Washington and Lee University. University Library

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Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911

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American author and brother of Edward Eggleston. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified man, 1873 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 589323809 George Cary Eggleston was born in Indiana, educated locally, and at age 16 began teaching school. He inherited property in Virginia, moved there, studied law, and served in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he moved to New York, was a reporter for the Brooklyn daily union, editor f...