Correspondence with Mrs. Rollins, 1888 November 25, Lucy Larcom, Oct. 12. 1870, Mr. Sargent, Newtonville, Jan. 22, 1891 ; The greedy ducks, poem ; 2 leaves from an album; portrait / Celia Thaxter. 1870-1891.

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Correspondence with Mrs. Rollins, 1888 November 25, Lucy Larcom, Oct. 12. 1870, Mr. Sargent, Newtonville, Jan. 22, 1891 ; The greedy ducks, poem ; 2 leaves from an album; portrait / Celia Thaxter. 1870-1891.

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Thanks Mrs. Rollins & Mrs. Wiggin for a copy of her brother's song set to music. Penciled title in corner: "She is so fair" referring to song title. Poem on two leaves titled The greedy ducks, 32 lines on recto only, about ducks waiting for their breakfast. Two leaves from an album, with: an ANS, sending a poem and asking for a check to The Independent, 5 nineteenth century photographs, one of Thaxter(faded), one of an interior of her home(faded), two outside her home, and one of her grave. The album leaves also include printed pictures and poems of Thaxter. Letter to Lucy Larcom about Thaxter's submissions to Our Young Folks which Larcom edited. Note to Mr. Sargent declining a social invitation. Full length portrait of Thaxter in Isle of Shoals garden; with an advertising postcard for 1988 edition of "An island garden"

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Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893

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