Papers of Augusta Jane Evans, 1859-1882.

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Papers of Augusta Jane Evans, 1859-1882.

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The collection contains letters reminiscing about her pre-war friendship with William A. Seaver in New York City, describing Southern attitudes toward the 1876 election, criticizing the Republican Party, and reprimanding Harper Brothers for publishing Thomas Nast and inflaming Southern blacks. She also praises O.J. Victor's The Art Journal, defends herself from charges of imitation, lanents the fate of the South under Reconstruction, and writes brief letters of introduction, thanks, and replies to requests. In addition there are two engravings and a magazine photograph of Wilson and an original cartoon by her deriding Thomas Nast.

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