Correspondence with Mr. Rolfe, Boston, April 27, Dr. Ward, Rutland, Vt. to Mr. Rolfe, Boston, April 19, 1879, Dr. Rolfe, The Maples, Dec. 20, 1872, Mr. Bridgman, Rutland, Vt., June 22, 1880, and M. Laird Simons, Centre Rutland, May 27 / Julia C .R. Dorr. 1872-[1913]

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Correspondence with Mr. Rolfe, Boston, April 27, Dr. Ward, Rutland, Vt. to Mr. Rolfe, Boston, April 19, 1879, Dr. Rolfe, The Maples, Dec. 20, 1872, Mr. Bridgman, Rutland, Vt., June 22, 1880, and M. Laird Simons, Centre Rutland, May 27 / Julia C .R. Dorr. 1872-[1913]

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Letter to Mr. Rolfe letting him know Dorr and her daughter are in Boston at the Adams House for a few days and hoping he and his wife will be able to see them. Note to Dr. Ward asking if he can use a poem (not enclosed), with a penciled note to decline it. Letter to Dr. Rolfe inviting and persuading him to attend her local Shakespeare Club and stay with her at The Maples. Letter to Mr. Bridgman replying that she is happy to have him print her poem which appeared in "The Transcript." Letter to Laird regarding her entry in the revised Cyclopedia of American Literature. Included is a mounted photograph clipped from a publication; part of an article on "Ten women-poets of America" is printed on the verso.

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