Fayette Hewitt notebook, [18--].

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Fayette Hewitt notebook, [18--].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39027470

This collection consists of an undated (likely mid to late 1800's) notebook of poetry owned by Fayette Hewitt, probably of Frankfort, Kentucky. The poetry is mostly in English, although a few are in French, and are by famous poets such as Longfellow, Cowpers, and Wilde, but some may have been composed by Hewitt himself.

1 item; 25 cm.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Hewitt, Fayette.

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