Mary Day Lanier letter to Mary Dorothy Lyndon, 1899 January 6.

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Mary Day Lanier letter to Mary Dorothy Lyndon, 1899 January 6.

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The collection consists of a letter with envelope addressed to Mary Dorothy Lyndon (1877-1924) in Athens, Georgia from Mary Day Lanier in Greenwich, Connecticut. The letter is dated January 6, 1899. Mary Lyndon admired Sidney Lanier and requested a writing, photograph or autograph of his. Mary Lanier replied that she had many requests for such and had gotten behind in her correspondence because of illness. She addresses Mary Lyndon as "My dear child" and mentions Mary's mother, Aunt Fanny and Cosby.

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