Letter : New Orleans, La., to David Lawson, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1959 Mar. 4 / Frances Parkinson Keyes.

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Letter : New Orleans, La., to David Lawson, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1959 Mar. 4 / Frances Parkinson Keyes.

Typescript, signed, requesting information about Paul Morphy for her current novel.

1 item (2 leaves) ; 28 cm.

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Morphy, Paul Charles, 1837-1884

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American chess player. From the description of Paul Charles Morphy letter to Cyrus Powers [manuscript], 1859 May 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 465059241 ...

Lawson, David M.

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Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970

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Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes (1885-1970), born in Virginia, was married to Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938); they had three children. Henry W. Keyes became governor of New Hampshire in 1917 and a United States senator in 1919. The family maintained multiple residences. Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote popular romantic novels emphasizing local color, descriptions of life among the upper classes, and generation-spanning sagas. She wrote over fifty books, alternating between books about Louisiana wit...