Autograph letters signed from Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Hollywood, Carteret Co., N.C., to various recipients [manuscript], 1887-1888.

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Autograph letters signed from Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Hollywood, Carteret Co., N.C., to various recipients [manuscript], 1887-1888.

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Recipients: Sara A. Underwood, B.F. Underwood, and Edmund C. Stedman. (1), to Mrs. Sara A. Underwood, indicates that she has sent away an article on the Shakespeare question. Also mentions Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mr. [Walt?] Whitman. (2), to B.F. Underwood, gives thanks for words of sympathy. (3) and (4), both addressed to Edward [i.e. Edmund] C. Stedman, contain autobiographical information. Both (3) and 4) accompanied by envelopes addressed to Edward C. Stedman in New York City (envelope with (4) has been annotated to read Edmund C. Stedman). Also, with (4), a clipping of Smith's poem "Her dead Christ" (first line: Lay the dead Christ on my bosom! Everywhere).

4 items ; 20 x 13 cm to 21 x 13 cm.

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