Letters, 2 Jan. 1957 and 10 June 1872. 1857-1872.

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Letters, 2 Jan. 1957 and 10 June 1872. 1857-1872.

Henry W. Longfellow to unknown recipient, Cambridge, 2 Jan. 1857, regarding the Norman tradition of the "stone in the swallow's nest". Typed transcript included. Henry W. Longfellow to Charles Gayarré, Cambridge 10 June 1872, acknowledging receipt of the latter's book Fernando de Lemos. Original mailing envelope included.

2 leaves ; 18 x 23 cm. in legal size folder.

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Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895

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Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Confederate sympathizer and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, Gayarré is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana and his exposé of US Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy. Born on his grandfather's plantation just outside the city limits of New Orleans (now Aud...

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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