Margaret Deland letters and manuscripts, 1898-1908.

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Margaret Deland letters and manuscripts, 1898-1908.

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The collection consists of eight items, including six letters, a poem, and a signed passage from Old Chester tales. The letters: to Mrs. A.L. Lumey, postmarked 7 Aug. 1898 from Kennebunkport, Maine, agreeing to a speaking engagment in Middleboro, Mass.; to Miss Walley, 13 Nov. 1908, from Boston, declining an invitation to pour tea as she is pressed with work; two letters to Mrs. Pitman, undated, concerning attendance at meetings, mentioning Abby Morton Diaz, Annie Fields, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Celia Thaxter; to Mrs. Hubbard, undated, agreeing to a lunch engagement. Also, to Mr. F.E. Chamberlin, undated, asking him to telephone her to discuss an article he had written her about; also, the short poem, The Fire dance, signed; hand-copied page from Old Chester tales, The provinces of Dorothea, signed.

8 items.

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Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945

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Author Margaret Wade Campbell Deland was born in Allegheny, Penn. She became interested in the plight of unmarried mothers, taking them into her home until they could find proper jobs. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letters, 1884-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007073 Margaret Deland was born in Western Pennsylvania, was educated in New York, and lived much of her adult life i...