Papers of Edna Dean Proctor, 1875-1920.

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Papers of Edna Dean Proctor, 1875-1920.

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The collections contains the manuscripts of Moosilanke and four untitled poems. In her correspondence she discusses the efforts of Ellen Farley to trace the whereabouts of her sister Anne Farley Brown, sends instructions to [John Greenleaf?] Whittier re a change in the order of five poems, encloses a note from S. Wier Mitchell whose writing she praises, thanks Sylvester Baxter for "Unseen house" which she hopes will be printed for the blind, enquires after a missing copy of a magazine, makes arrangements for a recitation, and replies favorably to a request to visit.

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