Papers of Julia C .R. Dorr [manuscript], 1856-1896.

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Papers of Julia C .R. Dorr [manuscript], 1856-1896.

The collection contains the manuscripts of "Supplication," "The answer" and four other poems or fragments. Correspondence discusses an attempt to publish a sketch in "Putnam's Monthly," her disappointment that "The Independent" published only a few of her poems, and efforts to build a free library in Rutland, Vt. She also thanks a critic for a favorable review, mentions another by George Ripley, and thanks Lydia Avery Coonley (later Ward) for a copy of her book "Under the pines."

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University of Virginia. Library

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Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877

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Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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