Correspondence to Franklin Baldwin Wiley, 1913.

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Correspondence to Franklin Baldwin Wiley, 1913.

Regarding Gillilan's poem "A Baby's Sorrow", a handwritten copy of the poem is included.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8141251

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Gillilan, Strickland W., 1869-1954

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Strickland W. Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American journalist, author, poet, humorist and speaker. He is most famous for the poem The Reading Mother, which remains a popular poem on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes, said to be the shortest poem ever written. Much of his work is public domain and is often reproduced in greeting cards. Gillilan was an Ohio-born descendant of a Nathan Gilliland line which can be traced from Augusta County, V...