Letters to John Long Graves, 1854-1927.

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Letters to John Long Graves, 1854-1927.

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Contains eight letters from Dickinson to John Long Graves, one to Clara Newman Turner, one to Anna Newman Carleton, one to "Dear boys," and four autograph poems by Dickinson including: Before I got my eye put out ..., I cannot dance upon my toes ..., They might not need me - yet they might ..., and While I was fearing it - it came .... Also includes: one letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Jane Helen Findlater concerning Dickinson's poems; one letter from Findlater to an unidentified recipient about purchasing poems; one letter from Margaret Maher to Clara Newman Turner; and a note by MacGregor Jenkins.

1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Graves, John Long, 1831-1915

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Carleton, Anna Newman,

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Maher, Margaret M.

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Findlater, Jane Helen, 1866-1946

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Turner, Clara Newman,

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Jenkins, MacGregor, 1869-1940

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