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Apologizing for possible offense.

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fq977x76x
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, about 1863
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fq977x76x
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document
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normalized
title
Emily Dickinson, Amherst Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, about 1863
description
Apologizing for possible offense.
date
["[ca. 1863]"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
BPL Higginson number: 58
creators
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Emily Dickinson Collection, 1862-1907
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Correspondence
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Poetry
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Text
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1
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1 item (1 sheet)
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no
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sf268508b
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kh04mv594
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Poem which concludes the letter is the second stanza of "That after Horror - that 'twas us", Johnson Poem 286.
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