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On death of his infant daughter.

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Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, March 1880
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kh04mx92k
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title
Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, March 1880
description
On death of his infant daughter.
date
["March 1880"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
BPL Higginson number: 113
creators
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Emily Dickinson Collection, 1862-1907
subjects
Death
Infants
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Manuscripts
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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notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Poem included within the letter is "The Face in evanescence lain", Johnson Poem 1490.
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