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Discussing his poem Decoration.
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, June 1874
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title
Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, June 1874
description
Discussing his poem Decoration.
date
["June 1874"]
year
1874
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language
English
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BPL Higginson number: 88
creators
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Emily Dickinson Collection, 1862-1907
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Poetry
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Poetry
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notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Poems included within the letter are "Of life to own -", Johnson Poem 1294 and part of "The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants-", Johnso Poem 1298.
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