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Source Description
Sending book by Lowell, stating that her brother is ill.
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Document identity
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fq9780846
label
Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, January 1877
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
fq9780846
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, January 1877
description
Sending book by Lowell, stating that her brother is ill.
date
["January 1877"]
year
1877
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
BPL Higginson number: 87
creators
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Emily Dickinson Collection, 1862-1907
subjects
Diseases
Books
genreBasic
Manuscripts
Correspondence
genreSpecific
Poetry
typeOfResource
Text
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pageCount
1
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extent
1 item (1 sheet)
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no
Source extras
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sf268508b
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kh04mv594
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Poem included within the letter is a variant of the second stanza of "These held their Wick above the West -", Johnson Poem 1391.
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fq9780846
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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