Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Lithographic letter requesting autograph
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.033.04 Author/Creator: Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Letter Date: 1886 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Hopes to insert into his private copy of "Poets of America" original drafts or autographic copies of poems by the authors represented in the book. He is also collecting engravings of the authors, and asks his correspondent to send a photograph if such an engraving does not exist. Unsigned, but name pencilled in at bottom.
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