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Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 America the Beautiful [printed text, signed, with accompanying text]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07123 Author/Creator: Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1925 ca. Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 13.4 cm Order a Copy

Printed text of the four stanza poem, signed at the end on the bottom of page 1, with an additional text on accompanying pages explaining the circumstances of her originally writing it, when inspired by vistas at Pike's Peak. Bates also details the poem's publication history and its musical settings. Dating inferred by previous owner.

Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929

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