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Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882 Letter to Mr. W. H. Sutherland

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09690.02 Author/Creator: Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 June 1877 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Henry Longfellow to W. H. Sutherland, dated June 19, 1877. Longfellow informs Sutherland that the pseudonym "Joshua Coffin" was mistakenly ascribed to him in the "Homes Of American Authors" book. Longfellow says that Joshua Coffin was "a man of flesh and blood" who wrote the book a "History of Newbury."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Sutherland, W. H., fl. 1853
Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864

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