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American Poet John Greenleaf Whittier ALS

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American Poet John Greenleaf Whittier ALS
<B>American Poet John Greenleaf Whittier Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> "<I>John G. Whittier</B></I>". One page, 5" x 7.75", Amesbury, Massachusetts, 1855, with the usual fold creases, else a fine example. Whittier writes to an unknown newspaper editor in regards to submitting his poem "Flowers in Winter". The letter reads in part: "<I>Dear Friend When you have a vacant corner in your paper will you print the little piece enclosed as corrected, from the N. Era! I wish to get a correct copy</B></I>." The letter is sold with the poem mentioned by Whittier in his letter. The poem had been previously published in the <I>National Era</B></I>, a Washington D.C. newspaper apparently with mistakes. Whittier has hand-corrected two lines of the poem. The paper on which the poem was printed has toned slightly else it is in very good condition. A nice offering from a poet once as famous as Longfellow.<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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