Emily Dickinson, Cambridgeport, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, early June 1864

Item Information

Title:
Emily Dickinson, Cambridgeport, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, early June 1864
Description:
Wishing him well, relating events.
Addressee:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Author:
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Name on Item:
E. Dickinson
Date:
June 1864
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Genre:
Poetry
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Manuscripts (America)
Subjects:
Diseases
Extent:
1 item (2 sheets)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kh04mv993
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Included within this letter is the first stanza of "The only news I know," Johnson Poem 827.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1911.
Notes (date):
Date from Johnson Letter 290.
Notes (citation):
References: Johnson, Thomas H., "The Letters of Emily Dickinson." (Cambridge, Mass., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1958): Letter 290 and Johnson, Thomas H., "The Poems of Emily Dickinson." (Cambridge, Mass., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1955): Poem 827.
Accession #:
Ms. Am. 1093 (20)
Identifier:
BPL Higginson number: 57
BPL Higginson number: 57a