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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Louisa May Alcott letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, approximately 1862 November 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 503 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Contains a letter from Louisa May Alcott to a "Mr. Higginson" (Thomas Wentworth), written from Concord (Massachusetts). Alcott discusses her latest story, (Hospital Sketches, published in August 1863), and the dialects used by the "contraband." She also expresses her desire to enlist again as a cook or nurse in the Union war effort. Dated November 12 (approximately 1862).

Dates: approximately 1862 November 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 503, Collection on Louisa May Alcott and family / Louisa May Alcott papers / Louisa May Alcott letters

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