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Letters from various correspondents

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

undated

Location Note

Folder 10

GUSN

GUSN-173198

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Description

This folder contains nine letters from Ellen Robbins, Celia Thaxter, and James Russell Lowell. The letters from Lowell (two items) allude to Mrs. Osgood's floral gifts and to several of his personal problems.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gifts
flowers (plants)
gardens
authors
personal correspondence

Physical Description

9 items

Collection Code

MS030

Collection Name

Martha Usher Osgood papers

Reference Code

MS030.004.01

Acquisition Type

Gift

Record Details

Originator

Robbins, Ellen, 1828-1905 (Correspondent)
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 (Correspondent)
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 (Correspondent)

Material Type

personal correspondence

Other People

Osgood, Martha Usher, 1823-

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Folder 10

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