Sarah Orne Jewett, Holograph Fair copy signed from "Decoration Day," c. 1892

Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1892

Location Note

85M-01-314-Z-C-0406; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Historic New England (SPNEA) Properties and Abercrombie - Boston, Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-331382

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Description

A 14 - line excerpt of Sarah Orne Jewett's "Deocration Day," which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in June of 1892, and was later collected in A Native of Wimby, 1893. Also included is a letter from David J. Holmes Autographs, who owned the excerpt before it was donated to Historic New England.

Details

Descriptive Terms

manuscripts (document genre)

Physical Descrption

1 page, ink on paper

Custodial History

Donated by Ward Jones, on behalf of Mr. John McLaughlin and Berwick Acaedmey

Collection Code

MS029

Collection Name

Miscellaneous manuscript collection

Reference Code

MS029.001.001

Credit Line

Gift of Ward Jones, 2017

Record Details

Originator

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 (Author)

Material Type

manuscripts (document genre)

Description Level

File

Location Note

85M-01-314-Z-C-0406; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Historic New England (SPNEA) Properties and Abercrombie - Boston, Box 1

Related Items

Jewett family papers

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