Use and abuse of the poetic theme : autograph manuscript signed "John C. Walker" : Greenfield, 1879 Apr.

Record ID: 
305508
Accession number: 
MA 1023.8
Author: 
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description: 
1 item (7 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Submitted to Charles H. Philips for publication in the April 5th Kokomo Tribune.
Text is accompanied by a parody of Longfellow's The chamber over the gate.
Part of a collection of autograph poems, articles and letters written by James Whitcomb Riley to Charles H. Philips of the Kokomo Tribune. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.

Provenance: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from J.F. Drake, 1925.