A. D. 1100 and A myth : autograph manuscript copies of the poems signed, 1855 Nov.
Record ID:
105076
Accession number:
MA 925.10
Credit:
Bequest of Annie Fields, 1915.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 34.4 cm
Notes:
With seal, postmark, and stamps; mailed to Messrs. Scribner & Co. in London.
Date is from postmark.
Signed at the end of the draft of "A Myth" on p. 3.
Part of an album of manuscript poems and letters of nineteenth-century English and American authors collected by Mrs. Annie Fields, author and literary hostess in Boston. Manuscripts in the album are described in individual records; see MA 925 for more information.
Summary:
The first two pages include a fair copy of "A.D. 1100" (an additional title, "Earl Harold," has been crossed out); the third page, which appears to have been used as a cover page for mailing "A.D. 1100" to Scribner & Co., includes a heavily revised and canceled draft of "A myth."
Provenance:
Annie Fields.
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