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Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881) to Roberto Brothen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02453.21 Author/Creator: Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 January 1879 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Requests a copy of the, "The Book of the Sonnet," by Leigh Hunt and S. Adams Lee be sent to him as well as a copy of "The Marque of Poets." Informs Brothen that Longfellow has written him for permission to print his own work, "The Marshes of Glynn," in Longfellow's "Poems of Places" series. Advises that he has complied and told Longfellow to contact Brothen about the matter. Hopes Brothen's book has done well.

Lanier was a poet, critic, and musician who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881
Brothen, Roberto, fl. 1879
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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