Thomas Wentworth Higginson Letters


Book Description

In a letter, 1857 December 17, Worcester, Mass. he tells an unidentified autograph seeker that he has many autographs of more value than his own. On 1873 August 7, Newport, R. I., he replies to autograph seeker William R. Dorlon. A print of Higginson is included.







Acknowledgment


Book Description

Acknowledging, as president of the the Boston Athenaeum, the gift of "six volumes of poems." Letter forms part of the Higginson/Fields Autograph Album.













Mr. Lincoln Goes to War


Book Description

Marvel vividly recreates President Lincoln's first year in office, drawing the conclusion that Lincoln actually fanned the flames of war and often acted unconstitutionally in prosecuting the war once it had begun.