Letter from Augusta Evans Wilson to Mrs. M.P. Ferris, November 18, [after 1868].

View Description

Download

Small

Medium

Large

Extra Large

Full-size

Full-size archival image

All (PDF)

Print

This page

All

Reference URL

Share

To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this page, paste this HTML in website

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Title	Letter from Augusta Evans Wilson to Mrs. M.P. Ferris, November 18, [after 1868].
Identifier	PS3332S7_1866
Date of original	1868-11-18
Decade	1860s
Creator	Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909
Description	Letter written from Mobile, Alabama, and signed Augusta Evans Wilson. Augusta Evans married Confederate veteran Colonel Lorenzo Madison Wilson in 1868. The letter is in response to a question about the relationship of the characters in Wilson's novel, St. Elmo, to real people. The text of the letter: "In reply to your courteous note of the 14th, permit me to say, that "St. Elmo" is entirely a work of fiction, and its characters and incidents have no existence beyond the realm of imagination." Letter written in purple ink on wove paper watermarked with a crown, under which is written "Irish Linen." The letter is mounted into an 1867-printing of St. Elmo.
Publication Information	New-York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway ; London: S. Low, Son & Co., MDCCCLXVII
Call Number	PS3332.S7 1866
Language	English
Subject	Fiction--Women authors American literature
Subject (names)	Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909--Correspondence Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909. St. Elmo
Location depicted	Mobile (Ala.)
Collection	James Walter Mason Collection
Curatorial area	Rare Book Collection
Digital publisher	Georgia State University Library
Rights information	This item is in the public domain and may be used without restriction.
Source format	letters manuscripts
Format	application/pdf
Type	Text
Source condition	Fair
Note	Letter attached to book: Rare PS3332.S7 1866. Note in book says it is first edition; however, St. Elmo was published in 1866, not 1867.

Letter from Augusta Evans Wilson to Mrs. M.P. Ferris, November 18, [after 1868].

Object Description

Description

Letter from Augusta Evans Wilson to Mrs. M.P. Ferris,...

Letter from Augusta Evans Wilson to Mrs. M.P. Ferris,...