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Object Description
| 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 | The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. |
| 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. |