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Autograph letter initialed from Rebecca Tillinghast, Salem, to Mrs. R. P. Tillinghast, Providence, R.I [manuscript], 1836 May 4 Wednesday.

Willing, Rebecca Tillinghast, -1889, sender.; Tillinghast, Rebecca Power, -1860, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter initialed from Rebecca Tillinghast, Salem, to Mrs. R. P. Tillinghast, Providence, R.I [manuscript], 1836 May 4 Wednesday.
Description
2 leaves ; 26 x 21 cm
Associated name
Willing, Rebecca Tillinghast, -1889, sender.
Tillinghast, Rebecca Power, -1860, addressee.
Scope and content
Letter addressed to "My dearest mother" and signed "R." Includes a description of a May 4 lecture delivered by Emerson on Shakespeare as part of his Representative men series.
Note
Bifolium with integral address leaf addressed Mrs. R.P. Tillinghast, care J.L. Tillinghast Esq., Providence, R.I. Letter addressed from Salem.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 1032.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Y.c.6549
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
United States -- Rhode Island -- Providence.

Call number
Y.c.6549
Folger accession
MS Add 1032

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