Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, August 20, 1861
The Alabama novelist, Augusta Evans, writes her friend, Rachel, about a book compiled by Dr. Powell, a professor at the Medical College of Atlanta, Georgia, containing contributions from literary women of the South. The proceeds will go to the building of a female charity hospital in Atlanta. The...
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| Summary: | The Alabama novelist, Augusta Evans, writes her friend, Rachel, about a book compiled by Dr. Powell, a professor at the Medical College of Atlanta, Georgia, containing contributions from literary women of the South. The proceeds will go to the building of a female charity hospital in Atlanta. The professor is pleased with her manuscript on a theme from Greek history. Augusta speaks admirably of John Lothrop Motley's writings on the history of the Dutch Republic and United Netherlands. Locations of her brothers and a cousin are reported.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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