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Amherst Mass Feb. 8" ./91 My dear Mr Ward
My husband on
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girl-hood intimacy. All the more am I indignant at the silly fear of the public or lack of ability to recognize the power of many that were ruled out of the volume just printed. I have many manuscripts letter-poems &tc which I mean to make up into a unique volume as I can command the time - magazines and newspapers are now eager for anything of Emily's, but I should prefer the Independent to them all as I rate
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its literary merit most highly. I enclose the poem on the Martyrs - clean and crisp as rock crystal to me. If you will print it for a money compensation I should be glad and will reserve others for you which have never been seen - Scribners gave me $15 for "Renunciation" printed in August. I do not care for barter and am no "Shylock" but some price is fair I suppose - I would like this confidential as the sister is quite jealous of my treasures - I was to have compiled the Poems - but as I moved slowly, dreading publicity for us all, she was angry and a year ago took them from me. All I have are mine - given me by my dear Emily while living so I can in honor do with them as I please. Pardon so long a letter and believe me cordially, Mrs Wm A Dickinson
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Not to be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 25, 2008 |
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