Mary Day Lanier letter to Mary Dorothy Lyndon, 1899 January 6
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lanier, Mary Day
- Date:
- 1899 January 6
- Extent:
- 1 folder(s)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Mary Day Lanier letter to Mary Dorothy Lyndon, ms3159, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of one letter dated January 6, 1899, addressed to Mary Dorothy Lyndon in Athens, Georgia, from Mary Day Lanier in Greenwich, Connecticut. Lanier wrote that she received many requests for writings, photographs or autographs of her husband (Sidney Lanier), and had gotten behind in her correspondence because of illness. Lanier also mentions Mary's mother, Aunt Fanny and Cosby.
- Biographical / historical:
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Mary Day Lanier (d. 1931) was a poet and the wife of poet Sidney Lanier (1841-1881). They were both born in Macon, Georgia and married in 1867.
Indexed terms
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Mary Day Lanier letter to Mary Dorothy Lyndon, ms3159, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.