Lydia Avery Coonley letter to Mabel Loomis Todd
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| Creator | Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924 |
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| Recipient | Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932 |
| Title | Lydia Avery Coonley letter to Mabel Loomis Todd |
| Identifier | Amherst Manuscript # set 88 |
| Identifier | Franklin # 503 |
| Identifier | Johnson # 996 |
| Dates | 1886-1896 |
| Abstract | A letter from Lydia Avery Coonley to Mabel Loomis Todd, Coonley transcribes a letter sent from her aunt Maria Avery Howard describing Howard's acquaintance with and description of Emily Dickinson. Coonley includes a transcript of Emily Dickinson's "We'll pass without a parting" and states that Emily sent the poem to Maria Howard along with an oleander blossom tied with black ribbon. There is an alternate word included in the text of the transcript that seems to have been corrected by Lydia Coonley. On the reverse side of the poem a letter to Todd signed Lydia Avery Coonley, Coonley states she tried to copy Dickinson's poem just as it had been written following Dickinson's line breaks and capitalizations. The poem transcribed in the letter may relate to Emily Dickinson's manuscript of "We'll pass without a parting" in this collection (Amherst Manuscript set 88). |
| Notes | The letter is undated. The date range is based on the year Emily Dickinson died and the year the final volume of Dickinson's poems and letters that Mabel Loomis Todd edited was published. |
| Physical Description | 1 item (4 pages) |
| Languages | English |
| Genre | Correspondence |
| Genre | Poems |
| Genre | Transcriptions (documents) |
| Subject | Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924 – Correspondence |
| Subject | Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932 – Correspondence |
| Subject | Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 – Archives |
| Subject | American poetry – 19th century |
| Subject | Women poets, American – 19th century |
| Part of | Emily Dickinson Collection |
| Finding Aid | View the finding aid for this item's collection |
| Repository | Amherst College Archives & Special Collections |
| Shelf Location | Box 13 Folder 53 |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |