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"Observations on the Several Commanders of his Majesties Ship Connecticutt [...]", 1769 Oct 10 Box GROUP 545, Folder F-1

MS poem, signed. A satire on the governors of Connecticut 1662-1769, comparing the colony to a ship, its governors to ship captains, and the rest of the colony's government to the ship's crew.

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  4. PORTER, NATHANIEL

"Ode to be sung at the Juvenile Celebration on the 4th of July", n.y. Jun 12 Box GROUP 1, Folder F-4

Holograph poem, initialled, of poem beginning, "We've heard the tales of other days [...]". Addressed on verso to Mr. A. Woodruff, Chairman of Committee for Sunday Schools, New York.

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  4. SIGOURNEY, L. H. (LYDIA HOWARD), 1791-1865

"Oh, The Goal of the World is Joy (Words for the central movement of Chopin's Funeral March)", 1907 Dec 23 Box GROUP 541, Folder F-1

Printed copy of the poem as published in the Ladies Home Journal, signed and dated 1907, attached to fragment of envelope marked "Personal," addressed to Francis F. Browne at The Dial in Chicago; envelope is postmarked South Farmington, Mass.

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  4. PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN, 1829-1923