Robert Lowell to Julius Hammond Ward

Extent:
3 p.
Scope and content:

[Comments on the doggerel in the Round Table; asks if Ward received his hymn in the first draft; states that Thomas Hughesdoes the Lowell familytoo much honor in saying eight members died in the Civil War, three of whom ( Stephen George Perkins, Robert Gould Shaw, and one of the Russells), belong to other families; refers to an article by Thomas Hughes, "Young Heroes of the Civil War" (published as "Peace On Earth" in Macmillan Magazine, London, January 1866); article states that eight members of the Lowell familydied in the Civil War.]

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968