Paul Hamilton Hayne , Charleston , to Silas Weir Mitchell , Philadelphia

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4 p.

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[Includes " Sonnet, " a poem; thanks him for hospitality received in Philadelphia; says he arrived safely in Charlestonwhere all of Mitchell's friends are well; says he has delivered letter to Bruns who tearfully remembered his old Philadelphia haunts and had to be consoled by glasses of Schnapps; finds Charlestondull, disgusting, and dismal; says most banks are in terrible shape, even editors are affected by the situation; talks about poetry, his and Mitchell's; says that Mitchell's tribute will appear in November in Russell's Magazine; invites him to Charlestonwhere Bruns, Dr. [Samuel Henry] Dickinson, and he would give him an enjoyable time; mentions Mitchell's mother and father, Dr. John Kearsley Mitchell. ]

Names:

Paul Hamilton Hayne
Silas Weir Mitchell
[Samuel Henry] Dickinson
John Kearsley Mitchell

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