Paul Hamilton Hayne , Copse Hill, Augusta, Georgia , to "My Dear Friend"

Extent:

4 p.

Scope and content:

[Makes various statements about the lack of cleanliness of "American Citizens of African descent" after emancipation; claims that they have given up washing themselves first chance they got and during slavery, "these creatures" were forced to wash now and then; speculates on the interesting time entomologists would have with Negroes' hair, etc.; asks to be sent the article "Southern Country Life" from Appleton's Journalregarding the Negroes' robbing southern country homes which he experienced in his own household for years; implores him not to publish two of his poems in Globe Quarterly Reviewsince he has already given them to Atlantic Monthlyand Appleton's Journal; remarks on his own work; praises correspondent's essays on William Wordsworth; mentions [Margaret Junkin] Preston's review.]

Names:

Paul Hamilton Hayne
William Wordsworth
[Margaret Junkin] Preston

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