Paul Hamilton Hayne, Copse Hill, Georgia, to [ Erastus Brainerd], [ London], 1878

Extent:

3 p.

Scope and content:

[Includes penciled note "To Brainerd, 1878"; thanks him for acquainting him with the workings of the English magazine system; asks if [Theodore Dunton] Wattswould refuse his " Sonnet" if he sent it to the editors of The Examineror The Athenaeum; says he is astonished that [Brainerd] is not English but a fellow country man; says he would like to send him a poem, dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmesfor his aid during the yellow fever pestilence, but has no copy; sends instead, [" Hiram Benner"], a poem by [ Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow; describes the condition the country is in, the restlessness of the people, his own hopelessness in regard to the government, the country's desire to obtain recognition in Great Britain; says he has given up the dream of ever visiting England; asks if [Brainerd] is a permanent resident of London; asks if he know Captain Randolph Hamilton; expresses pleasure at [Brainerd's] kind words regarding " Muscadines. "]

Names:

Paul Hamilton Hayne
Erastus Brainerd
[Theodore Dunton] Watts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow
Randolph Hamilton

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