Letter from Richard Low Dawson to Walter Kittredge, 1904 July 22
- Collection Name:
- Walter Kittredge Correspondence, 1902-1904
- Title:
- Letter from Richard Low Dawson to Walter Kittredge, 1904 July 22
- Creator:
- Dawson, Richard Low
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1946.008 (m)
- Object ID:
- 1946.008.02
- Date:
- 1904/07/22
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 letter
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Letter from Richard Low Dawson in Connellsville, PA, to Walter Kittredge in Reeds Ferry, Merrimack, NH, dated July 22, 1904. In the letter, Dawson writes he has read a note in the Pittsburg Dispatch that Kittredge is the author of "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" and goes on to "beg [him] to accept my profound reverence." He continues by telling Kittredge how much the song means to him and that "those that write the humble homely ballads...are the great poets of God." A clipping of the newspaper article is glued to the top of the letter.
- Subjects:
- Correspondence , Songs
- Locations:
- Connellsville, PA
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- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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