LETTER OF [R.E. LEE GIBSON], OFFICE OF ST. LOUIS INSANE ASYLUM, ST. LOUIS, MO., TO MRS. CHOPIN [KATE CHOPIN], JULY 3, 1899 · WRSTL PLACE

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LETTER OF [R.E. LEE GIBSON], OFFICE OF ST. LOUIS INSANE ASYLUM, ST. LOUIS, MO., TO MRS. CHOPIN [KATE CHOPIN], JULY 3, 1899

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Regarding a volume of poems that he has sent to her via a friend. The letter also quotes celebrated nature poet, Madison Cawin, who praised Chopin's novel, The Awakening.

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Authors, Women authors, Books and reading, Women, Poetry

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Gibson, Robert E. Lee, 1864-1918

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Item, Letter

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1899-07-03

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Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department

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D03604