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{"value"=>"circa 1857-1891", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1857/1891"}
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1857
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1891
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1857
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1857
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1891
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{"value"=>"Clippings of published poems"}
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{"value"=>"<p><em render=\"underline\">Miscellanies</em>—A one-volume, bound scrapbook compiled by Smith ca.1859. The volume consists of 264 leaves in three sections (two foliated and one unfoliated)—the many gaps in numbering suggest that at least 30 leaves were lacking at the time the scrapbook was rebound at the New York Public Library. <em render=\"underline\">Miscellanies</em> consists primarily of mounted clippings of Smith's published prose ca.1843-1857, with some duplication; very little poetry is included, although few clippings are identified by source, Smith has added explanatory annotations to some. Included are letters to the editor, stories, short sketches, and book reviews, as well as a few clippings signed by other writers. The clippings are primarily of Smith's writings on women's rights. Other topics covered to a lesser extent include antislavery; the plight of women in prison and of prisoners awaiting execution; profiles of women (usually poor and downtrodden) whom Smith had encountered; Shakespeare and various characters (especially females) in his plays; George Ripley and Brook Farm; and spiritualism. Supplementing the clippings are various manuscript writings, most notably a number of journal entries for August and September 1859.</p>"}
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