Manuscripts written by Longfellow

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1. Autograph material, Miscellaneous: 1 signature and an envelope addressed to James T. Fields
2. [Beleaguered city, The] Two holograph stanzas, transmitted for Mrs. Chapman in ALS from Charles Dickens to [--?]
3. Charles Sumner. Holograph poem. Bound by Stikeman & Co., N.Y.
4. Comment on Paul H. Hayne, Holograph
5. [Day is done, The] Last stanza. Holograph copy
6. Epitaph on a maid-of-all-work. Four-line holograph of Latin verse
7. Evangeline. Holograph (6 lines, of the first draft of the second stanza). Bound by Bennett, N. Y.
8. Excelsior. Holograph copy of the first stanza
9. Extract from "Old clock on the stairs." Holograph
10. Fifth psalm, The: A midnight mass for the dying year. Holograph copy of the 1st stanza
11. [Fire of drift-wood, The] Seventh stanza. Holograph copy
12. Humorous promisory note to Charles Eliot Norton, Holograph
13. [Hymn of the Moravian nuns of Bethlehem] Fifth stanza. Holograph copy
14. Journal entry for March 2, 1840. Typewritten copy from the original in Craigie House
15. [Light of stars, The] Last three stanzas. Holograph copy
16. Notes for The New England tragedies, Holograph
17. [Prelude] First stanza. Holograph copy. Ms. note: "Written by W. L. 23 Jany. 1844 at request of J[osiah] Q[uincey]"
18. Psalm of life, A. Holograph
19. Psalm of life, The. Holograph of the first 3 stanzas of the poem
20. Psalm of life, A. Holograph copy of the 7th stanza of the poem
21. Rabbi Ben Levi. Holograph
22. [Robert Burns: stanzas 6 and 9] Holograph draft of the 2 stanzas cut out as sample of autograph
23. Singers, The. Holograph poem "Written Nov. 6, 1849. Copied, Jan. 6, 1870."
24. Two angels, The. Holograph poem
25. Wreck of the schooner Hesperus, The. Holograph addressed to Epes Sargent with note to him at foot of last page