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Hannah Flagg Gould Collection, Accession 7633, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Deposit 1964 Jul 21
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
[36 humorous epitaphs on "local celebrities" including herself.]
[Laments young woman who died while traveling abroad.]
[Describes the sun rising over the ocean.]
[Urges Christians to live for the Lord and spread his word.]
[Comments on the transitoriness of life ; asserts that the eternal record of each human existence is kept by God.]
[Compares the transitory pleasure of life on earth with the eternal delights of heaven.]
[Proclaims the fleeting uncertainty of earthly existence.]
[Describes a water spout and compares it human existence.]
[Voyager's farewell to a loved on being left behind.]
[Laments the death at sea of a young sailor.]
[Responds to request for some of her verses; asks his help in contacting [President Colton] of Bristol College regarding an article he published in The Religious Souvenir ; includes note on reverse of backing sheet in another hand, "Dr. James Gregory , Professor of Medicine in Edinburgh , Author of "Philosophical Essays"-the "Conspectus."]
[Responds to request for a piece to be published in Ship and Shipments ; expresses pleasure at being introduced to Mr. Cutter and Mr. Mellen whose writing she admires.]
[Thanks him for loaned books; invites him and his brother to call to discuss adapting some of her pieces to melodies.]
[Decries his use of her poem " A Name in the Sand " in his publication the Transcript in mutilated form and without acknowledging the author.]
[Requests 40 copies of an unnamed item, for which she will pay $5.]
[Regrets having no letters or papers on revolutionary days to add to his collection; reminisces about her father's war experiences from Lexington to West Point . ]
[Responds to request for a literary contribution.]
[Invites her to join Gould and other guests for a social evening.]
[Letters to the Editor admonishing the use of an incorrect title for Hannah Flagg Gould 's poem " It Snows " and its publication without credit to the author.]
[Newspaper article by H. E. H. reminiscing about Hannah Flagg Gould , whom she had met as a child, and discussing her poetic style.]
[See manuscripts.]