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Bret Harte Collection, Accession 5310-ag, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Purchase, 1994 August 9
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[Offering to give him as much of his time as possible; discussing the character "Luke" and describing him as "a good-natured, simple-minded frontiersman"; and detailing the structuring of a poem and how it may be recited as rhyme and rhythm are two great aids to the memory..."]