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Papers of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie, Accession #8010-f , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was purchased from the Central Virginia Coin & Antique Exchange on March 23, 1988.
A letter from Anna Cora (Ogden) Mowatt Ritchie, Richmond, Virgina, to Grace discusses in detail: Grace's desire to be a platform reader; the importance of memorizing poetry to be "read." Dicusses briefly: Grace's illness; Southern prejudice against female platform readers; Anna's niece Eugenia Smyth left in her care two years before when Anna's sister Julia Gabriella Ogden Smyth moved to Paris. Mentions: Literary Association; Washington, D.C.; Edward Everett; Richmond; Grace's family.
Also contains two engravings of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie.
Discusses in detail: Grace's desire to be a platform reader; the importance of memorizing poetry to be "read." Dicusses briefly: Grace's illness; Southern prejudice against female platform readers; Anna's niece Eugenia Smyth left in her care two years before when Anna's sister Julia Gabriella Ogden Smyth moved to Paris. Mentions: Literary Association; Washington, D.C.; Edward Everett; Richmond; Grace's family.