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The Dorsetshire garland
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ESTC N68216 ; Verse - "All you that delight in a jest that is true," - In four columns with the title above the first two columns; the columns are not separated by ornamental rules. Another broadside ballad with the same title begins "Behold near the borders of fair Dorsetshire."
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Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of letters written by Garland to his wife Zulime Mauna (Taft) Garland and to his daughters. Subject matter chiefly includes biographical information on Garland, his literary activities while on the lecture circuit, his experiences in England and Europe in 1924-1925, and general family matters. Business correspondence is concentrated in the years 1930-1940. In addition, the collection contains two typescript letters signed from Theodore Roosevelt, one to Hamlin Garland, 1903 June 30, and one to Mary Isabel Garland, 1917 August 15; and one William H. Taft typescript letter signed to Hamlin Garland, 1918 June 9 (GD 1129).
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