WCP7192

Letter (WCP7192.8342)

[1]

The Union League of Philadelphia

27 June, [1905]1

Dear Mr. Riley:

The enclosed2 may interest you. I beg its return [2] for I wish to put it in my Leonainie3 scrapbook.

Sincerely: | Dewitt Miller [signature]

1
The year "[1905]" is written pencil in an unknown hand at the upper left-hand corner of page 1.
2
See ARW to Dewitt Miller, 25 May 1905 (WCP3530.3422)
3
Leonaine was a Poe forgery written by the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley and first published in the 2 August 1877 issue of the Dispatch. ARW received an MS copy of Leonainie from John Wallace in California in 1894 and published an essay defending Poe's authorship of Leonaine in the Fortnightly Review (1904). (Schwartz. J. S. 1984. Alfred Russel Wallace and "Leonainie": A Hoax That Would Not Die. Victorian Periodical Reviews, 17(1): 2-15).

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Transcribed by Beros, Matt [2020-11-25]

Envelope (WCP7192.8343)

Envelope addressed to "James Whitcomb Riley, Indianapolis, Indiana." with stamp on front postmarked "BROAD ST. STATION | C". "THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA" is printed on front of envelope, with "Dewitt Miller" written below it in pen. "Leonainie" is written on the envelope in pencil in another hand. Postmarked on back "INDIANAPOLIS | JUN 28 | 1 - PM | 1905". [Envelope (WCP7192.8343)]

Please cite as “WCP7192,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7192