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WRITERS]. BRYANT, William Cullen. Autograph letter signed ("Wm C. Bryant") to William Marcy, New York, 24 December 1838. 1½ pp., 4to . Bryant writes to the future Secretary of War to recommend that artist Charles Ingham produce a portrait of Marcy to be hung in New York's City Hall. - DODGE, Mary Mapes. Autograph letter signed ("Mary Mapes Dodge") to Mrs. Chapman, New York, 29 December 1894. 3 pp., 8vo . Regretting that she was unable to attend a presentation of Mr. Black's Picture Play. - LOWELL, James. Autograph letter signed ("J.R. Lowell") to Mary Boyle, 9 March 1882. 1 p., 8vo . Thanking her for an inscribed book. - FERBER, Edna. Typed letter signed ("Edna Ferber") to Maria Horch, New York, 22 February 1956. 1 p., 4to . Concerning a copyright issue in the "German bookclub matter." - LINDSAY, Vachel. Autograph letter signed ("(Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay") to the Springfield Rotary Club, Springfield, 12 February 1920. 1 p., 4to . A resignation from the club. - SOUTHEY, Robert. Autograph note signed ("RS.") to an unknown recipient, n.p., 2 March n.y. 1 p., 8vo . Noting that a book has arrived and that the first volume will be returned. -- [WEBSTER, Noah]. WEBSTER, Richard. Autograph letter signed to Joel Minsell, Mauch Chunk, PA., 4 April 1848. 1 p., 4to, with a copy of "Webster's Genealogy" . Giving additional information about his father, Noah Webster. [With:] an autograph card and letter of Grover Chapman, copies of corrected articles concerning Ernest Hemingway written for the Toronto Star , a typed letter of James Sprague concerning the origins of the song Dixie , autograph letter on Merrymount Press stationery, a group of letters from "Hugh", one on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stationery, miscellaneous poems and fragments in an unknown hand, and miscellaneous ephemera.