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Letter 5
My Dear Madame,
Do send your work to "James Lawson, Esq, New York, ["][46] and credit him with his subscription for one year, which amt. you will please charge to me. Mr. Lawson, by the way, is a Gentleman of Letters who writes both prose & verse with ability, and you would find him a valuable acquisition could you Secure his assistance. He writes for the Knickerbocker & the South. Lit Messenger, and was the author of the Biography of Bryant.[47] I reviewed his writings in the latter work sometime last year.[48] May I hope to hear from Mr. G. shortly on the subjects of my last letter. I should like to treat with him for an Edition of 1500 Copies of a School History of Georgia. On the first Novem. my address will be "Midway, Barnwell District, South Carolina.—" I send you a vol. of Poems in a bundle which Hart puts up for you today.
W. G. Simms
Mrs. S. L. Griffin.
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