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Preferred Citation
[Box Number, Folder Number], MS-16, Miscellaneous Correspondence Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright
Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Edward C. Peple was a long-time professor of English at the University of Richmond, dean of the graduate school, and founder
of the Peple Lecture Series with the Friends of Boatwright Library. Letters donated by the Peple family include connections
between the authors and family. While the rest of the collection is from unknown sources, they are from historically important
authors.
Series I, Documents donated by the Peple family, includes letters from authors, either in reply to questions, requests for
advice on writing, or letters of thanks. Of particular interest is a letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Sarah A. Peple
in response to a poem she had sent to him. In the published edition of The Letters of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Harvard University Press, 1982), there is a typescript of this letter, with the note listing: "Manuscript: unrecovered;
text from typewritten manuscript, Longfellow Trust Collection, Longfellow House).
Series II, Documents with unknown donors, includes an eclectic mix of letters from various historical figures, such as Benjamin
Franklin, Robert E. Lee, and others, some of which are copies or facsimiles.