A Guide to the William Alexander Percy's Letter from Sewanee, Tennessee, to William Orton Tewson, 1900-1904 (ca.) Sunday Percy, Alexander, William Letter from Sewanee, Tennessee, to, Tewson, Orton, William 8189

A Guide to the William Alexander Percy's Letter from Sewanee, Tennessee, to William Orton Tewson, 1900-1904 (ca.) Sunday

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Accession Number 8189


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
8189
Title
William Alexander Percy's Letter from Sewanee, Tennessee to William Orton Tewson 1900-1904 Sunday
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 1 item (1p. on 1l.).
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

William Alexander Percy's Letter from Sewanee, Tennessee to William Orton Tewson, Accession #8189, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was deposited on 1966 Feb 8.

Scope and Content Information

The letter was from William Alexander Percy to William Orton Tewson. William Alexander Percy discusses the value of poetry and offers quotations from John Milton's Paradise Lost and William Butler Yeats' "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" as some of the most beautiful. Mentions William Shakespeare. 1 p. ALS