Contributed by Camden Public Library
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Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote on February 27, 1913 to her friend Corinne Sawyer in Camden. Millay and Sawyer attended Camden High School together, graduating in the class of 1909.
In the letter "Vincent" Millay thanks Corinne for a birthday gift. She mentions that she is "still with Miss Dow," referring to her benefactor Caroline B. Dow, dean of the New York Y.W.C.A. Training School who "discovered" Millay while attending her reading of "Renascence" at Whitehall Inn in Camden.
Millay also refers to Jessie Rittenhouse, influential poetry critic and officer of the Poetry Society of America.
This letter may not be in Millay's own handwriting. Sawyer apparently recopied several letters she received from Millay.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter to Corinne Sawyer from Edna St. Vincent Millay, February, 1913
- Creator: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Creation Date: 1913-02-27
- Subject Date: 1913-02-27
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Locations:
- Camden, Knox County, ME
- New York, NY
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 28 cm x 22 cm
- Local Code: ESVM Collection V. 4
- Collection: Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection
- Object Type: Text
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