Newberry Library - More, W.D., Everett family incoming correspondence, 1885, 1889

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Title More, W.D., Everett family incoming correspondence, 1885, 1889

Date 1885, 1889

Language English, Welsh

Subjects Abolitionists, Brothers and sisters, Congregational churches

Extent 6.9 linear feet (16.5 boxes)

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User-Contributed Transcription But as I sit here now with my hands all sore I am vaguely inquiring if my name's More.That More, I mean, who was in college - you know Who took life so easy, worked little, went slow Had the comforts of life, some of its luxuries too, Studdied some, crammed some "cribbed" enough to "get through" yet, Who stayed at Commencement, took it all in, Flirted with a young lady and got took in?Went back "on the hill" after a whole week's excessEntertained a class mate - a fellow traveler in distress Had talked it all over,That is the one, Ah! you know him I seePrehaps you were with him, but is that heWho sits here now with his hands all sore?Is that the same fellow, is is name More?You would hardly believe it - so great the changeHis face all sun-burnt, so ragged, so strangeBut these ragged clothes, these hands that are soreBelong to the same fellow, belong to that More And I am he

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Archival Collection Title Everett family papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Everett Box 14 Folder 516

BibID 998218028805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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