JULIA WARD HOWE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 05/09/1898 - HFSID 258112
Price: $2,250.00
JULIA WARD HOWE
She writes, signs and dates the first two lines of "Battle Hymn of
the Republic" on a book plate, which is affixed to the inside cover of her book,
Later Lyrics.
Autograph quotation signed: "Mine eyes have seen the glory/of the
coming of the Lord./Julia Ward Howe./May 9th 1898." On a bookplate
3½x5½ affixed to inside front cover, 326p, 5x7, hardcover. Her book,
Later Lyrics, J.E. Tilton & Company, Boston: 1866. Howe has
written the opening line of her poem, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic, which she was inspired to write after visiting army camps in
Washington, D.C. in 1861 during the Civil War. Howe's poem, first published in
the February 1862 issue of "The Atlantic Monthly", was later set to music to the
tune of the popular antislavery song, "John Brown's Body", and became the
semi-official song of the Union Army. Bookplate is lightly soiled at upper blank
margin. Exterior cover of book and spine slightly worn. Internally sound. Fine
condition.
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