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Draft of first pages of unpublished manuscript "The Great River"

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"THE GREAT RIVER"
I - THE MIDAS TOUCH

Near the northeast boundary of Louisiana, the Mississippi winds on its way to the Gulf in a series of great, tortuous loops. But its swift current, constantly seeking a more direct route, occasionally cuts…

Draft backflap of book jacket for "All This is Louisiana" (published 1950)

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In the most literal sense, Mrs. Keyes is “a woman of the world.” She is a Virginian by birth, a New Englander by ancestry and marriage and a Washingtonian by force of political circumstances. She received her formal education in Boston, Geneva and…

FPK to D. S. Cook, Jr., October 25, 1949

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“Oxbow”
Newbury, Vermont
October 25, 1949

Mr. D.S. Cook, Jr.
2020 Stuart
Monroe Louisiana

My dear Mr. Cook:
I am so sorry to seem so very slow in sending you the promised check for you beautiful picture of the Pirates Alley. Harper and…

Dr. Edmond Souchon to FPK, June 25, 1949

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June 25, 1949
Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes,
1113 Chartres Street,
New Orleans, 16, Louisiana.

My dear Mrs. Keyes:
It is with much pride and pleasure that I am forwarding to you the photographs which you indicated might be of interest to you.…

FPK to Dr. Edmond Souchon, July 1, 1949

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Beauregard House
1113 Chartres Street
New Orleans 16, La.
July 1, 1949
My dear Dr. Souchon:
Many, many thanks for your kind letter of June 25th and for the photographs, which I found awaiting me here on my return from Crowley yesterday.
My…

William Frederick Bigelow to FPK, January 31, 1923

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Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes
2400- 16th Street
Washington
D.C.

Dear Mrs. Keyes:

I have eliminated the reference to Pictorial Review in your April letter. Perhaps the Review is responsible for the introduction of a uniform marriage and…

FPK to William Frederick Bigelow, January 31, 1923

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COPY
January 31, 1923.
Mr. W. F. Bigelow
Good Housekeeping.
119 W. 40th St.,
New York City.
My dear Mr. Bigelow:
I am enclosing a letter that has reached me from Mr. Young, the Speaker of the House of Massachusetts, together with a carbon…

FPK to B. L. Young, January 31, 1923.

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COPY
January 31, 1923
Mr. Benjamin Loring Young
Speaker, House of Representatives
Boston, Massachusetts.

My dear Mr. Young:
Thank you very much for your kind letter of January 27 with the enclosures of the new act relating to the rights,…

B. L. Young to FPK, January 27, 1923

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Office of the Speaker
State House Boston
January 27, 1923.
Mr dear Mrs. Keyes:
I was very much interested in your article on the “Equal Rights” bill in the February number of “Good…