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The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

Letter from Bliss Carman to Annie L. Prat, addressing to her as "Miss Ferry Hill Wilcox, Acadia Villa," October 31, 1889 (print version)

"Miss Ferry Hill Wilcox" is Bliss Carman's teasing reference to the considerable amount of time Annie spent visiting her sister, Charlotte Wilcox, at her home, 'Ferry Hill', in Windsor.
Original letter does not appear to be extant.

Date: Published in William Inglis Morse, Bliss Carman Bibliography (Windham, Conn., 1941)

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  PS8455 A72 Z7, p. 51

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