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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mary Alexander Kaufman collection

 Collection — Folder S1891
Identifier: S1891
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one poem titled, "Major's Only Son," the tale of an ill-fated and fatal love affair. It is handwritten on four pages and is composed of sixty-seven rhymed couplets or one hundred and thirty-four lines. When asked when the poem was written, Darwin Kelley, Mary Alexander Kaufman's great grandson, answered that it was "probably written and revised over a long period, 1855-1890."
Dates: 1855-1890