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MISS FRANCES H. JONES
HOWE, JULIA WARD. Autograph manuscript signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), a fair copy of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ("Mine eyes have seen the glory..."). 2 pages, 4to, 252 x 202mm. (8 x 10 in.), n.p., n.d., written on pages 1 and 3 of a four page sheet, first page evenly browned, slight discoloration, but otherwise in good condition. Boldly titled at top of first page, comprising all five stanzas of the poem.
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HOWE, JULIA WARD. Autograph manuscript signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), a fair copy of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ("Mine eyes have seen the glory..."). 2 pages, 4to, 252 x 202mm. (8 x 10 in.), n.p., n.d., written on pages 1 and 3 of a four page sheet, first page evenly browned, slight discoloration, but otherwise in good condition. Boldly titled at top of first page, comprising all five stanzas of the poem.
A VARIATED COPY OF JULIA WARD HOWE'S ROUSING CIVIL WAR ANTHEM
A fair copy of the great Civil War anthem, one of the most stirring of all American anthems. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," originally untitled, was composed by Howe in November 1861 in the semi-darkness of her Washington hotel room, after a visit to President Lincoln and a day-long tour of Union military encampments south of the Potomac. The poem was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February, 1862, where it was given its present title by the editor, James T. Fields. The poem, coupled with the stirring tune widely familiar as "John Brown's Body," soon made the piece a phenomenally popular song; sung by millions, it was printed as sheet music and included in hymnals. An ideal marching song, it eventually followed the soldiers of the Union into every theater of the Civil War.
The present fair copy contains three striking variants, in stanzas three, four and five, which were not present in Howe's original draft (sold at Christie's, 17 May 1989 auction, lot 279).
A VARIATED COPY OF JULIA WARD HOWE'S ROUSING CIVIL WAR ANTHEM
A fair copy of the great Civil War anthem, one of the most stirring of all American anthems. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," originally untitled, was composed by Howe in November 1861 in the semi-darkness of her Washington hotel room, after a visit to President Lincoln and a day-long tour of Union military encampments south of the Potomac. The poem was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February, 1862, where it was given its present title by the editor, James T. Fields. The poem, coupled with the stirring tune widely familiar as "John Brown's Body," soon made the piece a phenomenally popular song; sung by millions, it was printed as sheet music and included in hymnals. An ideal marching song, it eventually followed the soldiers of the Union into every theater of the Civil War.
The present fair copy contains three striking variants, in stanzas three, four and five, which were not present in Howe's original draft (sold at Christie's, 17 May 1989 auction, lot 279).