"1800 - 1899" . . . . . "Includes a poem, written as a valentine, entitled \"The rose and the ray.\"" . . "Briefly mentions Anna Bishop, Sarah Jane Lipppincott Clarke (Grace Greenwood), Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Jenny Lind, Herman Melville, John Godfrey Saxe, [Richard Henry?] Stoddard, and Nathaniel Willis." . . "Poems" . . . "Over the course of 11 years, Nichols writes to her dear friend Alonzo Lewis about poetry, her life, and career as an author. The letters are typically very stream-of-consciousness, and Nichols often delves into issues of religion, including her conversion to Roman Catholicism, family, and the ways in which Lewis is \"truly a poet.\"" . . "Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols letters to Alonzo Lewis" . . . . . "Collection also contains a letter from J. E. Worcester sending a dictionary." . . . . . . "Letters (Correspondence)" . . . . . . . . . "History" . . . . .