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Collection Reference Number GLC05296.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1890s 
Title James Ryder Randall to Isaac N. Roland sending a copy of his poem
Date 13 June 1893
Author Randall, James Ryder (1839-1908)  
Recipient Roland, Isaac N.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Sends an autograph copy of his poem, "Maryland, My Maryland," as Roland requested. Comments that he made an exception "for the sake of your good wife" since demand for copies of his poem is great and he normally denies requests. On stationary of the Edmonds Brothers, Manufacturers' Record Building, Baltimore.
Subjects Literature and Language Arts  Poetry  
People Randall, James Ryder (1839-1908)  Roland, Isaac N. (fl. 1888-1893)  
Place written Baltimore, Maryland
Theme Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Randall wrote "Maryland, My Maryland" while at school in Louisiana in 1861. Eventually "Maryland, My Maryland" was adopted as the State song of Maryland in 1939.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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