Box 4265.001

Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopy of a 1914 letter from Irish poet and World War I soldier Francis Ledwidge to his cousin, whom he addresses as "My dear Miss Ledwidge," in which he gives some family background and asks her to accept his "very last" poem and a copy of his book when it is published. The file also includes a photocopy of his poem "Growing Old," as well as copies of the title page of The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge,...