Correspondence with William Hayes Ward - March 21 - 2

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son had any copies. If however, it be a fact, and perhaps whether
it be a fact or not, that Miss Emily did give to Miss Lavinia the
proprietary right in all her poems, it may not be wise for us to
publish others without her consent so long as she claims the right,
for certainly any difference over the subject would be unseemly.
I did not understand that that copy in her hand-writing
was to be returned and I carried it home and gave it to my sister,
but I will recall it and return it to you, altho if there are any
copy of verses in her hand-writing which your sister could spare,
my sister would be very glad to put them in her autograph collec-
tion.
Is it not possible in some kindly way for this matter of
proprietorship to be settled. I hope it may be,
Yours very truly,
Wm. Hayes Ward
Superintending Ediyor [sic].