Michael Smith’s Letter

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Michael Smith’s Letter

Poet(s)

Jefferson, S.
Pseudonym:
S. J.

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 4 18:895, 128, 19 February 1881.

First line

In deepest darkness of the deadly mine

Authorship

Pseudonymous

Document status

Generated: The file was automatically generated from metadata in the project metadata database.

Notes and attribution research

Headnote explains that poem is about the letter written by Michael Smith, a victim of the September 1880 Seaham Colliery disaster. Poet attribution: Chambers’s Journal ledger indicates that S. Jefferson was paid 10s 6d for the poem (NLS Dep 341/369). (AC)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 7442

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Michael Smith’s Letter