In this letter, Laura Ingalls Wilder replies to her daughter Rose Wilder Lane’s letter regarding edits and plots points in the manuscript for the book referred to as Silver Lake, part of the Little House on the Prairie series. Wilder signs the letter as Mama Bess.
Letter from Laura Ingalls Wilder to Rose Wilder Lane
- 1/28/1938
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This primary source comes from the Collection HH-RWL: Rose Wilder Lane Papers.
National Archives Identifier: 7722945
Full Citation: Letter from Laura Ingalls Wilder to Rose Wilder Lane; 1/28/1938; Laura Ingalls Wilder Series, 1865–1969; Collection HH-RWL: Rose Wilder Lane Papers,; Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, IA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-from-laura-ingalls-wilder-to-rose-wilder-lane/, March 27, 2026]
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