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FORTIER, ALCEE MAR 7 1900
Tulane University of Louisiana. New Orleans. Department of Romance Languages.
March 7, 1900.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall,
Sec. of the Contemporary Club, Indianapolis.
Dear Madam:
I recieved yesterday your kind letter of March 3, and after consulting the President of the University have decided to accept your invitation to address the Contemporary Club on Wednesday, May 30.
Allow me to call
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your attention to the fact that my name is not 'Alice' but 'Alcee'. The latter is a French name which has always been borne by men. By consulting "Who is who in America" and Adam's "Dictionary of American Authors" you will see what positions I have occupied and which works I have written.
I gave last year at Chautauqua, New York, a course of lectures on Louisiana which was
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well recieved. The subjects were as follows: 1. French Louisiana 2. Spanish Louisiana 3. American Louisiana 4. Pre Creoles of Louisiana 5. Louisiana Folk Lore
I have also three lectures on the French Drama: 1. Le Cid 2. Hernani 3. Cyrano de Bergerac
I gave last summer at Monteagle, Tennessee,