Sidney Lanier: Georgia's Greatest Poet

Sidney Lanier: Georgia's Greatest Poet is a Georgia historical marker in Glynn County, dedicated 1956.

On Albany Street near George Street in Brunswick.

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Was a guest in this home on many occasions in the 1870's. It was then the residence of his wife's brother, Henry C. Day. On these visits Lanier became acquainted with "THE MARSHES OF GLYNN" which he immortalized.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Intestinal diseases deaths US. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Intestinal diseases deaths US, 1874, covering the location of Sidney Lanier: Georgia's Greatest Poet, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Intestinal diseases deaths US, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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