Girl Called Vincent: The Life of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay

Girl Called Vincent: The Life of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay — page 5
A baby photo of Edna St Vincent Millay Her mother chose the name Vincent to honor St Vincent's Hospi tal in New York City Edna St Vincent Millay Papers Man uscript Division Library of Congress Washington DC Cora's younger sister Clem who had witnessed Vincent's birth wrote to their beloved brother Char lie to announce the news and to share the baby's name Cora had chosen Vincent in gratitude to St Vincent s Hospital in New York City where Charlie had been nursed back to health after a traumatic physical ordeal just days before the baby's birth Not long after Vincent s arrival Cora Henry and Clem moved inland to Henry's hometown the village Page 15