Lavinia Dickinson did burn almost all of her sister 's correspondences .
Lavinia Dickinson interpreted the will as not including the forty notebooks and loose sheets , all filled with almost 1800 poems ; these Lavinia saved and began to publish the poems that year .
Lavinia Dickinson did burn almost all of her sister 's correspondences , but interpreted the will as not including the forty notebooks and loose sheets , all filled with almost 1800 poems ; these Lavinia saved and began to publish the poems that year .