Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

Author, poet, and editor of South Carolina.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1735-1987. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 766024802

South Carolina author.

From the description of ALsS : Woodland, near Midway, S.C., to his publishers, Philadelphia, 1840-1843. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525116

Poet and author.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms correspondence, 1842-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981498

William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was born on April 17 in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, William Gilmore Simms was from Ireland, and his mother, Harried Ann Augusta Singleton Simms, was from South Carolina. Between 1806 and 1807, his mother died and his father's business failed, leading his father to leave Charleston. William Gilmore Simms remained in Charleston, where he was raised by his grandmother. Simms married Anna Malcolm Giles on October 19, 1826. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. Simms wrote and published poems and prose, and was a journalist, working as editor of the City Gazette in Charleston. When his wife died, leaving him to care for his infant daughter, Simms moved to New York; he wrote a crime novel, Martin Faber, in 1833 while in New Haven, Connecticut. He returned to Charleston and married Chevillette Roach in 1836. Aside from his first novel, Simms primarily wrote romance novels which achieved with varying levels of success. He died in Charleston on June 11, 1870.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms letter, 1850. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 137281874

William Gilmore Simms was an American writer of biographies, essays, historical romances, lyric poetry, poetic drama, literary criticism, and short stories.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms collection of papers, [1839]-[1869?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122579899

From the guide to the William Gilmore Simms collection of papers, 1839]-[1869?, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

American writer.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Woodlands and Charleston, to Harper & Brothers, 1856 Jan. 27-1856 Sept. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664256

Charleston and Barnwell County, S.C. attorney, author, and South Carolina state legislator.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms tax records, 1848. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522253

American writer and historian from the South who wrote a proslavery novel in response to Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin.

From the description of [Autograph signature] / W. Gilmore Simms. [between 1850 and 1870] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 433139974

Poet and novelist, of Charleston, S.C.

From the description of Papers, 1838-1870. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314542

American author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Summerville, to I.K. Tefft, 1854 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663769

From the description of Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647883960

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Woodlands [Barnwell County, S.C.], and Charleston, to Frederick Saunders, 1852 Apr. 4-[no year] May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664111

William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), a South Carolinian, wrote poetry, novels, biographies, and journalistic articles sympathetic to the South and in defense of slavery.

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was a Virginia novelist.

From the description of Letter, [1866] May 4 : Charleston to John Esten Cooke, Millwood, near Winchester, Virginia. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487765

Author, novelist and editor.

Simms was a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He published over eighty books of poetry, romances, historical novels, essays, and literary criticism. He experienced his greatest popularity prior to the Civil War.

From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1841-1869. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33218600