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Bast & Miller. Nineteenth Century Business Collection, ca. 1837-1898.

Title: Nineteenth Century Business Collection, ca. 1837-1898.

The collection includes correspondence, lists, invoices and other documents relating to several East Coast businesses. Some of the material is from the Civil War era.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1780-1933.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1780-1933.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Letters of James O. Halliwell Phillips discuss his collecting. Letters of Paul Hamilton Hayne to Hezekiah Butterworth, Charles Scribner & Sons, D. Lothrop and Co., Josiah Gilbert Holland, Hurd & Houghton, J.R. Osgood and Co., [Ella Farman Pratt?], William H. Rideing, Roberts Brothers, Clinton Scollard, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Charles Warren Stoddard and others discuss his poetry, book reviews,and publishing matters, He refers briefly to the death of Richard Henry Dana, Henry Timrod, Joaquin Miller, Sidney Lanier and his straitened finances. With these are several poems, an engraving and letters of his son William Hamlton Hayne to Walter R. Benjamin, william F. Gable and Clinton Scollard regarding his father, grandfather and Samuel M. Peck. Letters of William E. Henley to Sydney Southgate Pawling chiefly discuss literary and publishing matters, and finances. Letters of Thomas W. Higginson to Clarke & Co., Edmund Clarence Stedman and others discuss publishing matters, speaking arrangements, the election of 1884, and a manual training school for girls Of interest are .his comments on Edgar Allan Poe's Southern temperment, Sarah Helen Whitman, John Henry Ingram. Engelbert Humperdinck writes to Harry T. Finck and Jeannette M. Thurber concerning Thurber's proposal that he lead the national Conservatory of Music. Single letters of interest include Edward Everett Hale to Nathan Hale on a business matter; Anna Maria Fielding Hall to Mary Russell Mitford on her current work and keeping the upper hand over Catholics; Felicia Hemans to Mary Russell Mitford on "Our Village"; Joseph Henry to William Barton Rogers requesting copies of some lectures; Laurence Houseman to Kineton Parker thanking him for copies and a useful quotation; Mary Howitt to Kathe Kroeker Freiligrath on the employment of her sister; Cordell Hull on a patronage request; Epa Hunton to General Duncan S. Walker recommending Charles F. Triplett for employment by the National [Democratic?] Committee; and John H. Ingram to Christina Rosetti returning borrowed letters and enclosing others from Oliver Madox Brown. The collection also contains autographs of Joel Chandler Harris, ; a check endorsed in Charlottesville by captured Brigadier James Hamilton and Lt. William Hoey;

ArchivalResource: circa 90 items.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Title: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Correspondence files of Roberts Brothers, pertaining to all departments, editorial, production, advertising, and sales. Also, some miscellaneous letters and documents, unrelated to Roberts Brothers, which deal with various legal matters, including those of Frederick D. Ely and of William A. Dunn, from 1838 until 1932, and letters to the Secretary of Harvard University from 1900 to 1907.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (ca. 2,000 items in 5 boxes).

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Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. F. B. Sanborn correspondence, 1885, 1900.

Title: F. B. Sanborn correspondence, 1885, 1900.

Correspondence consists of a letter (1885) from the publishing firm, Roberts Brothers of Boston, Mass., discussing a possible publication date for THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN BROWN. In another letter (1900) the editor of the MORNING MERCURY inquires about former editor William Ellerey Channing.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Autograph letter signed from Roberts Bros., Boston, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1887 July 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Roberts Bros., Boston, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1887 July 8.

Mentions Miss Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1831-1905. Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897.

Title: Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897.

The papers contain one to three page manuscripts or fragments for "A Day in Colorado," "Donald and Dorothy," "The Two Mysteries," "Whose?," "Over the World" and "Hans Brinker; or The Silver Skates." Letters to Thomas Niles and William Carey comment on Donald and Dorothy mentioning royalty payments, the non-illustrated edition, the plates, value of the manuscript, the writing and manuscript preparation, possibility of an additional chapter or sequel and hopes for its success. In other letters she answers queries by Epes Sargent, sends verses for anonymous publication, rejects two manuscripts for St. Nicholas Magazine but will publish a chapter of one, cancels a publication agreement with Roberts Brothers and switches to Century Company, favors ratification of the International Arbitration Treaty, extends an invitation, and gives personal news.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

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Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899,. Autograph letters from Augustin Daly to various people [manuscript], 1866-1897.

Title: Autograph letters from Augustin Daly to various people [manuscript], 1866-1897.

Correspondents: A.V.S. Anthony, J.H.V. Arnold, -- Benjamin, [Oskar] Blumenthal, -- Cary, L.C. Davis, Virginia Dreher, [Owen?] Fawcett, -- Goodsell, S.M. Gripton(?), -- Montague, John Moore, A.M. Palmer, Messrs. Roberts Brothers, August Robinson, Victorien Sardou, J.E. Warren, booksellers and several unidentified people. Also includes invitation card.

ArchivalResource: 49 items.

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Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904. Letter : London, to Roberts Brothers, Boston, Mass., 1880 July 12.

Title: Letter : London, to Roberts Brothers, Boston, Mass., 1880 July 12.

Inquiring of the publisher about the sales of various editions of his Light of Asia and suggesting a visit to America to give readings, and whether or not they plan to publish any of the volumes and manuscript poems he had sent them - The Indian Song of Songs and Hero and Leander. Letter forms part of the Higginson/Fields Autograph Album.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.), in album ; 38 cm.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Scrapbook : of the Roberts Brothers press, 1880-1882 [manuscript].

Title: Scrapbook : of the Roberts Brothers press, 1880-1882 [manuscript].

The collection contains correspondence, reviews and clippings chiefly pertaining to the publication of William Mellen Chamberlain's "Manuela Paredes" as part of the "No name" series. Twenty of the letters are from Thomas Niles. Other correspondents include Edward Abbott, Mellen Chamberlain and John L. Thompson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry), 1857-1920. ALsS, 1895-1916.

Title: ALsS, 1895-1916.

Letters concerning publishing projects and related topics. Five letters (one with envelope) to Lady Strachey, dealing with the identification of the author of a eulogy to Shakespeare, Bullen's editorship of Gentleman's magazine, and drawing newspaper attention to the activities of his Shakespeare Head Press in the tercentenary year of Shakespeare's death. One letter to Roberts Brothers, informing them that the Chiswick Press is in the process of publishing William Morris's Wood beyond the world, and offering to supply them with copies of this as well as other titles. Two letters to Messrs. Sherratt & Hughes relating to a correction in and purchase of Lawrence's Elizabethan playhouse.

ArchivalResource: 8 items (12 p.) ; 23 cm. or smaller.

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Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904. Letter : London, to [his American editor at Roberts Brothers?], 1880 November 14.

Title: Letter : London, to [his American editor at Roberts Brothers?], 1880 November 14.

Arnold discusses his checking of the proofs for the American edition of his translation of [The Light of Asia?] and notes the favorable notice by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Receipt of payment, 1874 December 28, Boston, to Asa D. Smith [n.p.].

Title: Receipt of payment, 1874 December 28, Boston, to Asa D. Smith [n.p.].

Payment made for copies of "Christian in World."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 18 cm.

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Parsons, Theophilus, 1797-1882. Correspondence, 1849-1869

Title: Correspondence of Theophilus Parsons, 1849-1869.

Correspondence includes letters of recommendation, introduction, and condolence. Nineteen items comprise correspondence, etc., to and from Parsons regarding the publication of Deus-Homo (Chicago: E. B. Myers and Chandler, 1867).

ArchivalResource: 25 items (54 p.)

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Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890. George H. Boker letters and papers, 1849-1890.

Title: George H. Boker letters and papers, 1849-1890.

The collection consists of one-hundred thirty-two items, chiefly letters, with some collateral material. Includes numerous letters to R.H. Stoddard, letters to well-wishers and autograph seekers, and letters to Elizabeth Stoddard, James T. Fields, J.W. Hoffman, Horatio Gates Jones, Roberts Brothers Publishers, George Livermore, Charles G. Leland, Fields, Osgood & Co., W.D. Ticknor, E.C. Stedman, and others, including social engagements, his work, some official business, and long personal letters to friends and associates. Also, one offprint poem, The second Louisiana, and three ms. poems, including one dedicated to J. Lorimer Graham; offprint of a speech given in favor of opening branches of the Union League throughout the United States; a newspaper clipping including a retrospective of Boker and his work, with a photo of the author in his later years; a signed, engraved portrait; and two courtroom admittance tickets.

ArchivalResource: 132 items.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Robert Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886.

Title: Robert Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886.

Letters from Thomas Niles (representing Roberts Brothers) to writer Louisa May Alcott. Also includes other materials relating to Alcott's publishing.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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Armsby, James H., 1809-1875,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Gerald Massey writes to Osgood & Co. and [James T.?] Fields on book sales, a publishing venture and American lectures. Dabney Herndon Maury sends an autograph and writes to the Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance Company on a business matter and expressing concern on the business situation in New Orleans. Matthew Fontaine Maury to James H. Armsby, Bond & Son, and John D. Simms accepts an invitation to visit the Dudley Observator and Meet O. M. Mitchell, reports on the trial of varaious chronometers and recommends an appointment. Letters of Mary Russell Mitford to William Cox Bennett, Frances Trollop and others criticize the work of Henry Chorley and John Hughes, discusses her "Recollections of a literary life...."; solicit the patronage of Lord Nugent; recommends Bennett to Mrs. Acton Tindal, describes a packet containing work by John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes; a bad fall suffered by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; a production of her play by [Charles?] Kemble; and mentioning Digby Starkey, the widow of Eliot Warburton, Joseph Hume. Letters of John S. Mosby to Eben Swift and Marcus J. Wright discuss Civil War incidents including his "closest call" and the objective of Pleasonton's attacks on Stuart at Brandy Station together with an autograph and a signed photograph. Also a letter of John Ware Mosby to George S. Palmer arranging a safe conduct pass for Mosby in May of 1865 so he can obtain a parole from General Halleck. Letters of his sister Victoria P. Mosby convey Richmond social news of 1842. Letters of Charles Eliot Norton to Dana Estes, C. C. Hazewell, Oliver Johnson, Andrew P. Peabody, Winslow Warren and others are chiefly brief social and business notes but include a letter about an archaelogical dig in Cotrone, Italy, conducted by Berlingieri and Clarke. Single letters of interest include Miles D. McAlester to Erasmus D. Keyes, 1862 August 25 concerning work parties for fortifications at Yorktown; W. Gordon McCabe to John Esten Cooke on a literary notice for a novel; Henry McKenzie to [Thomas?] Cadell on sales of "The Lounger"; Katharine Sarah Gadsden Macquoid to Roberts Brothers on the publication of "Dolly's grandfathers" in the U. S.; William H. McGuffey declining a request. Also William C. Macready to Mary Russell Mitford on publishing her play and his performance in "Julian"; Richard Kidder Meade to Samuel Pickens on the sale of Alabama land; James Montgomery sending thanks for a musical composition; Samuel McDowell Moore to John Letcher, 1861 September 3, on poor condition of roads which will hinder army transport and volunteering to supervise repair if given supplies and slave labor. Robert Nares to Thomas Cadell the Younger and reply on proofs for the completion of Macklin's Bible, together with engraving of Nares; and Yoné Noguchi to Madison Cawein on an evening with Joaquin Miller. The collection also contains an autograph of Joaquin Miller; a fragment by James Monroe on the acquisition of Florida.

ArchivalResource: circa 52 items.

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Dickinson family. Contracts and correspondence concerning publication of the works of Emily Dickinson, 1890-1935.

Title: Contracts and correspondence concerning publication of the works of Emily Dickinson, 1890-1935.

Includes contracts (1890-1935) to publish the poetry of, and books about, Emily Dickinson. Contracts are between Lavinia Norcross Dickinson and Martha Dickinson Bianchi and the publishing houses of Roberts Brothers (later Little, Brown and Company) and Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Collection also includes correspondence (1894-1901) of Austin Dickinson and Lavinia Norcross Dickinson with Roberts Brothers concerning the settlement of a debt.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Letters received and other papers, 1879-1916.

Title: Letters received and other papers, 1879-1916.

Letters from authors to Thomas Niles at Roberts Brothers and to Little, Brown and Company, the successor firm. Includes: Letters from Anna Bowman Dodd, 1900-1903, concerning the contract for Falaise and a new book that she is writing, Caen; Samuel Adams Drake; Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1916, with corrections to the text of a book of legal writings; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1879, his appreciation for the loan of [Philip Gilbert Hamerton's] Isles of Loch Awe; George Meredith, 1892-1896; Francis Parkman, 1892, concerning the contract for the illustrated Oregon Trail; Olive Schreiner (4 letters), 1896, concerning articles she has or wishes to submit for publication, with a note from S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner enclosing a printed dedication by Olive Schreiner to Sir George Grey; and brief letters from Edwin Arnold (fragment), Mary Mapes Dodge, Edmund H. Garrett, Flora L. Shaw, and Lily F. Wesselhoeft. With: A group of cancelled royalty checks signed by Louisa May Alcott, Mary Mapes Dodge, Edward Everett Hale, Helen Jackson, John Boyle O'Reilly, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and signed receipts from Christina Rossetti and Evelyn Whittaker; autographed limitation pages by A. Edward Newton (including his Why autographed editions?), George Arliss, David Belasco, Donn Byrne, Barton Wood Currie, Mazo De la Roche, George S. Hellman, James Hilton, Emil Ludwig, A.S.W. Rosenbach, Odell Shepard, and Frances Winwar.

ArchivalResource: ca. 175 items in 1 box ; 26 cm.

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Aylward, F. Graham. Letter : to [Roberts Brothers of Boston], 1890 Nov. 28.

Title: Letter : to [Roberts Brothers of Boston], 1890 Nov. 28.

Acknowledgment of receipt of George Meredith's the Pilgrim's script and enquiring about his novels One of our conquerors and Diana of the Crossways.

ArchivalResource: 1 item. 4 p. on 1 leaf. Holograph signed.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Kaahumanu : manuscript, [1889]

Title: Kaahumanu : manuscript, [1889]

Essay on the Kaahumanu ruling family in Hawaii and letters to Roberts Brothers, Boston publishers, dated 23 Sept. 1885 and 16 March 1886, concerning Stevenson switching to Scribner's as his publisher.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (8 leaves) ; 33 cm.

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Frederic Alcott Pratt papers on Louisa May Alcott's literary estate, 1877-1908.

Title: Frederic Alcott Pratt papers on Louisa May Alcott's literary estate, 1877-1908.

Letters to Frederic Alcott Pratt concerning the literary estate of Concord (Mass.) writerLouisa May Alcott. Includes receipts and invoices.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Contracts and correspondence concerning publication of the works of Emily Dickinson, 1890-1935.

Title: Contracts and correspondence concerning publication of the works of Emily Dickinson, 1890-1935.

Contracts and correspondence between the Dickinson family and Roberts Brothers,Little, Brown and Company, and Houghton, Mifflin and Company, concerning the publication ofthe works of the poet, Emily Dickinson.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linearft.)

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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1867.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1867.

Two letters to Messrs. Roberts & Brothers, a publishing house; one letter is dated 28 October 1867 and the other 5 November 1867, from Augusta, Ga. Roberts Brothers later became Little, Brown and Company.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Correspondence, 1892-1897.

Title: Correspondence, 1892-1897.

Business correspondence from authors and other publishers. Correspondents include Oscar Fay Adams, Edwin Arnold, Sarah Louise Arnold, Samuel Adams Drake, Edgar Fawcett, A.W. Greeley, James Martineau, Arthur Morrison, Louise Chandler Moulton, William D. Orcutt, F. Hopkinson Smith, Eliza Orne White, and Lilian Whiting.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

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Neal, John, 1793-1876. Letter to Roberts Brothers [manuscript] 1869 November 9.

Title: Letter to Roberts Brothers [manuscript] 1869 November 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lowell, Robert, 1816-1891. Letters to the Rev. Julius Hammond Ward [manuscript], 1864-1891.

Title: Letters to the Rev. Julius Hammond Ward [manuscript], 1864-1891.

Letters discuss his writings and philosophy. Topics include a steam frigate trip, remodeling of his rectory, Ward's transfer to Marblehead, death of his son, failure to fulfill expectations of him as an author, sending copies of his work to Ward for a possible biography, Ward's being cheated on a horse, his attempt to finish "Dr. Robert Lowell and his writings," an autobiography and bibliography, lack of respect for newspaper theology, health, a portrait, and the election of Phillips Brooks as Bishop.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898. Letters : Nice Maritime, Genoa, Stuttgart, 1849 Nov. 10-1896 May 5.

Title: Letters : Nice Maritime, Genoa, Stuttgart, 1849 Nov. 10-1896 May 5.

10 ALsS.

ArchivalResource: 10 items (together 19 p.) ; 27 x 22 cm. & infra.

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Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873. Letters to Roberts Brothers [manuscript], 1870, 1872.

Title: Letters to Roberts Brothers [manuscript], 1870, 1872.

Thompson, literary editor of "The evening post," encloses copies of reviews he has done of books published by Roberts Brothers. In the first letter he asks if a book is a personal copy or a review copy only. In the second he thanks them for offering both a personal and a review copy.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Wormeley, Katharine Prescott. Papers, 1888-1897.

Title: Papers, 1888-1897.

Chiefly correspondence with Roberts Brothers, her Boston publisher, concerning the translations she was doing of Molière, Balzac, Saint-Simon, Sainte-Beuve and Sand. The correspondence contains discussion and comments upon French literature and the problems of translation. Includes several checks and two letters, 1892, on the preservation of White Mountains forests. In the correspondence, she mentions her relationship with her brother-in-law, Daniel Sargent Curtis.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 linear ft. (1 box, 35 items)

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886.

Title: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886.

Letters from Thomas Niles,representing Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.), the publisher of the writer Louisa MayAlcott. Also includes other materials relating to Alcott's publishing.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918. Papers of William H. Rideing [manuscript], 1886-1911.

Title: Papers of William H. Rideing [manuscript], 1886-1911.

In a letter, 1886 October 5, Rideing regrets not meeting with an unidentified correspondent and promises to communicate in a week or so. In a letter 1886 November 9 he asks status of the Boston (?) letter and articles on Living American Authors and also discusses at length boyhood series of articles. In an 1898 letter to Messrs. Roberts Brothers [publisher] he mentions separate mailing of a volume of verse by MacKenzie Bell and asks that it be read at the earliest possible moment and on what terms they may be disposed to publish it. In a lettter to [Samuel Sidney] McClure, n.d., Rideing promises that an article on [John Townsend?] Trowbridge will be sent either end of this week or beginning of the next. Two letters, n.d., concern a series of 24 articles on the boyhood of living American authors. Rideing proposes to "begin the series" with some writer who has written for boys, suggesting [Thomas Bailey?] Aldrich or Trowbridge; mentions Mark Twain as a capital subject but notes he probably would refuse to assist in preparation of the article; would accept $15.00 for each 1500 word article. In a letter, 1899, to M[ichael?] S. O'Donnell, Rideing solicits autographs from O'Donnell's collection to extra-illustrate his private copy of the Tennyson memoir. In a 1903 letter to O'Donnell, he thanks him for autographs and sends personal news. In a 1911 letter to O'Donnell, he regrets he has not yet found a Lord Wolsely autograph but will keep on trying.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

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Britton, Henry C.,. Henry C. Britton collection, 1895-1906 and undated.

Title: Henry C. Britton collection, 1895-1906 and undated.

Primarily concerns the publication by Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) of the translations by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908), of the writings of Honoré de Balzac. With typescript letters of the publishing firm Boussod Valadin & Co. to Roberts Brothers. Also includes correspondence of Arcturus Zodiac Conrad (1855-1937) attempting to secure employment as a minister, and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. Letter : Newark, N.J., to Roberts Brothers, 1894 March 1.

Title: Letter : Newark, N.J., to Roberts Brothers, 1894 March 1.

Autograph letter signed. Letter expressing the desire to purchase missing volumes of Pierce's "Memoir and Letter of Charles Sumner." The recipient, the Roberts Brothers, was a publishing company.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Nineteenth Century Business Collection, ca. 1837-1898

Title: Nineteenth Century Business Collection ca. 1837-1898

Correspondence, lists, invoices and other documents relating to several East Coast businesses. Some of the material is from the Civil War era.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear feet; (2 document boxes).

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Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905. Letter, June 16, Newport / Sarah C. Woolsey.

Title: Letter, June 16, Newport / Sarah C. Woolsey. [1893?]

Comments on several manuscripts submitted to Roberts Brothers for publication.

ArchivalResource: [4] p. ; 18 cm.

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Papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1813-1904.

Title: Papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne [manuscript] 1659-1963 (bulk 1839-1864).

The collection contains literary manuscripts, correspondence, business papers, portraits and other items pertaining to Hawthorne. Collection contains the manuscripts of "Chiefly about war matters," "Consular experiences," "A description of a tragedy" by H. Aldrich, "Jonathan Cilley," fragment of "Our old home," fragment of "Septimus Felton, "A sketch or two in Warwick," a fragment of "Times Portraiture," annotated by Elizabeth P. Peabody, an 1815 copybook, an essay for "Homes of American Authors" beginning "I passed by the Old Manse...."and "Cuban Journal" by Sophia Peabody. The collection also contains an electrostatic copy of the original manuscript of "A wonder book for boys and girls." Correspondents include Catharine Ainsworth, George Bancroft, Moncure Daniel Conway, William Cox Bennett, Francis Bennoch, Dr. John Brown, Zachariah Burchmore, Henry Colman, Evert Duyckinck, Lydia Tuttle Fessenden, James T. Fields, Samuel G. Goodrich, Rufus W. Griswold, E. W. Gurney, Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne, Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne, Una Hawthorne, George S. Hillard, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Alexander Ireland, George Payne Rainsford James, George Parsons Lathrop, Henry W. Longfellow, Horace Mann, Horace Mann, Jr., Robert Manning,Herman Melville (copy), James Miller, J. L. O'Sullivan, George P. Putnam, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, C.H. Peirce, Franklin Pierce, Roberts Brothers, Stephen Pleasonton, William Buell Sprague, George Nicholas Sanders, John Sartain, Alexander Strahan, Charles Sumner, L.A. Surette, Howard Ticknor, W. D. Ticknor, Ticknor & Co., William A. Tiffany, Martin Van Buren, C. W. Webber, Sidney Webster, William A. Wheeler, and E. P. Whipple, Topics include his the customhouse in Boston (1839-40), Brook Farm, 1841, customhouse in the District of Salem and Beverly (1847-54), and consul at Liverpool (1853-60). Also health of self and family, pet dog, wife and children, current writing, lecturers for the [Boston?] Lyceum, London social life, Delia Bacon's book on Shakespeare, life in Italy, horse racing in England, and pessimistic outlook on the Civil War. Of interest are in depth letters concering religion and spirituality from Sophia Peabody Hawthorne to General E. A. Hitchcock. In addition there are brief mentions of Louis Agassiz, Barry Cornwall, George Curtis, Jefferson Davis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Grace Greenwood, Jean Ingelow, Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, Mary Peabody Mann, Mary Russell Mitford, John Lothrop Motley, and Albert Smith. The collection also contains various Custom House receipts consular affidavits and certification, shipping certificate, and royalty check of Hawthorne. In addition the collection contains miscellaneous legal documents pertaining to the Hawthorne family including a fragment of a legal document, 1659, a survey, 1675, a warrant, 1707, and an account 1800. In addition the collection contains portraits of Hawthorne including two ambrotypes, a carte-de-visite, a cabinet card, and several engravings, together with three pencil drawings by Sophia Hawhtorne and an engraving of the Hawthorne residence. Of interest is "Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tributes by American Authors on the 100th Anniversary of his Birth" containing letters and brief manuscripts solicited by Ralph Waldo Stoddard in 1904. The collection also contains photostatic and typescript copies of Hawthorne items elsewhere. There are several twentieth century letters concerning provenance of some of the letters, and a post 1955 compilation of notes and excerpts pertaining to Una Hawtorne.

ArchivalResource: 215 items.

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