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Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Papers of George Cary Eggleston, 1874-1906.

Title: Papers of George Cary Eggleston, 1874-1906.

The papers contain the manuscript of "The Master of Warlock," an autographed passage from "A Rebel's Recollections, " correspondence, and a copy of an engraved portrait. Correspondence includes letters written as editor of various magazines. Of interest is a letter to Louisa May Alcott discussing his plans for "American Homes" magazine and stories he would like her to write for it. Other correspondence discusses publishers and publishing companies; origin, success, and sales of "Dorothy South"; problems with "A captain in the ranks"; his historical articles and books; sayings of famous men; Rossiter Raymond's "Cavalry Song"; friendship and poetry of Edmund Clarence Stedman; his brother Edward Eggleston; a lecture series; publishing advice for John Esten Cooke; social rules in Virginia, American supremacy in 1906; social invitations; his writing plans, health, and family. Correspondents include Alcott, Mary L. Booth, John Nathan Cobb, John Esten Cooke, Ernest Ingersoll, Robert Underwood Johnson, Harriet Mann (Olive Thorne) Miller, David Alexander Monro, J.R. Osgood & Company, James B. Pond, Edmund Clarence Stedman, the Rev. E.F. Strickland, John William Weidemeyer, Carolyn Melissa Winward, and William Wallace Young.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54077108 View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified man, 1873 June 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified man, 1873 June 27.

Regarding an approved sketch (perhaps the serialized articles later published as "A rebel's recollections"?) of the lives of George Cary and his brother, Edward, who is presently on a walking tour in the Virginia mountains; correcting an error the recipient has made in the title of Edward's latest novel, "The mystery of Metropolisville."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/589323809 View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Three girls, between 1880 and 1911?

Title: Three girls, between 1880 and 1911?

A handwritten poem, undated, in four verses signed by Eggleston. The poem is about three girls named Marion, Marie, and May who visit Eggleston in his editor's den. In the poem, Eggleston refers to himself as "middle-aged, married, and staid" and "that my head grew long ago gray" suggesting the poem was written in his latter years. The poem is written on the verso of a color illustrated page removed from a book or manuscript. The illustration is of a plant with leaves in fall colors and signed by H.C. Allen.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/106483638 View

Don Carlos Seitz papers, 1882-1934

Title: Don Carlos Seitz papers 1882-1934

Don Carlos Seitz (1862-1935), American journalist and author, worked for several magazines and newspapers, including the New York World where he was business manager from 1898 to 1923. In addition to his editorial career, he wrote biographies and articles for magazines. Collection consists of correspondence and typescripts by Seitz. Correspondence, 1882-1934, mostly incoming, is with political leaders, authors, publishers, editors, and literary people. Topics covered are the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer and Seitz's books. Also, typescripts, 1925 and 1929, with corrections by Seitz.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (3 boxes, 2 packages)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2717 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1782-1944.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1782-1944.

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. Of interest is correspondence of Hench with Willa Cather and publishers concerning a cheap reprint of "Death comes for the archbishop." Letters of Francis J. Child to Paul Hamlton Hayne discuss Chaucer and Hayne's work. Letters of Lewis Gaylord Clark to Henry Stephens Randall and Hanson A. Risley discuss publication in "The Knickerbocker" and political patronage. Letters of Christopher Pearse Cranch concern publication of his work and social matters and includes manuscripts of three poems. Letters of General James Dearing to General P.G.T. Beauregard and Lt. Colonel Otey, 1864 May - June discuss action during the siege of Petersburg. Letters of Evert Augustus Duyckinck to T. A. Cheney, Rufus Wilmot Griswold and William Henry Whitmore concern literary matters. Over thirty five letters from George Cary Eggleston to Henry Mills Alden, Will Carleton, Richard Watson Gilder, William Dean Howells, Robert U. Johnson, Martha J. Lamb, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Edmund Clarence Stedman, James Carleton Young and others discuss activities of the Dickens Fellowship, readings, the Author's Club, reviews, autograph collecting and other authors including a statement that "[Mark Twain] and I are not on cordial terms...." Individual letters of interest William Lewis Cabell on addresses of Confederate generals; Hundson Cary on his gubernatorial "Education Plank"; Madison J. Cawein on publishing matters; Thomas Clare to Samuel Ireland on Ireland's "Tour of the Thames"; Thomas Clarke to Friedrich A. Riedesel on a prisoner exchange; Wilkie Collins sending thanks; Moncure Daniel Conway to John H. Ingram on his biography of Poe; John Esten Cooke to Lucian Minor on a biographical sketch; George Crabbe to John Robinson, on a land division; David P. Curry on the Battle of Rich Mountain; and John Meck Cuyler to Dr. [Gilman?] Kimball on hospital muster rolls. Also George M. Dallas to James Monroe forwarding a publication for approval; Danske Dandridge introducing Waitman Barbe; Beverley Dandridge regretting he cannot emply foreigners; the 6th Duke of Devonshire to Mary Russell Mitford on requested favors and seeking a copy of her play for his library; Anna Dickinson sending thanks; Jubal Early to Henry Barton Dawson on Robert E. Lee and William Mahone's biography of Lee; and Maria Edgeworth to Thomas Noon Talfourd on copyright. The collection also contains three poems by Madison Cawein; a page from "The legacy of Caine" by Wilkie Collins; autographs of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and Amelia Earhart; a greeting from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens;

ArchivalResource: circa 90 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648013422 View

Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886. Papers, 1840-1896.

Title: Papers, 1840-1896.

Professional and personal correspondence and literary notes of John Esten Cooke and of his brother, Philip Pendleton Cook, poet and storyteller. The John E. Cooke papers include letters from boyhood friends, Civil War letters, business letters from publishers, critical letters from literary friends during the 1870s and 1880s, and notebooks of the war period. Includes manuscript copies of Cooke's "Surry of Eagle's Nest," "A legend of Turkey Buzzard Hollow," and "On the road to despotism." The Philip P. Cooke papers include letters to his father, of interest in themselves as literary productions. Correspondents in the collection include W.H. Appleton, George W. Bagby, Alexander R. Boteler, W.H. Browne, O.B. Burie, M.B.T. Clark, W. De Hass, M. Schele De Vere, H.K. Douglas, E.A. Duyckinck, G.C. Eggleston, William Evelyn, Wade Hampton, J.W. Harper, H.B. Hirst, J.B. Jones, J.P. Kennedy, C.C. Lee, W.H. Lee, B.W. Leigh, A.H. Sands, W.G. Simms, David Strother, and Beverly Tucker.

ArchivalResource: 296 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19490602 View

Weston, Inez A. Eggleston, 1859-. Historical data record : Eggleston family, 1932.

Title: Historical data record : Eggleston family, 1932.

Biographical and historical information on the Eggleston family, compiled by the Boulder County Pioneer and Fourth of July Committee.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427353777 View

Seitz, Don Carlos, 1862-1935. Don Carlos Seitz papers, 1882-1934.

Title: Don Carlos Seitz papers, 1882-1934.

Collection consists of correspondence and typescripts by Seitz.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (3 boxes, 2 packages)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122571283 View

Eggleston, George Craig. Letters to Miss Mary Ann Guy concerning George Cary Eggleston, author of Rebel's Recollections [manuscript] 15 and 16 July 1943.

Title: Letters to Miss Mary Ann Guy concerning George Cary Eggleston, author of Rebel's Recollections [manuscript] 15 and 16 July 1943. 1943.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647955635 View

George Cary Eggleston Collection, 1902

Title: George Cary Eggleston Collection 1902

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00211.xml View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Papers of George Cary Eggleston [manuscript] 1895-1903.

Title: Papers of George Cary Eggleston [manuscript] 1895-1903.

Holograph signed letter, 1895 July 4, New York, N.Y., to C.W. Dayton, New York ([2] p.), commending U.S. postal service; and handwritten card, 1903 December 14, stating that a dinner is being given in honor of Eggleston, signed on verso by Eggleston, Edwin Markham, and others.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946206 View

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902. [Letters], 1868-1960.

Title: [Letters], 1868-1960.

This collection contains: a letter concerning home rule and E. Eggleston's lecture tour (12/28/1891); letters to Miss Evelyn Craig of Vevay, Indiana offering $1000 to found a library (10/24/1901 and 12/26/1901); a letter to Walter P. Phillips declining an invitation to dinner in honor of Samuel L. Clemens and commenting on latter's humor (11/9/1893); a collection of letters to Eggleston from other authors and from artists engaged in illustrating his books, letters from Henry Ward Beecher, William D Howells, James Whitcomb Riley (1868-1902); a letter written by George Cary Eggleston concerning the life of his brother, Edward; letters to Miss Evelyn Craig (9/25/1902 and 4/29/1904) and a letter regretting they cannot attend Miss Craig's graduation from Vassar (n.d.); a letter by George Cary Eggleston concerning the life of his brother Edward (11/27/1886); letter from George Cary Eggleston to Miss Evelyn Craig (10/1/1902); a letter from Joseph W. Eggleston to Miss Evelyn Craig regarding his book "Tuckahoe" (9/3/1920); a letter written by Miss Evelyn M. Craig to Mr. Harold F. Brigham (Indiana State Librarian) with gift of nine Eggleston letters to the Indiana State Library contains information about the Eggleston family (8/31/1960); and a letter written by Craig, asking for information for a genealogy of the Virginia Eggleston branch (6/15/1925).

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247147907 View

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974. Notes, clippings, and correspondence [manuscript] 1889-1974.

Title: Notes, clippings, and correspondence [manuscript] 1889-1974.

Hench's notes, clippings, and correspondence on the books and papers of Laurence Nowell and William Lambarde, English historians and Anglo-Saxon scholars; on mdieval and early European manuscripts in general; on George Cary Eggleston and Paul Hamilton Hayne together with typed transcripts of Hayne letters not in the Hench collections. a small collection of obituaries for Hench is included.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946239 View

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902. Papers, 1855-1903.

Title: Papers, 1855-1903.

Salutatory address delivered on assuming the presidency of the XII (1855), also letters of Edward and George Eggleston to Albert G. Craig.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29853724 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. [Letters], 1885.

Title: [Letters], 1885.

This collection contains two letters addressed to Mrs. [Margaret Junkin] Preston, thanking her for poems which he will print, sympathizes with her loss of sight, will meet her when he takes his son to Washington and Lee at Lexington, Virginia (6/25/1885); the second letter thanks Mrs. Preston for the Christmas poem, has not been back to his homestead [at Vevay] since 1865, and does not care to go back as there have been too many changes (12/11/1885).

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247148699 View

George Cary Eggleston Collection, 1876-1906

Title: George Cary Eggleston Collection 1876-1906

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00214.xml View

Donald, David Herbert, 1920-2009,. [Collection of books from the library of David Herbert Donald] 1860-2007.

Title: [Collection of books from the library of David Herbert Donald] 1860-2007.

Collection of books that were owned by David Herbert Donald.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (2 cu. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/636735471 View

George Cary Eggleston Collection, 1901-1902

Title: George Cary Eggleston Collection 1901-1902

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00213.xml View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Louisa May Alcott papers, 1849-1931.

Title: Louisa May Alcott papers, 1849-1931.

Papers pertaining primarily to the works of American author Louisa May Alcott.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00659/catalog View

George W. Eggleston biographical sketch, 1898.

Title: George W. Eggleston biographical sketch, 1898.

A two-page biographical sketch.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427361380 View

Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.

Title: Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.

Correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, notes for books, accounts, outlines and notes for sermons, newspaper clippings of book reviews and obituaries. Includes correspondence with publishers concerning royalties, copyrights, and related matters; letters concerning historical and genealogical research, and real estate, mortgage, and security investments; also, 48 letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Copyright League concerning Eggleston's lobbying activities on behalf of the International copyright law; also letters from George Cary Eggleston to his brother Edward.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM00110.xml View

Howells-Fréchette family. Howells-Fréchette family papers, 1844-1934.

Title: Howells-Fréchette family papers, 1844-1934.

The collection consists mostly of letters, along with some documents, 1 bound volume of manuscripts, and ephemera related to the family and social life of the Howells and Fréchette families. Along with family papers, the collection also contains materials related to literary, journalistic, and political matters, including ballot counts from the deadlocked 1880 Republican Convention and medical bulletins from the time of Garfield's assassination.

ArchivalResource: 176 pieces.2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721068 View

Lloyd, John Uri, 1849-1936. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1849-1936.

Consists of diaries, autobiographical and biographical works, family papers & genealogical materials, scrapbooks, correspondence, laboratory notebooks, experiments, research and subject files.

ArchivalResource: 55 boxes, 50 v. (40 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24535621 View

George Cary Eggleston Collection, 1874-1904

Title: George Cary Eggleston Collection 1874-1904

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00212.xml View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. "Recollections of a varied life" [manuscript].

Title: "Recollections of a varied life" [manuscript].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647939898 View

Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication

Reader reports on manuscripts submitted for review and potential publicationby Houghton Mifflin Company.

ArchivalResource: 103 boxes, 1 volume (130 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01623/catalog View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Letter, 1899 Aug. 15, New York, N.Y., to Harold Goddard Rugg, Proctorsville, Vt. / George Cary Eggleston.

Title: Letter, 1899 Aug. 15, New York, N.Y., to Harold Goddard Rugg, Proctorsville, Vt. / George Cary Eggleston.

Responds to an inquiry concerning portraits of himself.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7160543 View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911,. Autograph letter signed from George Cary Eggleston, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1888 December 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed from George Cary Eggleston, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1888 December 20.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230471542 View

George Cary Eggleston Collection, 1881

Title: George Cary Eggleston Collection 1881

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00215.xml View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Papers of James R. Osgood and A. V. S. Anthony, 1853-1912.

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Papers of James R. Osgood and A. V. S. Anthony, 1853-1912.

Primarily letters sent to the Boston publisher James R. Osgood and his associate A. V. S. Anthony.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01510/catalog View

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974,. Letters chiefly of prominent literary figures [manuscript] 1868-1903.

Title: Letters chiefly of prominent literary figures [manuscript] 1868-1903.

Charles Francis Adams thanks W.W. Crannell for some newsclippings, 1874. John Fox, Jr., refers to the "silver lunacy" going around the country in 1896. Letters from Lawrence Lee, as editor of "Sea Stories and Sport Stories" to Atcheson L. Hench, 1926-1930, solicits pieces for the magazine, describes material he wants, discusses an open position and is pleased to help U. Va. boys interested in a literary career. Pierre Loti [Louis Marie-Julien Viaud] apologizes for sending proofs late. Bliss Perry declines an invitation of Mrs. Charles E. St. John. Amélie Rives Chanler Troubetzkoy extends and invitation to Dr. Bleyer. Francesca Cosima von Bulow Wagner thanks an unknown correspondent for aiding her son, 1903. ; 1885 Dec. 17 George Cary Eggleston regarding an autograph collection; ;and check, 1868 Nov. 18 Fields, Osgood & Co. to Edwin Percy Whipple.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946314 View

Harrison, Elizabeth Stuart Letcher, d. 1914. List of books presented by Southern writers to the Poe Alcove, 1900 June 1.

Title: List of books presented by Southern writers to the Poe Alcove, 1900 June 1.

The list, in James A. Harrison's hand, records the number of volumes presented by each of 34 authors. Eight authors have no number listed but Harrison indicates volumes are "promised." Harrison incorrectly tallies the number of volumes received as 130; the correct total is 120. The books were presented by Southern writers to the Poe Alcove of the University of Virginia Library through Prof. and Mrs. J.A. Harrison. The volumes were for the use of English students working in Southern studies. Authors who presented books were: Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum, Alexander Brown, William Hand Browne, Madison Cawein, American novelist Winston Churchill, J.L.M. Curry, George Cary Eggleston, Alcée Fortier, Ellen Glasgow, Constance Cary Harrison, Mary Johnston, William Preston Johnston, E.S. Joynes, Grace King, Julia Magruder, John S. Mosby, Lizette Woodworth Reese, Kate M. Rowland, Frank Stockton, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Father John B. Tabb, C.H. Toy, Augusta Evans Wilson, John S. Wise, and Woodrow Wilson. Authors who promised volumes were: Kate Chopin, Susan Pendleton Lee, F.V.N. Painter, the heirs of Margaret J. Preston, Hannis Taylor, Jeannette Walworth, and Katharine P. Woods. Search the phrase "Poe Alcove" in VIRGO for a list of the volumes identified as of May, 2007.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152594049 View

Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records

Records of Houghton Mifflin Company and its predecessors, containing papers relating to both the printing and publishing branches of the business.

ArchivalResource: 64 linear feet (165 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00009/catalog View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902. Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.

Title: Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.

Correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, notes for books, accounts, outlines and notes for sermons, newspaper clippings of book reviews and obituaries. Includes correspondence with publishers concerning royalties, copyrights, and related matters; letters concerning historical and genealogical research, and real estate, mortgage, and security investments; also, 48 letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Copyright League concerning Eggleston's lobbying activities on behalf of the International copyright law; also letters from George Cary Eggleston to his brother Edward.

ArchivalResource: 8.8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63937392 View

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. Letter to Richard Watson Gilder [manuscript], 1886 February 18.

Title: Letter to Richard Watson Gilder [manuscript], 1886 February 18.

Eggleston introduces Theodore Whitefield Hunt.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647972317 View