Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

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Birth 1825-07-02
Death 1903-05-12

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American poet.

From the description of Manuscript letter : Mattapoisett, to Lafcadio Hearn, 1885 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 635599094

Army officer.

From the description of Abraham Lincoln : poem, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677748

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (1804-1870). Largely self-educated, he spent evenings reading English poetry and writing verse and by 1845 he had begun to write. In 1851 he married poet and author Elizabeth Drew Barstow (1823-1902) of Mattapoisett, Mass., a daughter of Wilson and Betsy Drew Barstow. Richard and Elizabeth Stoddard had three sons, all of whom preceded them in death. Thanks to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stoddard served first in New York City as a customs inspector, 1853-1870, and then in the Department of Docks, 1870-1873. He was literary reviewer, 1860-1870, for the New York World; editor, 1871-1876, of the short-lived literary publication The Aldine; and city librarian, 1877; from 1880 until his death he was literary editor of the Mail and Express.

From the description of Papers, 1852-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207173322

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) was an American poet, author, editor, and literary critic. He worked as a customs inspector and in the Dept. of Docks in New York City; then as literary reviewer for the New York World from 1871 to 1876; city librarian, 1877; and from 1880 until his death, he was literary editor of the Mail and Express. His wife, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823-1902), was a poet and author.

From the guide to the Richard H. and Elizabeth B. Stoddard papers, 1822-1902, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Author, publisher; New York City.

From the description of Richard Henry and Elizabeth B. Stoddard letters, 1852-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552871

American poet, critic and editor.

From the description of Letter : to [Edmund Clarence] Sted[man], 1863 Aug. 4. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601915

Richard Henry Stoddard was a poet, critic, and editor. In 1852 he published Poems, and married Elizabeth Drew Barstow, who he encouraged to write and who authored several novels of her own. Stoddard was appointed an inspector in the New York Custom House in 1853, a position he held until 1870. He was also a literary reviewer for the New York world from 1860 to 1870. Beginning about 1870, the Stoddards presided over an influential literary salon at their home on East Fifteenth Street.

From the description of Abraham Lincoln, an Horatian ode [manuscript], 1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57997718

American poet and journalist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles Nordhoff, 1864 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575177

From the description of Wishing and having : [n.p.] : autograph poem signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581285

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1858 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575184

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to John Hay, 1871 Sept. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575146

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to a publishing house, 1900 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575180

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) was an American poet, author, editor, and literary critic.

He worked as a customs inspector and in the Dept. of Docks in New York City; then as literary reviewer for the New York World from 1871 to 1876; city librarian, 1877; and from 1880 until his death, he was literary editor of the Mail and Express. His wife, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823-1902), was a poet and author.

From the description of Richard H. and Elizabeth B. Stoddard papers, 1822-1902. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652422

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  • American literature
  • Publishers and publishing
  • American poetry
  • Poets, American
  • Literature
  • Male authors
  • Painters
  • Poetry
  • Sculptors
  • Women

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  • Army officers
  • Authors
  • Poets

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  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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