Bristed, Charles Astor, 1820-1874

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Charles A. Bristed, Jr. was the son of author and scholar Charles Astor Bristed and Grace Sedgwick Bristed.

From the guide to the Charles Astor Bristed, Jr. papers, 1888-1906, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Charles Astor Bristed, author, was the son of Reverend John Bristed and Magdalen Astor, daughter of John Jacob Astor II. He was born in New York City and educated at home by tutors before attending Yale University (1835-1839) and the University of Cambridge (1840-1845). Following his studies at Cambridge and some travel in Europe, he returned to the United States and began writing, sometimes under the name of Carl Benson. Under this pseudonym he was a regular contributor to the sporting journals Porter's Spirit of the Times and Wilkes's Spirit of the Times . Published works include: Selections from Catullus (1849); A Letter to the Hon. Horace Mann (1850); The Upper Ten Thousand: Sketches of New York Society (1852); Five Years in an English University (1852); Pieces of a Broken-Down Critic (1858); The Interference Theory of Government (1867); Anacreontics (1872); and On Some Exaggerations in Comparative Philology (1873).

In 1847 Bristed married Laura Brevoort of New York, who died in 1860. In 1867 he married Grace Sedgwick of Lenox, Massachusetts.

Biographical information taken from "Charles Astor Bristed." Dictionary of American Biography . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography in Context . (accessed 3 May 2011).

From the guide to the Charles Astor Bristed notebooks and other material, 1838-1888, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers of Silas Weir Mitchell, 1870-1911. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 8th Street, the Bowery, Great Jones Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Bristed, Charles. Letter to Fitz-Greene Halleck. New Haven, CT. 1837 July 4. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Silas Weir Mitchell Collection, 1870-1911 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Bristed, Charles Astor, 1820-1874. Charles Astor Bristed papers, ca. 1841-1872. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Macmillan & Co. Macmillan & Co. letters, 1846-1880. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859. Autograph letter signed Henry Hallam to: "My dear Mr. Bristed" January 30, 1851. Wellesley College
referencedIn Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by Broadway and Crosby Street along Broome Street, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
creatorOf Charles Astor Bristed notebooks and other material, 1838-1888 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Letter : to Charles A. Bristed, 1848 Mar. 6. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 4th and 8th Streets, 4th Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A. Sage. New-York Historical Society Library
creatorOf Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Letter to Charles A Bristed [manuscript], 1847 Jan 17. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Charles Astor Bristed, Jr. papers, 1888-1906 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 39th and 42nd Streets, Madison and 8th Avenues, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S. New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Letter : to Charles A. Bristed, 1848 Mar. 6 Texas Christian University
creatorOf Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Facsimiles of Poe letters [manuscript] 1841-1849. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
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associatedWith Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859. person
associatedWith Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867, person
associatedWith Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
correspondedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
associatedWith Macmillan & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. person
correspondedWith Parton, James, 1822-1891 person
associatedWith Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. person
associatedWith Sage, Gardner A. person
correspondedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
associatedWith University of Cambridge corporateBody
associatedWith Woolsey family. family
associatedWith Woolsey family. family
associatedWith Woolsey family. family
associatedWith Yale College, 1718-1887 corporateBody
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Birth 1820-10-06

Death 1874-01-15

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