Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection 1838-1854

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...

Griswold, Rufus Willmot, 1815-1857

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. He built a strong literary reputation, in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America. This anthology, the most comprehensive of its time, included what he deemed the best examples of American poetry. He produc...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Bangor Theological Seminary (Me.)

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...

L. R. Koecker

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Grattan, Thomas Colley, 1792-1864

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Thomas Colley Grattan, Irish journalist and novelist. The first series of his collection of stories titled High-ways and By-ways was aided to publication by Washington Irving. From the description of Thomas Colley Grattan manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 244252716 Thomas Colley Grattan, Irish journalist and novelist. Washington Irving assisted in seeing the first series of High-ways and By-ways (stories) to publication. ...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1787-1879

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American essayist and poet. From the description of The buccaneer : autograph manuscript copy of a fragment of the poem signed : Boston, 1865 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 557604082 From the description of Sonnet: to a garden-flower sent to me by a lady and Song: I saw her once : autograph manuscript copies of two poems signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mr. & ...

Horatio Greenough

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Hiram Ketcham

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Smith, John Jay

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Moore

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Neill family

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George Payne Rainsford

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James Logan

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Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867

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American journalist and poet. From the description of Letter : to "My dear fellow," [18--] July 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28900949 Willis was a journalist and writer of plays, poems and short stories. From the description of Letter, to Maunsell B. (Maunsell Bradhurst) Field, 1854 March 31. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122493287 Nathaniel Parker Willis was one of the highest paid periodical writers of his day, a poet, ...

Charles Augustus Stetson

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Thomas, Lloyd

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Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879

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Henry Carey, American economist, was born in Philadelphia and initially devoted himself to the publishing business, which he inherited from his father. He was also interested in economics and in 1836 he published an article entitled, Essay on the rate of wages - subsequently expanded into a 3 vol. work: The principles of political economy, 1837-1840. Carey published numerous other books and essays and his writings were read worldwide, especially in Europe. Other works include, The slave trade......

Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878

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Kirkland, Caroline Matilda

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Epithet: née Stansbury; American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000278 ...

H. F. Phinney

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Jones, Thomas D., 1811-1881

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Sculptor. From the description of Thomas Dow Jones correspondence, 1850-1874. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155548405 Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) was born in 1808 in Cornish, New Hampshire. After being admitted to the bar in 1830, Chase moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his legal and political career. In 1856, he became Ohio's first Republican governor. After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Chase was appointed to th...

John Lewis O'Sullivan

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William Slade

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