Ticknor and Fields records, 1839-1881.
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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
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Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904
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Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894
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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...
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John Boyle O'Reilly
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Scott, Leonora Cranch, 1848-
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Amberly, John Russell 1842-1876 Viscount
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Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914
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Editor and publisher. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor, 1595-1935 (bulk 1850-1920). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066489 American publisher. From the description of Letter : Benjamin H. Ticknor to "Fairchild," 1888 November 16 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824664 ...
Mary Robertson (Walsh) James
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Sumner, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1835-1903
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Marshall, William Edgar, 1837-1906
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Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906
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Whitney was an author and opponent of women's suffrage. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007365 American author, chiefly of books for girls; also published several volumes of verse. From the description of Papers of A.D.T. Whitney [manuscript], 1866-1905. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837187 Poet and writer of b...
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Annie Adams Fields was an author and charity worker, the wife of the Boston publisher James T. Fields. From the description of Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86143813 From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Eighteen letters written by Annie Adams Fields between the years 1882 and...
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Parton, James, 1912-
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Parton (1912-2001) was a journalist, editor, and publisher. He was publisher of American Heritage magazine (1953-1970). From the description of James Parton papers, 1914-1986. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375559 James Parton is a journalist, editor, and publisher. He was publisher of American Heritage magazine (1953-1970). From the description of Additional papers, 1896-1991. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612679773 Parton earn...
Brewster, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1802-1868
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Journalist, author, historian, and printer, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Proposal, ca. 1840. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926474 Journalist, of Portsmouth, N. H. From the description of Papers, 1818-1869. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961430 ...
Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919
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Henry Mills Alden, American writer and editor for 50 years of Harper's Magazine and descendent of John and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower fame, was born in Mount Tabor, Vermont, on November 3, 1836. From the description of Henry Mills Alden papers, 1862-1907. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667714420 American editor and critic; editor, Harper's Monthly, 1869-1919. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metuchen, New Jersey, to F...
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Redpath, James, 1833-1891
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Journalist, educator, and abolitionist. From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861 [microform] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 173183825 From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455130 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Henry C. Bowen, 1871 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616506 James Redpath was a journalist and acti...
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...
Keese, John
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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892
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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....
Balmanno, Robert
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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...
Cist, Lewis J. (Lewis Jacob), 1818-1885
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Bayard Taylor
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, 1844-1911
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Whipple, Edwin Percy, 1819-1886
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American essayist and critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Boston, to Harper and Brothers, 1858 Mar. 5 and 18-1878 Apr. 1 and 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588778 Edwin Percy Whipple was an influential 19th century American literary critic and lecturer. A prolific reader, he worked at several disparate jobs while publishing critical essays in diverse periodicals. He gained the reputation as one of the most important young critics of his gener...
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
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Edmund Quincy, author and abolitionist, was the son of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard, and wrote several novels and a biography of his father. He was an active member of the anti-slavery movement, and published numerous articles on the topic. From the description of Edmund Quincy letters, 1855-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57759735 Edumund Quincy, author and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass.,...
Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879
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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...
Mr. Enoch
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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, ...
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
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Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892
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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....
Katherine Sanborn
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Hallock, Miss
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Mr. Leeds
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Cary, Alice
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Stoddard, Charles Warren
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Cooke, Rose Terry
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Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887
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American poet. From the description of Letter [manuscript], 1871, Albany, New York, to [James Ripley] Osgood. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823406 John Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 - 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known for his parable, "The Blindmen and the Elephant."He was mentioned several times in "The Penultimate Peril.", along with his most famous poem. He was described as an American humorist poet of the nineteenth cenury.Biographical Source:...
Wilde, William Cumming
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Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871
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Tuckerman was an American critic, essayist, and poet. From the description of ALS: to Mr. Norton, [no year] Jan 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648060 American critic, editor, author. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1842-1864. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530583 Tuckerman was an American critic, essayist and poet. From the description of Col...
Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892
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American poet and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644204873 Cranch was a Unitarian minister, poet, author, artist, editor, humorist, and member of the New England transcendentalist group. From the description of Christopher Pearse Cranch illustrations of the New Philosophy, ca. 1837-1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612709068 Artist...
Ross, Daniel, 1970-
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Marion Talbot
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Stoddard, Richard Henry
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Epithet: American poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x0002f7 ...
Mary (Lowell) Putnam
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Mr. Bond
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Chamberlain, William Mellen, -1887
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Sumner, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1835-1903
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Winter, Charles
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Mr. Pell
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Ludlow, Fitz Hugh
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Weiss, John, 1818-1879
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Boston clergyman and author. From the description of Letter and photograph of John Weiss, 1876 February 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62383380 John Weiss was a radical New England Unitarian minister and author. He was an ardent abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, and a Transcendentalist. His many lectures and literary works include commentaries on Shakespeare, American literature, modern religion, and Greek religion; he was a pivotal figure in tr...
Samuel? Tyler
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Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903
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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 (18...
Redpath lyceum bureau
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The Redpath Lyceum Bureau was founded by James C. Redpath in 1868 as a commercial lecture bureau. In 1901, Keith Vawter purchased a one-third interest in the bureau, and in 1904 launched the first Chautauqua circuit. The Redpath Lyceum Bureau had offices in a number of locations including Cedar Rapids, Iowa; White Plains,New York; Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois, and; Kansas City, Missouri. From the description of Records of the Redpath Chautauqua Collection, 1890-1944 (bulk 1904-1...
Pye, John William
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Mr. Cupples
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Livermore, George, 1809-1865
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Boston antiquarian and commission merchant. From the description of George Livermore letters [manuscript], 1852, 1865. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648019048 ...
Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900
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Professor of English Literature at University of Michigan. Editor of The Christian Union. From the description of Postcard, 1899, December 10, to "Dear Sir". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384204 Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. From the description of Moses Coit Tyler papers, 1864-1897 and 1920-1921. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419205 American author. From the description of A...
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
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A. Guints
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Mrs. Bray
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Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887
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American poet. From the description of Letter [manuscript], 1871, Albany, New York, to [James Ripley] Osgood. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823406 John Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 - 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known for his parable, "The Blindmen and the Elephant."He was mentioned several times in "The Penultimate Peril.", along with his most famous poem. He was described as an American humorist poet of the nineteenth cenury.Biographical Source:...
T. R. Gram
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Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826-1884
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English journalist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to George Cruikshank, 1868 Jun. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487907 British journalist and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [Charles] Kent, [18--] May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 757338330 Blanchard Jerrold, British journalist, editor and playwright. Adolphe Smith (1846-1925), British journalist and socialist; Ali...
Warren's Portraits.
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Mr. Gilman
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Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872
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Publisher of Putnam's Magazine and founder of G. P. Putnam & Son[s]. From the description of George Palmer Putnam letters [manuscript], 1858-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647998826 George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) was a book and magazine publisher. From the description of George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607941 From the guide to the George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871, ...
Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908
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Donald Grant Mitchell, essayist and novelist, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, graduated from Yale College in 1841 and, after serving abroad briefly as U.S. consul in Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, settled near New Haven, Connecticut. Mitchell wrote literary criticism, travel literature, and volumes of essays on rural themes, including Reveries of a Bachelor (1850), My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book (1863), and Rural Studies (1867). Other works include the novel Doctor Johns (1866), About ...
Mr. Bennett
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Fields, Osgood and Company.
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Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879
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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...
Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895
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George Augustus Sala was a journalist, travel writer, and essayist, and had worked as a painter and illustrator before turning to journalism. He was the London Daily telegraph correspondent during the American Civil War and was a contributor to Dickens' Household words. From the description of George Augustus Sala papers, 1892. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70247622 Sala published My diary in America during the Civil War in 1865. ...
Mr. Brown
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John G. Holland
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Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914
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Editor and publisher. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor, 1595-1935 (bulk 1850-1920). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066489 American publisher. From the description of Letter : Benjamin H. Ticknor to "Fairchild," 1888 November 16 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824664 ...
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
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New Hampshire-born author and poet. From the description of Letter : Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass. to John M. Milson, 1904 May 25. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103796 From the description of Letters and ephemera, 1879-1891. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103833 From the description of Letters to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1868-1875. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103776 During the Civil War Aldrich worked a...
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....
Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892
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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....
Mrs. Eliza Buckminster Lee
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Mr. Carter
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Cornwall, Barry
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Mr. Dearborn
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Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883
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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to P.T. Barnum, [18]74 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616626 Anglo-Irish novelist. From the description of Letters : to W[illiam] Bliss, 1873 Oct. 8 and 1875 Mar. 20. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481683 From the description of To the United States : autograph manuscript signed of a corrected d...
Brooks, Charles Timothy, 1813-1883
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Clergyman. From the description of Charles Timothy Brooks correspondence, 1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451563 American clergyman, poet and translator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, to Harper & Brothers, 1855 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133560 Charles Timothy Brooks was a minister, translator, and editor of Dial magazine. From the description of Charles Timothy Brooks letters, hymns, a...
Charles Creighton Hazewell
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Channing, Elizabeth Parsons, 1818-1906
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Unitarian laywoman; nice of William Ellery Channing. From the description of Extract book, 1875. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 181964213 ...
Ripley, George, -1490?
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Mr. Thompson
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J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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Mr. Clark
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Lunt, George, 1803-1885
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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...