J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939.

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J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939.

Correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts of American writer John Townsend Trowbridge

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383526

Houghton Library

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...

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Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine. From the description of Additional papers, 1796-1927 (inclusive), 1877-1927 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505841 From the description of Papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive) 1872-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505824 From the guide to the William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)., (Houghton...

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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....

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U.S. secretary of the navy and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Letters and signature of John Davis Long, 1885-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014961 ...

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Carleton, Will, 1845-1912

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Carleton was a Michigan poet. He was born on Oct. 21, 1845 in Hudson (Mich.), the son of John H. and Celestia Carleton. After graduating from Hillsdale College (1869), he became a newspaper reporter and, later, part owner of the newspaper. Carleton edited the Detroit Weekly Tribune. He founded and published Everywhere magazine, 1894-1912. Carleton was a poet and lecturer at Hillsdale College, 1887-1912. He published from 1871-1913. Carleton (Mich.), Carelton Highway, and Will Carleton Road West ...

Trowbridge, John, 1843-1923

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Smith, Hyacinth S.

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Halpine, Charles G. (Charles Graham), 1829-1868

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Journalist, poet, reformer, Union soldier in Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1864 March 13, New York City [to] "My dear General." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 11999938 Charles Graham Halpine, a New York author, journalist, military officer, and politician, was born Charles Boyton Halpin in Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, the son of a Church of Ireland clergyman and editor of the Dublin Evening Mail. Having studied medicine and law at Trinity College and writte...

E. Whipple

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Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925

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Epithet: Professor of Physiology, Cornell University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00008a Lecturer on physiology at University of Michigan and professor at Cornell University. From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799847 From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). Wor...

Porter, Charlotte Endymion, 1859-1942

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Howe, M.A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960

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American author of numerous biographies and nonfiction accounts, many about the New England area; recipient of 1924 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, BARRETT WENDELL AND HIS LETTERS. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1960. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492230 Biographer, editor, historian, and poet. From the description of Papers of M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1920,1935. (University of Vir...

Furness, Adeline P, recipient.

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Hyslop, James Augustus, 1884-

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Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893

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Lucy Larcom wrote poetry about women's factory life in Lowell, Mass. She was a friend and collaborator of John Greenleaf Whittier. From the description of Lucy Larcom letter, poem, and photograph, 1871-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38235776 Poet and writer, from Lowell, Mass. who attended Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. from 1849-1852, and was friends with Henry Spaulding who worked at the Surveyor General's Office in St. Louis. ...

Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, English writer. She is best remembered as the author of John Halifax, Gentleman (1856), one of the 19th century's best selling books. From the description of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik manuscript material : 2 items, 1866 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 132680498 From the guide to the Dinah Maria Mulock Craik manuscript material : 2 items, 1866, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Nixon Waterman

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Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916

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American author. From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1873-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824809 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1850-1907, bulk 1872-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809956 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1882-1916. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810596 From the description of Autograph l...

Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919

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American author, lecturer, and biographer. From the description of Letter and clipping, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367557325 Oscar Fay Adams was an American author, editor, and lecturer in literature and architecture. From the description of Dear heart, believe, 1887 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49668864 Adams was founding member and secretary of the Boston Author's Club and the author of many volumes ...

Trine, Ralph Waldo, 1866-1958

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Ralph Waldo Trine, b. Mount Morris, Ill.; AB Knox College, graduate student in history, political and social sciences at Johns Hopkins; director of American Humane Education Society; particularly interested in social problems; author of numerous inspirational and religious books, many translated into more than 20 languages. Celia Thaxter, 1833-1894, b. Portsmouth, N.H.; author of many poems and letters. From the description of Letter to Mr. McClure, 1885 June...

Eldridge, Charles Wesley

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Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905

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Samuel Adams Drake (1833-1905) was a prolific writer and author of books and articles, primarily dealing with the topics of New England and early American history, American folklore, and the American revolution. From the guide to the Samuel Adams Drake manuscript, 1894, (Brooklyn Historical Society) American historian. From the description of Letter, 1905 Aug. 16, Kennebunkport, to Edward Denham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166330189 American...

Hanley, Olive Ward.

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W. D. Howells

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Hendricks, Caroline Butler.

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Harbour, Jefferson Lee, 1857-1931

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Pinitalis, Laura de.

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Upson, Arthur, 1877-1918

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Leggett, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1834-1924

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American poet and teacher. From the description of Benjamin Franklin Leggett letters to Mrs. Horace Silsby, [manuscript], 1891-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 262618208 ...

Moulton, Charles Wells, 1859-1913

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Tower, (Mrs.), recipient.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania was established in 1824 by seven young Philadelphians who were inspired by the patriotic celebrations and renewed civic pride brought on by the Marquis d Lafayette's visit to the United States. The aim of their fledgling organization was to collect and preserve evidence related to history of the commonwealth, to encourage scholarly research, and to stimulate public interest in American history. This mission remains central to the wo...

Swett, Sophia Miriam, 1858-1912

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Taggart, Charles Ross

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Emerson, Charles Wesley, 1837-1908

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W. D. O'Connor

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Potter, Adrian, recipient.

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Trowbridge, Jones Rufus.

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W. M. Baker

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Wood, Theodore J.

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Charles Devens

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Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to Miss Greene, 1914 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129671 From the description of The Vikings : autograph poem signed, 1886 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135829 Poet and author of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Madison Julius Cawein : miscellaneous papers, 1889-1916. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46764382 ...

Marshall, Leonard B. (Leonard Babbidge), 1847-1913

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Edith (Trowbridge) Vom Baur

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King, Basil, 1859-1928

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Canadian clergyman and writer. From the description of Basil King letter to Mr. Baxter [manuscript], 1917 Mar 30 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964628 Canadian author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typewritten letter signed : New York, Paris, and Berlin, to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Jun. 2-1910 Jun. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492192 ...

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

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Rossiter Johnson (1840-1931) was an American author and editor. In addition to editing historical and reference works, he wrote biographies, histories and poetry. He and his first wife, Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844-1914), were ardent anti-feminists who belonged to various organizations opposed to women's suffrage. Helen Johnson was also an author and editor. From the guide to the Rossiter and Helen Kendrick Johnson papers, 1851-1929, 1883-1900, (The New York Public Library. Manuscrip...

Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918

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Photograph taken by the journalist William H. Rideing who occasionally visited Holmes at his house in Beverly Farms. From the description of Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms [graphic]. [ca. 1885] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 124051582 Writer, editor of Youth's companion. From the description of Letters, 1886 October 5 and November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994659 From the description of Letters, 1898 May 16, n.d....

Connor, (Miss), recipient.

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Winston, The John C., co., recipient.

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Whiting, Lilian

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Morse, Lucius D.

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Tarbell, John H.

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Stephens, Charles Asbury, 1845-1931

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Walt Whitman.

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Robb, Emma S, recipient.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Scott, Carrie.

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White, Eliza Orne, 1856-1947

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American novelist. From the description of Letters, 1911 & 1936 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812245 American author. From the description of Collection 1936. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49208403 ...

Cambridge historical society, Cambridge, Mass., recipient.

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Goldthwait, Joel E. (Joel Ernest), 1866-

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Arthur Trowbridge?.

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Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927

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A J Reeves

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McClure, Harriet H.

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Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890

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Author, of Portsmouth, N.H.; also wrote under names Mrs. Partington and Ruth Partington. From the description of Letter, 1853 Nov. 22. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70961170 American humorist. From the description of Papers of B. P. Shillaber [manuscript], 1856-1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846046 From the description of To J.T. Fields : autograph poem signed and accompanying autograph letter si...

John T. Trowbridge High School of Spencerport, N.Y., recipient.

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Allen, Marion Boyd, 1862-1941

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Marion ("Minnie") Boyd Allen (1862-1941), the daughter of Stillman Boyd Allen (1830-1891), a lawyer, and Harriet Smith (Seaward) Allen (1831-1922), was born in Boston, Mass., on 23 October 1862. Her brother, Willis Boyd Allen (1855-1938), lawyer, author, and journalist, was born at Kittery, Me. He graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and received an LL.D. from Boston University in 1881. Minnie studied at the art school of the Boston Museum of Fine Art with Tarbell a...

Rittenhouse, Jessie B. (Jessie Belle), 1869-1948

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Poet and editor. From the description of Papers of Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, 1902-1927. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793757 ...

J. W. Riley

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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...

Dickey, J. M. (John Miller), 1806-1878

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This collection consists of papers of the Cross, Dickey, and Miller families of Chester County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland. John Miller and his wife, Margaret, emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania with their young daughter, Jane, in 1786. Miller, who was trained as a stone cutter in Scotland, developed a thriving marble business in Philadelphia; he also owned a farm in Great Valley, Pennsylvania. John was active in the Philadelphia community; h...

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917

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Author and journalist. From the description of F.B. Sanborn correspondence and essays, 1852-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163242 Massachusetts journalist. From the description of Song / words by Mr. F.B. Sanborn, music a part of Brignal Banks. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62350218 American journalist and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1889 March 21, Concord, Mass., to E.D. Walker, New York. (Boston Athenaeum). W...

Cobb, Darius, 1834-1919

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Ford, Daniel Sharp, 1822-1899,

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Humane society of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, recipient.

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Guild, Curtis, 1827-1911

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John T. Trowbridge High School of Spencerport, N.Y.

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Scanlon, May F, recipient.

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Spencerport, N.Y. High school.

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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...

L. C. Moulton

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J. T. Trowbridge.

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Trowbridge, Windsor Warren, recipient.

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Baker, William M. (William Mumford), 1825-1883

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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...

Kelsey, Francis W. (Francis Willey), 1858-1927

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Professor of classics and archeologist at University of Michigan. From the description of Francis Willey Kelsey papers, 1894-1928. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421754 From the description of Francis Willey Kelsey papers, 1894-1928. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83851247 Epithet: Professor at Michigan University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0003...

Deland, Ellen Douglas, 1860-1923

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Ellen Douglas Deland was the author of several popular novels for girls, including Oakleigh, Malvern, and Country cousins. From the description of [Letter] 1897 Jan. 25, Philadelphia, Pa. [to] Elizabeth. (University of South Florida). WorldCat record id: 70170480 ...

Armes, Ethel, 1876-

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Brown, John Howard, 1840-1917

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Allyn, Jennie B

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Hendricks, Caroline Butler, recipient.

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Greene, E Venelia.

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Poe Memorial association, University of Virginia.

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Calder, Ellen M. O'Connor

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Sarah (Newton) Trowbridge

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Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

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Daughter of suffrage leaders Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell, Alice Stone Blackwell joined her parents in writing and editing the Woman's Journal. For additional biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1885-1950 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008749 Editor, The woman's journal and suffrage news. From the description of Letter, 1920 Apr...

Dutton, Fannie Dressler.

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C. Thaxter

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Vom Baur, Edith (Trowbridge).

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Potter, Helen

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Smith, Mary Gilbert.

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E. C. Stedman

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Berry, C A, recipient.

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Allen, Marion Boyd, 1862-1941

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Marion ("Minnie") Boyd Allen (1862-1941), the daughter of Stillman Boyd Allen (1830-1891), a lawyer, and Harriet Smith (Seaward) Allen (1831-1922), was born in Boston, Mass., on 23 October 1862. Her brother, Willis Boyd Allen (1855-1938), lawyer, author, and journalist, was born at Kittery, Me. He graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and received an LL.D. from Boston University in 1881. Minnie studied at the art school of the Boston Museum of Fine Art with Tarbell a...

Eliot, C N, recipient.

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Taggart, Charles Ross

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Deland, Ellen Douglas, 1860-1923

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Ellen Douglas Deland was the author of several popular novels for girls, including Oakleigh, Malvern, and Country cousins. From the description of [Letter] 1897 Jan. 25, Philadelphia, Pa. [to] Elizabeth. (University of South Florida). WorldCat record id: 70170480 ...

Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912

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Wilcox, Louise M, recipient.

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Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909

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California author. From the description of Charles Warren Stoddard letters and manuscripts : to Frank Arthur Putnam, 1903-1906. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78215414 Author and professor of English, University of Notre Dame, 1885-1887. From the description of Papers, 1870-1927. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23706788 American poet and travel writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed ...

Clark, John Spencer, 1835-1920

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Lathrop, George Parsons, 1851-1898

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American author and editor. From the description of Letter : New York, to "Dear Joe," 1898 Mar. 23. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28900980 George Parsons Lathrop, American critic, writer, and literary historian, was the son-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne. His defense of the novel as the most powerful and popular form of literature, and his support of a realistic approach to writing helped define turn-of-the-century American literature. He is also remembered for his...

Orcutt, William Dana, 1870-1953

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American author and book designer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Boston and Cambridge, to Mr. F. A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers, 1908 Feb. 16-1910 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611528 Dr. George F. Reynolds (1877-1964), noted Shakespearean and Biblical scholar, was professor of English literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He served as head of the Department of Comparative and ...

Century Company.

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The Century Company was founded in New York City in 1881. Century published magazines including the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine and St. Nicholas and publications such as Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Roswell Smith formed the company and appointed Richard Watson Gilder as editor of the Century which was noted for its fiction, poetry, historical studies, and woodcut illustrations. In 1930 the Century was merged with The Forum magazine. From the description of Century C...

Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-

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Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923

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American author and educator. From the description of Papers of Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, 1887-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083790 Wiggin was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Robert N. Smith and Helen E. Dyer. Her father died when she was three. She and her mother then moved to Maine, the setting of most of her future books. Three years later, her mother married Albion Bradbury. At 17, she moved with her family to Santa Barbara (Calif.). There ...

Calder, Ellen M. O'Connor

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Eaton, John

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Epithet: solicitor, of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000382 Biographical Note John Eaton worked as a copy-writer/publicist for theatre companies in Houston and Los Angeles. His papers also mention co-authoring copy for an advertisement placed in the Advocate, as well as being the author of an article published in Christopher Street West...

Cable, George W.

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American peace society, recipient.

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Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929

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Friend and biographer of Walt Whitman. From the description of Letters, 1926, West Yarmouth, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184906845 Author. From the description of The fight of a book for the world : typescript draft, [1926?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81993554 ...

Howard, Ethel

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Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881

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Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...

Philadelphia Board of Education

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Deland, Margaret (Campbell), 1857-

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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...

Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

Stoddard, R. H.

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Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890

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Colonel in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1861 June 14. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57616133 Army officer. From the description of Alfred Howe Terry correspondence and journal, 1875-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979900 General, U.S. Army, Department of Dakota. From the description of Notebook, May 1876-August 1876. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State A...

Mason, Homozelle, recipient.

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Clarke, William F. (William Farmer), 1840-1899

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Furness, Adeline P.

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Hazard, Caroline, 1856-

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P. H. Hayne

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Trowbridge, Windsor Warren.

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Arlington, Mass., High School, recipient.

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B. Harte

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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...

A E Newton

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Windsor Trowbridge?

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Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937

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Author; United States ambassador to Italy. From the description of Autograph poem signed, entitled "Rheims", 1814 Sep. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492661 From the description of Autograph poem "The Cost" signed, 1914 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492676 Epithet: Editor 'The Century Magazine' New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000372 Magazine ed...

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 ...

McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932

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McMaster, a prominent historian , was employed to write the history of the Johnstown Flood Relief Commission. From the description of A partial account of the Pennsylvania Floods of 1889. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524202 John Bach McMaster, a prominent historian, was employed to write the history of the Johnstown Flood Relief Commission. From the description of Collection, 1889. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat rec...

Congregationalist and Christian World.

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Martin, Mrs. George Madden, 1866-

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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886

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"Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1 Jan. 1830-6 July 1886), poet and man of letters, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and Emily McElhenny, members of families prominent in politics, law, and religion. Two of the elder Hayne's brothers were U.S. senators, one of whom, Robert Young Hayne, was Daniel Webster's redoubtable opponent in the debates on Nullification and young Hayne's guardian after yellow fever caused the early death of his fat...

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

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U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349 American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian. From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858 From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). ...

Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954

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American educator, author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Greensboro, Vt., 25 July 1904, and Boston, 10 October 1904, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1904 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674901 American educator, essayist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthlyfrom 1899-1909. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Cambridge, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 28 and 1938 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...

Von Humboldt School.

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Congregationalist and Christian World, Boston, recipient.

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T. W. Higginson

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Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902

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American writer of novels, stories, and poems. From the description of Letter : to [Henry Chandler] Bowen, [1889?] Sept. 27. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530496 American author of novels and poems; wife of Richard Henry Stoddard. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Stoddard, 1895 December 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685636 From the description of Pa...

Thompson, Willard, recipient.

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Sword, Guilford.

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Windsor Warren Trowbridge

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Hazard, Caroline, 1856-1945

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President emeritus of Wellesley College. From the description of Correspondence, March, 1943. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369957 Caroline Hazard, educator and author, was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, to Rowland and Margaret (Rood) Hazard on June 10, 1856. She was educated by private tutors at Mary A. Shaw's School in Providence and through private study in Europe. She subsequently assisted her father in his various business ...

Mitchell, W. B. (William B.)

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Waterman, Nixon, 1859-

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Black, Ebenezer Charlton, 1861-1927

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Ebenezer Charlton Black was a Scots-American author, educator, and lecturer. A Harvard professor, he edited many of Shakespeare's plays and Walter Scott's works. He wrote poetry and literary criticism, and lectured widely on literary topics. From the description of Ebenezer Charlton Black letters, 1899-1900. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53932986 ...

Hanley, Olive Ward, recipient.

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J. G. Whittier.

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Lothrop, Harriett Mulford Stone, 1844-1924

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Novelist. Harriett M. Stone was born on June 22, 1844 in New Haven, Connecticut. Little was known about her until the 1880s when her story "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" appeared in Wide Awake and she met and married the publisher of that magazine, Daniel Lothrop. Together they bought Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, The Wayside, in Concord, MA. Besides her career writing for children (under the pen name Margaret Sidney) she also founded the National Soci...

Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912

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American publisher and writer on economics. From the guide to the Henry Carey Baird letters, 1853-1895, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American publisher, author, and economist. From the description of Letter, an autobiography, and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367573273 ...

Robb, Emma S.

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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 ...

Townsend, Virginia F. (Virginia Frances), 1836-1920

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Townsend was an American author, best known for her girls' books (including Dorothy Draycott's Todays) and historical works. From the description of [Letter, 18]94 Dec. 26 [to] Mrs. Ames / Virginia F. Townsend. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 457044950 ...

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...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Thomas, Samuel

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MacLane, Mary, 1881-

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Sherwell, Rose.

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Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

Thompson, Willard

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Metzdorf, Robert F. (Robert Frederic), 1912-

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Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905

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Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940118 American writer. Best known for her story of Hans Brinker. From the description of Letters, [1861?]-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464651 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136440 Mary ...

Whiting, Lilian

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S. P. Chase

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Schuckers, Jacob W., -1849

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Reed, Helen Leah, 1860?-1926

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R. W. Emerson

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Waterman, Nixon, 1859-1944

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Nixon was an American author and poet. Born in Illinois, he lived in the Boston area from 1905 until his death. From the description of Poems, ca. 1895-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612366951 Poet and editor, whose pseudonym was Peter Martin. From the description of Poem and autograph, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 61747673 ...

Kennedy, Hu .

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H. W. Longfellow

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Newton, Charles A.

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Batchelor, G. K. (George Keith)

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Richards, Gertrude Moore, d. 1927

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Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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American Poet. From the description of Little Orphant Annie. Last stanza : AMsS, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540708 James Whitcomb Riley was an American poet, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964] bulk (1878-1915). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363959 From the guide to the James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964, 1878-...

Newton, E J, recipient.

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Jacobs, William Arnold.

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Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922

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Author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1862-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80582296 American author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685645 John Vance Cheney, author and librarian, grew up at Dorset, Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He found legal work irksome, however and moved to California. From 1873...

Estabrook, A. G.

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Houghton Mifflin company, recipient.

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Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930

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Author and adventurer. From the description of Papers of Kirk Munroe, 1850-1940 (bulk 1867-1932). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066384 American juvenile author. From the description of A mud-bespattered arrival from Califronia, being Chapter II of an unidentified work : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613377 Biographical Note ...

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...

Forbes and company.

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Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902

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Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mifflin and Company and editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1890-1898). From the description of Papers, 1879-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370549 From the description of Additional papers, 1859-1903. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82251260 From the guide to the Additional papers, 1859-1903., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mi...

Salesses, Adrian.

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Newman, Omar.

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International trust company.

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...

Prindle, Frances Weston (Carruth) 1867-

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O'Connor, Ellen M.

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Babbitt, Jeannetta P.

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Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947

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Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an economist and professor of political economy at Yale University from 1898 to 1935. He specialized in monetary economics and in the application of mathematical techniques to the solution of economic problems. From the description of Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314185 From the guide to the Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Lizzie

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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...

MacLane, Mary, recipient.

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Stork, Clinton B.

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Van Antwerp, W. H.

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Poland, Myra, recipient.

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E. S. Phelps Ward

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Durant, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1817-1882

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Resident of New Orleans and Washington, D.C.; attorney and Louisiana state senator. From the description of Thomas Jefferson Durant papers, 1862-1881 (bulk 1870-1879). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58781793 Lawyer, politician; New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington, D.C. From the description of Letterpress copies, 1844-1865 (bulk 1844-1847, 1860-1865). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663758 Thomas Jefferson Duran...

Johnston, J. H.

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Allyn, Jennie B, recipient.

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Rixon, Howard L.

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Houghton

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Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929

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American educator and poet, author of "America the Beautiful." From the description of Typed letter signed : Wellesley, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1928 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867999 American educator and author. From the description of America the beautiful : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672042 American author and poet. From the description of Letters, 1901-1918. (Unknown)...

E.H. Rollins & sons.

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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...

H. P. Spofford

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Dorr, Julia C. R. (Julia Caroline Ripley), 1825-1913

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Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr was an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism, contributing to Century and Atlantic monthly among others. A graduate of Middlebury College, she lived most of her life in Vermont. From the description of Julia C.R. Dorr poem, 1878 Nov. 4. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49419327 American novelist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rutland, Vt., to Charles Edwin Hurd, lite...

Clarke, Nellie.

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American Peace Society.

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Formed in 1828 in New York City; headquarters later moved to Hartford, Boston, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Certification, 1871 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963148 The American Peace Society was the first nationally based secular peace organization in the United States. It was formed in 1828 from the merging of several state and local peace societies of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dat...

Monroe, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1825?-1879

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W. F. Clarke

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John C. Winston co.

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Gill, William Fearing, 1844-1917

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Wells, Amos R. (Amos Russel), 1862-1933

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Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923

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Poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1922. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963863 Edna Dean Proctor was a 19th century American poet and short story writer. She was born in New Hampshire and lived in Framingham, Mass., and wrote patriotic verse and inspirational poetry, often on themes of social change. From the description of Edna Dean Proctor letter to Mr. Butterworth, 1894 Nov. 13. (Pennsylvania State University ...

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000026 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was a British novelist, playwright, and short story author. Over his career he wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name . From the guide to the Wilkie Collins Lette...

Poland, Myra.

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Rollins, Edward Henry, 1824-1889

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U.S. senator and representative, businessman, and financier, of New Hampshire. From the description of Papers, 1859-1883. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963872 ...

Baldwin, Lida F.

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Wambaugh, Eugene, 1856-1940

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Wambaugh was a professor at the Harvard Law School from 1892-1925. His career included terms as member of the board of editors for the American Political Science Review (1906-1913), special counsel to the U.S. State Department (1914), delegate to the Pan American Scientific Congress (1915-1916) and Counsel of the Peruvian Government on Tacna-Arica Plebiscite (1925-26). From the description of Letter to James McCauley Landis, 9 May, 1938. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record ...

Rollins, Frank W. (Frank West), 1860-1915

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Winston, The John C., co.

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Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Century company, N.Y., recipient.

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Martin, George A.

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Cassyo, (Mrs.) .

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Boston press club

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Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887

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William Babcock Hazen was the commander of the United States Army's 15th Corps from Tennessee. From the description of Request for passage North, 1865. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 47968197 Hazen served as colonel in the regular army (41st Ohio Infantry) and major general of volunteers during the Civil War. In 1880 he was appointed brigadier general and chief signal officer in the War Department. In this capacity, he was very critical of the failure of Secret...

Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth, 1845-1921

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Ernest Longfellow was a noted landscape painter and son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Harriet Longfellow, his wife, was a painter also. They resided in New York City and in Magnolia, Mass. From the description of Ernest Wadsworth and Harriet S. Wadsworth Longfellow sketchbooks 1867-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455496 ...

Alicia K. Van Buren

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Hastings, Percy W.

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Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston Highlands, to Mr. Ward, 1872 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659301 American author, Mary Grey Phelps, used her mother's name for her pseudonym. After her marriage in 1888 to Herbert Dickinson Ward, she occasionally used his surname in her publications. Charles Addison Richardson was the managing editor of the Congregationalist for 40 years. From the description of [Letter] 1869 ...

Foss, Sam Walter, 1858-1911

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Poet and librarian most know forThe House by the Side of the Road." From the description of Sam Walter Foss papers [manuscript], 1887-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648015527 ...

Kellogg, Sarah Winter

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Fowler, Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Clark), 1858-1918

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Akers, Charles Edmond, 1861-1915

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Rogé, Charlotte Fiske (Bates) 1838-1916

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Williams, John Alfred, 1925-....

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John Alfred Williams, African-American author, journalist and academic, was born December 5, 1925, in Jackson, Mississippi. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a pharmacist’s mate in the Pacific from 1943-1946, and earned degrees in English and journalism from Syracuse University. In 1960 he published his first novel, The Angry Ones ; this and subsequent novels including the best-selling The Man Who Cried I Am, explore the experiences of being a black man in America. ...

Yeames, Herbert H.

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Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962

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African American poet, critic, and editor; b. William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite. From the description of Papers, 1878-1962. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956095 From the description of William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965233 Braithwaite was an African-American poet, literary critic, and editor. He wrote reviews and criticism for the Boston Evening Transcript . From 1913 to 1929 he...

Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. From the description of Letters, 1853 Nov.-1908 Feb. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172709192 American author and editor. From the description of Letters received, 1878 Feb. 25-1902 Mar. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937785 Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. F...

O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889

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William Douglas O'Connor was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and journalist. From the guide to the William Douglas O'Connor collection of papers, 1863-1888, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) William Douglas O'Connor (1832-1889) was an American journalist, author, civil servant, and friend of poet Walt Whitman. He began his government career as a corresponding clerk with the United St...

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Poe Memorial association, University of Virginia, recipient.

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Thomas, George H. (George Hasson), 1928-

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Thomas Moore centennial.

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Ethel Armes

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Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919

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Poet, critic, and friend and biographer of Walt Whitman; full name Horace Logo Traubel; married Anne Montgomerie in 1891. From the description of Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel papers, 1824-1979 (bulk 1883-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980223 American author. From the description of Letter, 1907 July 24, Philadelphia, to [Rufus Rockwell Wilson], Brooklyn, New York [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814514 ...

Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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American poet and writer of fiction. From the description of Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580777 From the description of High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580825 Spofford was born in Calais, Maine; she was educated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With encouragement from T...

Messrs. Hurd

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Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916

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N. H. Dole

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John Townsend Trowbridge

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Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931

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Clara Barrus (1864-1931) was a physician and author best known as the official biographer of the prominent American naturalist writer, John Burroughs (1837-1921). From the description of Clara Barrus papers, 1906-1931. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60753199 Clara Barrus was one of a small number of women who graduated from medical school in the late nineteenth century. An acquaintance with John Burroughs and his wife Ursala developed into a life-long friends...

Authors club

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Hart, James A.

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S. W. Foss

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George Bratwell

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Gibson, Charles, 1875-

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Miller, Joaquim, d. 1913

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Brown, Abbie Farwell

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H. Wilson.

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