Letters, ca.1857.

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Letters, ca.1857.

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[1] 1857, June 17, Lunenburg, Mass., to William R. Staples.--Discusses and thanks him for the genealogical data he sent, and asks him to prevail on "the female historian" (Sarah Helen Whitman) to inform him about her ancestor Nicholas Power. [2] 18--?, February 20, Washington, D.C., to Hiram Fuller.--Says he could not get the issues of the States Mr. Fuller wanted, and discusses Edgar Poe and His Critics by Sarah Helen Whitman (pub. 1860).

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Whitman, Sarah Helen Power, 1803-1878

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Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe. Whitman was born in Providence, Rhode Island on January 19, 1803, exactly six years before Poe's birth. She was the daughter of Nicholas Power. In 1828, she married the poet and writer John Winslow Whitman. John had been co-editor of the Boston Spectator and Ladies' Album, which allowed Sarah to publish some of her poetry usin...

Power, Nicholas (Nicholas P.)

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Savage, James, 1784-1873

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James Savage received his A.B. from Harvard in 1803. From the description of [Student theme] , March 14, [1803]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072623 ...

Staples, William R. (William Read), 1798-1868

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Fuller, Hiram, 1814-1880

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