ALS : New York, N.Y., to Sophia Van Matre, Cincinnati, 1863 Dec. 10.

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ALS : New York, N.Y., to Sophia Van Matre, Cincinnati, 1863 Dec. 10.

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In response to a request for a donation of autographs from his old letters to be auctioned at the Great Western Sanitary Fair in Cincinnati, Melville replies that he destroys most of his letters, and those that he has would not be suitable. Sophia was the daughter of Mrs. Daniel Van Matre, a member of the Fruits and Flowers Committee for the Fair. She had apparently met Melville several years before through his friend Sarah Morewood.

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Great Western Sanitary Fair (1863 : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Pleadwell, F. L. (Frank Lester), 1872-1957

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U.S. naval surgeon and medical historian. From the description of Papers, 1910-1953 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35253597 ...

Van Matre, Sophia, b. 1835?,

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...