Letters, 1873-1886, to Paul Hamilton Hayne.

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Letters, 1873-1886, to Paul Hamilton Hayne.

[1] 1873, December 5; [2] 1879, August 30; [3] 1879, December 21; [4] 1880, February 26; [5] 1880, October 11; [6] 1882, April 6; [7] 1882, June 30; [8] 1885, January 7. Also includes [9] transcription of letter from H. O. Houghton (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Publishers), 1886, [no month given; 26th day] with Whittier's reply (transcription), 1886, August 18.

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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...

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...

Houghton, H. O.

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