Miscellaneous manuscripts A-D, [ca. 1736]-1962.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts A-D, [ca. 1736]-1962.

Letters, manuscripts, and other items from literary figures including Alfred Ainger, Richard Aldington, Harold Bailey, Max Beerbohm, Clive Bell, Gordon Bottomley, William C. Bryant, Edward M. Carey, Matthew Carey (A.R. Cazauran), William Cobbett, and Margaret Llewelyn Davies. Also, account book from the paint shop of William J. Boardman, Amesbury Mills, Mass., 1850-1857, with accounts for John Greenleaf Whittier, and a letter from Boardman to his children, 1874; and a letter by David Crockett concerning political matters, 1831; and an English manuscript in Latin of verses in honor of a royal event, ca. 1736.

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Hofstra University. Library. Special Collections.

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Collecting area: Papers and manuscripts of literary figures; and Nassau County, N.Y. local history materials. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155547747 ...

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

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...

Bailey, Harold

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Carey, Edward

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Epithet: Master-shipwright at Gibraltar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000061 ...

Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948

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Gordon Bottomley was an English author, known primarily for his verse plays. Born in Yorkshire, he took a job as a bank clerk, but had to give it up due to a tubercular condition, which contributed to his comparatively quiet life. He was an accomplished poet, and devoted himself to reviving the art of verse drama, writing some thirty plays, almost all of them in verse. He remains a gifted and visionary Georgian author. Bottomley married painter Emily Burton, and their home, The Sheiling, was a p...

Cobbett, William, 1763-1835

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William Cobbett, British journalist, writer and political activist. From the description of William Cobbett collection, 1787-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82678663 From the description of William Cobbett collection, 1787-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702161934 English journalist and political reformer; producer of Cobbett's Weekly Political Register from 1802 to 1835. Threatened with arrest for sedition, Cobbett took refuge in the United States from 18...

Davies, Margaret Llewelyn, 1861-1944

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Epithet: suffragette British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x000152 ...

Boardman, William J.

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Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962

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Richard Aldington, British poet, novelist and essayist. From the description of Richard Aldington collection, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81650599 From the description of Richard Aldington collection, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148171 Richard Aldington was born in Hampshire in 1882. Educated at Dover College and London University he founded the "Egotist journal "in 1913. He joined the British Army and served on the Western Front in 19...

Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836

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Frontiersman, member of Congress from Tennessee. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Carey & Hart, 1835 Jan. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165809 From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Carey & Hart, 1834 Dec. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690133 American frontiersman and politician. From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Henry R. Storrs, 1834 Jan...

Bell, Clive, 1881-1964

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English art critic and writer. From the description of Telegram : Chelsea [London], to Vanessa Bell, 1915 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 414567520 Clive Bell was an art critic and a central figure in the Bloomsbury group--a group of friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals. He was married to Virginia Woolf's sister, painter Vanessa Bell. Some of his major works of criticism include Art, Since Cezzane, and Civilization. From the description of Letters...

Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904

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Alfred Ainger, Church of England clergyman and Charles Lamb biographer. From the description of Alfred Ainger manuscript materials, 1887. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72850653 From the guide to the Alfred Ainger manuscript material : 1 item, 1887, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English writer and divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight,...

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

Cazauran, A. R. 1820-1889.

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