Scenes at the fair : holograph of a play, a letter dated March 29th [1887?] and two newspaper clippings from Evening transcript, Dec. 8 and Dec. 17 1887. 1833-1887.

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Scenes at the fair : holograph of a play, a letter dated March 29th [1887?] and two newspaper clippings from Evening transcript, Dec. 8 and Dec. 17 1887. 1833-1887.

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In 1842 Miss Walter--American journalist, niece of Arthur Maynard Walter--became editor of the Boston Evening Transcript, succeeding her brother who had founded the newspaper. In 1847 she resigned, to marry William Bordman Richards. This volume appears to be copied by hand (by C.W. Walter or Fanny Locke or Geo. B. Chase?) from the title printed by James B. Dow, Boston, 1833 "to be continued" p. 24. P. 2 is a key to the persons in the drama and their real-life counterparts. The holograph letter refers to a letter of apology from Mr. Parish to Mrs. H.G. Otis. A typed letter from the dealer implies that the copy of the play was made by Mrs. Osgood, a friend of Edgar Allen Poe. The v. has a bookplate for George B. Chase. One newspaper clipping is a letter mostly about Frances Locke. The other clipping is about the fair satirized in the play.

[26] p. ; 22 cm.

University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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Osgood, Frances Sargent Locke, 1811-1850

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Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 – May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. Frances Sargent Locke was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin...

Walter, Cornelia W. (Cornelia Wells), 1815-1898

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American journalist. Her uncle was Arthur Maynard Walter, an Athenaeum founder. From the description of Extract book, ca. 1831-ca. 1872. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14398648 Boston critic and journalist; editor of the Boston Evening Transcript, 1842-1847. From the description of Letter to George W. Warren, [1877?] March 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51208372 ...

Parish, George, Jr.

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Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), 1804?-1882.

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Chase, George B.

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