Permit the fleeting thoughts that grow, Return of the parents, The loss of the Birkenhead, My country, 4 holograph poems : and letters to Mr. O. Sullivan, ed. of Democratic review, Messrs. Carey & Hart, Mr. Griswold, Professor Silliman, Hartford, May 29, 1834, Mr. Wadsworth, March 3, 1848, Ticknor &

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Permit the fleeting thoughts that grow, Return of the parents, The loss of the Birkenhead, My country, 4 holograph poems : and letters to Mr. O. Sullivan, ed. of Democratic review, Messrs. Carey & Hart, Mr. Griswold, Professor Silliman, Hartford, May 29, 1834, Mr. Wadsworth, March 3, 1848, Ticknor & Fields, publishers, Hartford, Oct. 16, 1854, Mrs. S. C. Hall, and Messrs. Carey, Lea, and Carey, Hartford, March 15, 1828, Sarah Josepha Hale, at Sea, Aug. 10, 1840, and Mr. Burgess, Sept. 27, letter from Dr. Tyler, East Windsor Hill, Dec. 3, 1857, Miss Harriet Jane Grey, Hartford, Conn., 1833, engraved portrait. 1828-1864.

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The poem "Return of the parents" is on the verso of the letter to Mr. O. Sullivan and is incomplete. The short letter to Mr. Griswold is agracious reply to a request for an autograph, with no date or place. Fair copy of "The Loss of the Birkenhead," a 9 stanza poem. Letter to Wadsworth sending calves foot jelly, a invitation by Mrs. Madison of Washington for him to look at and an illuminated book of parables. Letter of introduction to Prof. Silliman for Mr. and Mrs. McLellan. Letter to Ticknor & Fields requesting a book of poems by Thomas Williams [sic] Parsons, recently published. Fair copy of "My country", 6 line poem. Letter to Mrs. Hall introducing Mr. & Mrs. Taunter, who are travelling in Ireland. Letter from Dr. [?] Tyler [possibly Bennet Tyler] to Sigourney, thanking her for "Past Meridian"; written in third person. Carte de visite photograph and 2 portraits from printed sources. Letter to Mr. Owen, January 1, 1859, expressing sympathy for the death of a son and sending a copy of her book, Daily counselor. Tipped into the presentation copy. Letter to Messrs. Carey, Lea, & Carey, replying to their request for a submission to their Atlantic Souvenir for 1828; submissions not included. Sympathy letter to Mrs. Sarah Baldwin on the death of her mother. Letter, no saluation, but called "my good Abdul [?]" in the body of the letter, discussing a visit and family members. Letter to Mr. Burgess regarding the church's contribution to the "Female Beneficent Society." Engraved mounted portrait by Burt from a portrait by Alexander in 1828. Letter to Miss Grey about her travels to Greece and her work as a Christian missionary. Long personal letter to "My dear Friend" commenting on among other topics: housecleaning, flooding of the Connecticut river, reading The Lamplighter and Vara, asking opinions of Boston, the Fugitive Slave Act, Theodore Parker.

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