Papers, 1833-1859.

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Papers, 1833-1859.

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Correspondence, clippings of poems and reviews, literary manuscripts, and other papers. Many of the letters are to editors, publishers, and critics; a number of them relate to the similarity of Chivers' poems to those of his friend, Edgar Allan Poe, and to their mutual allegations of plagiarism. Among the correspondents are Ossian Euclid Dodge, Moses Dow, John S. Dwight, Edwin Forrest, John Gierlow, Henry Beck Hirst, Jennie Lind, Charles R. Rode, and James M. Smith.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Davidge, 1867 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471856 From the description of Letter, 1847 Dec. 23, New York, to Henrietta Forrest. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 656890793 Actor. From the description of Edwin Forrest correspondence, 1827-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450300 Nineteenth-century American actor, noted for his Shakes...

Lind, Jennie, 1820-1887.

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Dodge, Ossian E. (Ossian Euclid), 1820-1876

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American editor and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to "My dear Perley" [Benjamin Perley Poore], 1852 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270516081 ...

Hirst, Henry B. (Henry Beck), 1817-1874

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Poet, lawyer. From the description of Papers : of Henry Beck Hirst, 1844-1849 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812915 ...

Smith, James M. (James Milton), 1823-1890

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Gierlow, John.

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Dow, Moses, 1771-1837

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Chivers, T. H. (Thomas Holley), 1809-1858

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Poet, of Washington (Wilkes Co.), Ga. From the description of Papers, 1833-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465199 ...

Rode, Charles R., 1825-1865

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Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893

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John Sullivan Dwight was a Transcendentalist writer and critic on literature, social concerns, and, especially, music. A sometime resident of Brook Farm, he also taught music and Latin, and translated French and German literature into English. He is perhaps most respected for founding and editing the influential and long-lived music periodical, Dwight's Journal of Music. From the description of John S. Dwight letter to Thomas Carlyle, 1838 Oct. 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...