Correspondence with Richard Penn Smith, 1839.

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Correspondence with Richard Penn Smith, 1839.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232577604

Correspondence regarding a paragraph which took liberties with Smith's name that was printed in Burton's gentlemen's magazine. Also includes a portrait of Burton.

3 items (3 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7098489

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00036d William E. Burton was born in London, where his father was a printer; he was interested in writing, publishing, and acting. In 1834 he moved to Philadelphia, where he founded and edited A Gentlemen's Magazine, a successful literary miscellany. Quarrels with co-editor Edgar Allan Poe led to Poe's being fired, and Burton sold the magazin...