Autograph letter signed from James Brown Selkirk to James Grant Wilson [manuscript], 1900 February 6.

Selkirk, J. B. (James Brown), 1832-1904

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Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. From the description of Letters, 1853 Nov.-1908 Feb. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172709192 American author and editor. From the description of Letters received, 1878 Feb. 25-1902 Mar. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937785 Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. F...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Watson, John, 1850-1907

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John Watson, Free Church minister. Popular Scottish novelist and author of sketches of rural Scottish life. Pen name of Ian MacLaren. From the description of Letters to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1895-1906. n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647992924 Watson was a minister in the Presbyterian Church of England and pastor of the Sefton Park Church from 1880 until 1905. He wrote under the name Ian Maclaren. He first came to the U.S. in 1896, when he was Lyman ...

Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913

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Edward Dowden, Irish literary scholar and poet. He wrote several literary biographies, the most substantial being The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1886). From the description of Edward Dowden manuscript material : 1 item, 1880 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173998315 From the guide to the Edward Dowden manuscript material : 9 items, 1870's-1908, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Edward Dowden wa...