James Ryder Randall papers, 1855-1864; 1905-1912 [manuscript].

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James Ryder Randall papers, 1855-1864; 1905-1912 [manuscript].

Letters, 1863-1864, from Randall to Katherine Hammond of South Carolina, whom he later married, while he was engaged in the shipping business and briefly associated with the Confederate Navy at Wilmington, N.C. There are also letters and poems to Mary Girvin (later Peters) of Baltimore, Md., in the 1850s, copies of Randall's love poems to her, and a diary, 1855, kept by Randall while a student at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and on holidays in Baltimore. Later items are primarily news clippings concerning Randall's death and the publication of his poems.

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Georgetown University. Institute of Languages and Linguistics

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Peters, Mary Girvin.

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Randall, Katherine Hammond.

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Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908

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Poet and journalist. From the description of Letters, 1874-1904. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36321577 Poet and newspaper editor, of Baltimore, Md., and Augusta, Ga. From the description of James Ryder Randall papers, 1855-1864; 1905-1912 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24599979 Journalist. From the description of My Maryland, ca. 1861. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174215698 Poet and songwriter. ...