Richard Malcolm Johnston letters, 1888-1897.

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Richard Malcolm Johnston letters, 1888-1897.

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The collection consists of two letters to Edward Eggleston and the rest to William Carey. The letters to Eggleston and the first letter to Cary chiefly concern his struggles to fulfill Mrs. Benjamin Harrison's desire for an inscription on vellum. He also speaks of the International copyright bill and a series of readings arranged for him. He also submits a manuscript and speaks of several short stories for Century Magazine and suggests publishing a volume of short stories.

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Harrison, Caroline Lavinia Scott, 1832-1892

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Caroline Scott Harrison was a music teacher and wife of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison. Fascinated by history and preservation, in 1890 she helped found the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serving as its first President General. The centennial of President Washington’s inauguration heightened the nation’s interest in its heroic past, and in 1890 Caroline Scott Harrison lent her prestige as First Lady to the founding of the National Society of the Daug...

Cary, William S.

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Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898

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Richard Malcolm Johnston was an author, lawyer, and educator. He was born near Pawellton, Georgia on "Oak Grove" plantation. He was law partners with Eli W. Baxter in Sparta, Georgia. In 1844, Johnston married Mary Frances Mansfield. He was elected chair of rhetoric and belles-lettres at the University of Georgia in 1857; he remained in Athens until 1861. From 1862 until 1867, Johnston ran a school for boys in Rockby, Georgia. After the Civil War, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he contin...

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

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A native of Vevay, Ind., Eggleston was a Methodist preacher (1857-1866), a journalist, and beginning in 1871, a novelist. In the 1880s and 1890s he turned to history as a writing topic, and served as president of the American Historical Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1912. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27970058 American author and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lake George, to the editor...