Papers of Theodore Winthrop, 1856-1877 (bulk 1861).

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Papers of Theodore Winthrop, 1856-1877 (bulk 1861).

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The collection contains a manuscript poem "The East and The West"; a manuscript fragment; written plans for the battle of Big Bethel in which Winthrop died; an autograph; and an engraving of Winthrop. Winthrop's correspondence includes a request to see several government officials as part of a project for the Atlantic Monthly; comments on Benjamin Butler and a description of a Virginia slave owner who demanded the return of his fugitive slaves; and a request that his clothes be forwarded and manuscripts preserved. An 1877 letter from his sister Laura Winthrop Johnson to an unidentified admirer encloses the manuscript of "The East and the West."

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University of Virginia. Library

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Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861

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American novelist. From the description of Northern lights : autograph manuscript copy of the poem, [ca. 1851]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589803 Theodore W. Winthrop (1828-1861) was an American author who wrote travel books and books about art and poetry. He served in the N.Y. militia and was killed in Virginia in the U.S. Civil War. From the guide to the Theodore Winthrop papers, 1844-1860, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division....

New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 7th

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Pendergrast, Garrett, 1802-1862.

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Duryée, Abram, 1815-1890

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Johnson, Laura Winthrop, 1824-1889

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Laura Winthrop Johnson (1825-1889) was an American author. From the description of Laura Winthrop Johnson papers, 1862-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122466055 From the guide to the Laura Winthrop Johnson papers, 1862-1889, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...