Walter Romeyn Benjamin collection, 1823-1928.

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-1968

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Thomas Ollive Mabbott (July 6, 1898 – May 15, 1968) was an American professor and scholar of literature, perhaps best known for his research on writer Edgar Allan Poe. He has also done studies on John Milton, Walt Whitman, Thomas Chatterton, and Edward Coote Pinkney. Mabbott was born and raised in New York City. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia University, earning his AB (1920), AM (1921), and Ph.D. (1923) in English. After graduating from Columbia, Mabbott taught English literatu...

Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916

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Astronomer and meteorologist. From the description of Cleveland Abbe papers, 1850-1954 (bulk 1850-1916). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130912 Meteorologist. From the description of Cleveland Abbe papers, 1892-1906. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70939748 Biographical Note: Cleveland Abbe, astronomer and meteorologist, was the first, regular, official weather forecaster of the U.S. government and was an avid su...

Cobb, Sylvanus, 1798-1866

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Sylvanus Cobb ( 1798-1866 ) was ordained as a Universalist minister in Winthrop, Maine, in 1821 . He held ministerial positions throughout Maine and Massachusetts and founded the Universalist newspaper The Christian Freeman and Family Visiter in 1839 in Waltham, Massachusetts . He also authored Compend of Divinity in 1846, a compilation of Universalist doctrine and beliefs, and New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: with explanatory notes and practical observations in 1864 . Cobb was...

Rowland, Kate Mason, -1916

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Kate Mason Rowland (1840-1916) was a historian, author of The life of George Mason, 1725-1792 (New York, : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892), and member of Virginia Historical Society. Her twin sister Elizabeth Moir Mason Rowland died in 1905. From the description of Letters from Kate Mason Rowland to Robert Alonzo Brock, 1883-1892. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129716 ...

Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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American poet and writer of fiction. From the description of Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580777 From the description of High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580825 Spofford was born in Calais, Maine; she was educated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With encouragement from T...

Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902

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She was born near Lexington, Virginia, the second child of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858) and Elizabeth McDowell (1794–1854). She was born in the home of her mother's father, James McDowell. Her father, Senator Benton, had been wanting a son, but went ahead and named her in honor of his father, Jesse Benton. Jessie was raised in Washington, D.C., more in the manner of a 19th century son than daughter, with her father, who was renowned as the "Great Expansionist," seeing to her early education...

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Merril, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929.

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...

Mallet, Edmond, 1842-1907

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Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943

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American author and historian. From the description of Letter, poems, and an evelope, 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80684919 Walter Romeyn Benjamin was a New York dealer in rare books and manuscripts. He was editor of "The Collectors," a monthly magazine for autograph and historical collectors. From the description of Walter Romeyn Benjamin collection, 1823-1928. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49301982 ...

Marcosson, Issac Frederick, 1876-1961.

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