Papers of William Cullen Bryant, 1837-1875 and n.d.

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Papers of William Cullen Bryant, 1837-1875 and n.d.

The collection contains a manuscript poem, 1842 August 19, 1842, "A Hymn of The Sea. Topics in letters to William Ware, 1837-1843, include Mrs. Leggett's paper, the popularity of Ware's books, the Christian Examiner, and the success of Graham's magazine. A letter to Henry Ware, 1875, concerns a copy of "The Embargo."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621198

University of Virginia. Library

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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Leggett, Sarah H.

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Ware, Henry, fl. 1875,

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Ware, William, 1797-1852

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William Ware (1797-1852), writer, editor and Unitarian minister, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Clark and Henry Ware, Sr. He graduated from Harvard in 1816, and then studied theology for three years with his father, who had been appointed Hollis Professor of Divinity in 1805. William Ware was ordained in 1821, and married Mary Waterhouse in 1823, and they had seven children. He was a minister in the First Unitarian Society in New York from 1821 until 1836, when he resigned d...