Papers of William Cullen Bryant, 1840-1884.

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Papers of William Cullen Bryant, 1840-1884.

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The papers contain a manuscript of "The evening wind," ca. 1840, with notes on the versos from Samuel Colman to Justus Starr Redfield and John Keese concerning proofs for its publication in "The poets of America." With it is a letter, 1884 February 18, Redfield to George William Childs giving a detailed provenance of the manuscript, and explaining that the last two verses were written to accompany illustrations for the poem by John Gadsby Chapman in "The poets of America" which was edited by Keese and published by Colman.

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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....

Childs, George W. (George William), 1829-1894

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George W. Childs (1829-1894) was the founder and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and a noted philanthropist. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Philadelphia to work for a bookseller at age fourteen and soon went into business for himself at the age of eighteen. In 1849, he became a partner in the publishing firm of R. E. Petersen & Company, and in 1860 he formed a partnership with the influential publisher J. P. Lippincott. In 1864, he purchased the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in which Anth...

Keese, John, 1805-1856

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American bookseller and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1846 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489025 ...

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920

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Painter of landscape and genre subjects, etcher and watercolorist; born in Portland, Maine. Studied in New York with Asher B. Durand, and abroad. Last name alternatively spelled Coleman. From the description of Samuel Colman papers, 1855-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545621 ...

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889

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Secretary of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letter : New York, to John Sartain, Philadelphia, 1846 Feb. 2. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489519 Born in Alexandria, Va., in 1808, John Gadsby Chapman studied painting briefly in Philadelphia before traveling to Europe in 1828, where he spent almost two years in Italy. He returned to Alexandria in 1831 and exhibited paintings in Alexandria, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Boston, and Philadelphi...

Redfield, Justus Starr, 1810-1888

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