George H. Boker letters and papers, 1849-1890.

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George H. Boker letters and papers, 1849-1890.

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The collection consists of one-hundred thirty-two items, chiefly letters, with some collateral material. Includes numerous letters to R.H. Stoddard, letters to well-wishers and autograph seekers, and letters to Elizabeth Stoddard, James T. Fields, J.W. Hoffman, Horatio Gates Jones, Roberts Brothers Publishers, George Livermore, Charles G. Leland, Fields, Osgood & Co., W.D. Ticknor, E.C. Stedman, and others, including social engagements, his work, some official business, and long personal letters to friends and associates. Also, one offprint poem, The second Louisiana, and three ms. poems, including one dedicated to J. Lorimer Graham; offprint of a speech given in favor of opening branches of the Union League throughout the United States; a newspaper clipping including a retrospective of Boker and his work, with a photo of the author in his later years; a signed, engraved portrait; and two courtroom admittance tickets.

132 items.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Ticknor, William D. (William Davis), 1810-1864

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American publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Clark, 1859 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572593 ...

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903

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Born in Philadelphia, humorist Charles Godfrey Leland wrote quality material in a variety of literary forms, but is best remembered for his light comic verse, often written in a German dialect. He graduated from Princeton, and continued his education in Germany and Paris, eventually making contributions as linguist, folklorist, editor, educator, and aesthete. From the description of Charles Godfrey Leland letters and poems, 1854-1866. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldC...

Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902

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American writer of novels, stories, and poems. From the description of Letter : to [Henry Chandler] Bowen, [1889?] Sept. 27. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530496 American author of novels and poems; wife of Richard Henry Stoddard. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Stoddard, 1895 December 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685636 From the description of Pa...

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890

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Epithet: dramatist poet and diplomat British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000139 Writer and diplomat. From the description of Letters, 1859-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526788 George H. Boker was U.S. Minister to Russia and Turkey. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1874-1886. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id:...

Livermore, George, 1809-1865

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Boston antiquarian and commission merchant. From the description of George Livermore letters [manuscript], 1852, 1865. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648019048 ...

Fields, Osgood & Co.

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.)

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Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) was the publisher of American author Louisa May Alcott's works. From the description of Robert Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612234860 From the guide to the Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) letters to Louisa May Alcott, 1868-1886., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) 19th century vanity press, forerunner of Little, Brown & Co...

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

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American poet. From the description of Manuscript letter : Mattapoisett, to Lafcadio Hearn, 1885 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 635599094 Army officer. From the description of Abraham Lincoln : poem, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677748 Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (18...

Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893

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Lawyer from Pennsylvania, grandson of pastor David Jones, and author of writings on historical and genealogical subjects. His grandfather, David Jones, was a Baptist minister and served with the American forces as military chaplain during the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. From the description of Memoir of the Rev. David Jones A.M. / by his grandson Horatio Gates Jones of Leverington near Philadelphia, Pa. : transcript, 1885. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat...