Papers of Maurice Thompson, 1867-1901.

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Papers of Maurice Thompson, 1867-1901.

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The collection contains 7 manuscripts : "The flutes of Plaquemine"; "Simplicity"; ["A sojourn in the Okefinokee"], last page; "To a realist"; "Winter song"; and an untitled essay and untitled poem. There are seventeen letters from Thompson to others discussing his writings and their publication, especially "Alice of Old Vincennes," "By-ways and bird notes, " "A friend to the devil, " "How Bony got Rich, " "Poems, " and ["Songs of the mocking-bird"]; William C. Bobbs; R.L. Dawson; William H. Ward's expedition to Babylonia; and the weather. The collection also contains a drawing of a medieval cross-bowman by Thompson and a magazine obituary for him. Correspondents include : Henry Chandler Bowen, [Henry?] Holt, Houghton Mifflin & Co., S.S. McClure, Southern Society, Mr. Stoddart [Henry or Joseph Marshall?], Herbert S. Stone, [John Brisben?] Walker, and William H. Ward.

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Southern Society.

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Bobbs, William Conrad, 1861-1926

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Holt, Henry, 1840-1926

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American author and publisher. From the description of Papers of Henry Holt [manuscript], 1905 April 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816422 ...

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896

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McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Journalist, writer of books for boys. From the description of S.S. McClure check to James Barnes, 1898 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53795304 American publisher. From the description of Letter to Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1892 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51846140 ...

Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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William Hayes Ward, 1835-1916, born Abington, Mass. Editor, Assyriologist, author. Educated 1856 Amherst, 1859 graduated Andover Seminary, 1885 LLD Amherst. Ordained Congregationalist minister. Associate editor, later editor-in-chief of "The Independent" (New York weekly) between 1868-1913. Director of Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia 1884-85. President of American Oriental Society. Wrote Biography of Sydney Lanier, What I Believe and Why, etc. Samuel Sydney McClure,1857-19...

Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901

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Maurice Thompson was an American author and critic who worked in a number of fields. Born in Indiana, his family moved to Georgia in his youth, where he was home schooled, and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the war he worked a variety of jobs before moving back to Indiana, eventually opening a law office. As a young lawyer he began publishing articles, popular poetry, and old-fashioned adventure novels; his greatest success was probably a series of articles popularizi...

Dawson, R. L., fl. 1886.

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Stone, Herbert Stuart, 1871-1915

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Stoddart, Mr., fl. 1892,

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Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931

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John Brisben Walker, magazine publisher, automobile entrepreneur. Published Cosmopolitan Magazine (1889-1905) and founded Locomobile Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Samuel Sydney McClure, founder, editor, and publisher of McClure's Magazine. From the description of Letters to Mr. McClure, 1890 January 14 and August 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 59227915 ...