Celia Thaxter letters and poems, 1852-1886.

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Celia Thaxter letters and poems, 1852-1886.

The collection consists of five items, including: letter to Una Hawthorne, 26 Sept. 1852, looking forward to seeing her, and describing her childhood and the lighthouse she and her brothers played near; to E.C. Stedman, 6 Sept. 1881, asking his help in tracking down an author known as Miss Jones to deliver a message from Robert Browning; signed typescript of her poem, The Cockatoos; offprint of her poem, In Kittery Churchyard; Christmas card with poem by Celia Thaxter on verso, and print by Dora Wheeler on recto, identified as Prang's American Second Prize Christmas Card.

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Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877

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Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to "Aunt Lizzie" [Elizabeth Palmer Peabody], 1865 May 16 and [no year] Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270475708 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bayswater, to "My own dear Auntie", 1872 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270465836 Una Hawthorne was the eldest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne. From the de...

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

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....