George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918.

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George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918.

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The collection contains seven letters from Cable to his sister Antoinette "Nettie" Cable Cox (Mrs. James R. Cox), 1898-1918, discussing mostly family news and thanking her for remembering his birthday; one letter to James R. Osgood, 29 June 1882, indicating he has no information about Louisiana for Samuel Clemens; one letter to My dear friend (Col. George E. Waring, Jr.), 28 October 1884, giving details of his lecture tour; one letter to My dear Carey, 2 Feb. 1887, about ownership of manuscripts; four letters to Major (James B.) Pond, 1887-1891, written in Cable's wife's (Louise Stewart Cable) handwriting about tickets for a performance (three letters) and one with a manuscript preface on Henry Ward Beecher for Pond's book (accompanied by a typescript letter from James B. Pond, Jr., noting that it was published in 1887 in Pond's A summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher); one postal card to Cable's niece, Helen M. Cox, 17 April 1905, about his portrait and not being able to attend her exhibition in New York; and one letter to Francis F. Browne, editor of The dial, 20 April 1910, congratulating The dial on its thirtieth anniversary. Also included is a card with a quoted passage beginning "O, Josephine," signed by Cable, 14 Feb. 1891. Most of the letters are accompanied by envelopes. The collection also contains two letters from Cable's sister Mary Louise Cable to Antoinette "Nettie" Cable Cox, 1 Feb. 1865 and 30 Nov. 1902, mostly about family news and her trip to Magnolia, Mississippi, with some references to the effects the Civil War is having on the region; and one letter from Cable's second wife, Eva Colegate Stevenson, 11 Apr. year not given (probably between 1910 and 1920 based on the Bermudan postage stamps on the accompanying envelope), about family news. Also included is a copy of the booklet George W. Cable, a short biographical sketch, by Kinne Cable Williamson, Cable's niece, privately printed in New Orleans in 1945 (16 p. ; 20 cm.), and a copy of a graduation program for Northampton High School, 27 June 1894, for his granddaughter, Lucy Leffingwell Cable.

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Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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George Washington Cable, an American author and critic, was born in New Orleans and fought for the South in the Civil War. His first collection of tales of life in the south was Old creole days (1879). In 1884 he went on a reading tour with Mark Twain. He moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1885. He is chiefly known for his early works describing picturesque Louisiana Creole life and courageous essays on civil rights. From the description of George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918. (Pe...

Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898

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American agriculturalist and author. From the description of A health we drink to Holmes : autograph manuscript signed of a toast : Newport, R.I., 1884 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646039894 Waring was Secretary of the U.S. National Board of Health. From the description of George Edwin Waring correspondence : [Newport, R.I.], 1883-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 49805529 Epithet: of Bailieborough, county Cavan British Library ...

Cable, Eva Colegate Stevenson, -1923

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Northampton High School (Northampton, Mass.)

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Cox, Helen M. (Helen Margaret)

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Cable, Mary Louise, 1840-1918

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Cox, Antoinette Cable, 1842-

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Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913

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Browne was an American author. From the description of Letter and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82770657 Chicago writer and editor of literary periodicals, most notably The Dial. A New England native, Browne moved to Chicago in 1867 and edited The Western Monthly and The Lakeside Monthly (1869-1874) before founding and editing The Dial (1880-1913). A writer of poetry, Browne edited and published three poetry anthologies and also w...

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903

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American Lecture Bureau manager. From the description of Papers of James Burton Pond [manuscript], 1899-1903. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844218 Amer. lecture manager. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2) and autograph letter signed : to Harper & Bros., 1887 Oct. 11-Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617885 James B. Pond was born into a large, rather poor family living in Illinois and later Wisconsin. Ra...

Williamson, Kinne Cable

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