Grenville Mellen letter to Dear Neal, newspaper clippings, and poem, 1826-1845.

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Grenville Mellen letter to Dear Neal, newspaper clippings, and poem, 1826-1845.

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The collection contains one letter to Dear Neal [John Neal of Portland, Maine], 10 Apr. 1839, planning to "launch" their monthly magazine and asking for the promised article; a copy of the first page of the newspaper New-England galaxy, July 7, 1826, containing a long poem, The rest of the nations, "pronounced before the Peace Society of Maine, on the evening of the anniversary, May 10, 1826."; a newspaper clipping of the poem Prologue, "written for the opening of the New-York Theatre," with handwritten date "Oct. 27 - 1826"; and a detached poem titled "Woman," from The literary emporium, July 1, 1845, p. 199-201.

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Neal, John, 1793-1876

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j10gv4 (person)

American author and editor John Neal was born in Maine and raised as a Quaker, although he broke with the church at a young age due to his fighting. A career as a merchant was bankrupted by the War of 1812, and he turned to literature, joining Baltimore's Delphian Club. He served as editor of various journals, and wrote long, complexly-plotted adventure novels, as well as critical essays, always seeking to promote American literature. While living in England, he wrote a long series of articles p...

Mellen, Grenville, 1799-1841

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American poet. Son of Chief-Justice Mellen of Maine. From the description of Signature, [ca. 1800-1841]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122631709 Lawyer, poet. From the description of Papers of Grenville Mellen [manuscript], 1836-1838. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810911 Grenville Mellen was born in Biddeford, Mass. (which became a part of what is now the state of Maine), the son of Prentiss Mellen, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and...