Letter to George Haven Putnam [manuscript], 1892 February 1.

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Letter to George Haven Putnam [manuscript], 1892 February 1.

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Folsom, Cosmos Club, San Francisco, writes to Putnam re the controversy over the publication of Ambrose Bierce's "Tales of soldiers and civilians." Bierce claimed that the book was published by his friend, E.L.G. Steele, because no Eastern publisher would accept it. This letter indicates that Putnam had offered to publish the book.

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Steele, E. L. G.

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Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...

Folsom, Joseph F. (Joseph Fulford), 1866-1939

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Minister, of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1889-1921 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525574 Presbyterian clergyman, of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1889-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28409579 ...

Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?

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Ambrose Bierce was born in Horse Cave Creek, Ohio, on June 24, 1842. After military service in the Civil War, he settled in San Francisco, where he met Mark Twain and became a columnist and writer. Bierce became known for his sharp, sarcastic wit while writing for the "Argonaut," the "Wasp," and the "San Francisco Examiner." A member of the Bohemian Club, he became acquainted with many of the prominent San Francisco authors. After his retirement Bierce traveled into Texas and toward Mexico, at a...