Papers : of Caroline M. Kirkland, 1840-1934 (bulk 1840-1848) [manuscript].

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Papers : of Caroline M. Kirkland, 1840-1934 (bulk 1840-1848) [manuscript].

The papers contain three typescripts by Jane Clark: "The life of Caroline Matilda Kirkland," "Joseph Stansbury," and pages 4-7 of "Joseph Stansbury"; six letters from Kirkland chiefly re articles and stories she submitted, including "The bee tree" for publication in "The Gift"; subjects desired and payment offered by "Graham's Magazine"; a love story she plans to submit; and her work with "The Union Magazine"; and two letters from Jane Clark to Louise Kirkland Sanborn re information on the life of Kirkland, Joseph Stansbury, and other Stansbury ancestors to help Clark in her biographical writing. There are also two copies of an engraving of Kirkland. Kirkland's correspondents include Messrs. Carey and Hart (publishers), Evart A. Duyckinck, Charles S. Francis, and Rufus Wilmot Griswold.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Griswold, Rufus Willmot, 1815-1857

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. He built a strong literary reputation, in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America. This anthology, the most comprehensive of its time, included what he deemed the best examples of American poetry. He produc...

Carey & Hart

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Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864

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American miscellaneous writer. From the description of Papers : of Caroline M. Kirkland, 1840-1934 (bulk 1840-1848) [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812208 Caroline M. Kirkland was a writer and an editor of the Union magazine of literature, 1847-1848, and of Sartain's magazine of literature and art, 1849-1851. From the description of Caroline M. Kirkland letters to Mr. C.S. Francis, ca. 1847-1851. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878

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Evert A. Duyckinck was born on Manhattan Island, and graduated from Columbia University. Although accepted to the bar, he did not practice law, but lived a life devoted to literature. At the center of New York's literary culture, he had important friendships with Poe, Irving, and Melville, acting as editor, associate, and friend. He and his younger brother, George, served as editors for several noteworthy literary enterprises, including the influential Literary World and the groundbreaking Cyclo...

Stansbury, Joseph, 1750-1809

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Clark, Jane, fl. 1934.

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Francis, Charles Stephen, 1805-1887

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Sanborn, Louise Kirkland, fl. 1934.

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