Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d.

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Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d.

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May accepts Griswold's offer of assistance sent via Dr. Bethum, and asks him for aid in obtaining information about Sarah Caroline Porter, Sarah Wentworth Morton, Sophia Louise Robbins Little, Anna Peyre Shackleford Dinnies, Eliza Townsend, Harriet Winslow Liszt, Louisa Simes, Miss Pratt, Laura M. Hawley Thurston, Maria A. Gowen Brooks, and Mary Elizabeth Aikin Brooks for publication in her book, "The American female poets." She also requests Griswold to give her the rhymes he is not going to use, and reminds him of his promise to let her see the proof of her entry before it is published.

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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...

Dinnies, Anne Peyre, 1805-1886

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Little, Sophia L. (Sophia Louisa), 1799-1893

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May, Caroline 1820(?)-

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American author. From the description of Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814312 ...

Porter, Sarah Caroline, fl. 1791.

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Townsend, Eliza, 1788-1854

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Simes, Louisa, fl. 1856.

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Brooks, Maria Gowen, 1794 or 1795-1845

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American poet. From the description of Ballad : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed : Cuba, 1841 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134621 Maria Gowen Brooks (1794 or 5-1845) was an American poet who lived in New England and Cuba. Brooks was also known as Maria del Occidente. From the guide to the Maria Gowen Brooks papers, ca. 1827-1946, ca. 1827-1843, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Maria G...

Thurston, Laura M. Hawley, 1812-1842.

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Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846

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Wife of Boston lawyer and politician, Perez Morton; known as the "American Sappho." From the description of Receipt to George Watson Brimmer [manuscript], 1828 August 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814340 ...

Liszt, Harriet Winslow, fl. 1848.

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Brooks, Mary Elizabeth Aikin, 1801-1841.

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