Correspondence of and about Oliver Wendell Holmes [manuscript], 1868-1901.

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Correspondence of and about Oliver Wendell Holmes [manuscript], 1868-1901.

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The correspondence discusses Holmes's writing; Sarah H. Leggett's project, Golden Songs of Great Poets; Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing; and Herman Melville and his daughter, Frances C. Thomas. Included in the collection are: manuscripts and corrections for the poems "Response to a Toast," and "On the Threshold"; the manuscript of Holmes's song "The Hot Season"; and an etched portrait of Holmes inscribed to Mrs. Emily Pfeiffer. Also included is a letter, 1901 June 19, from Charles E. Lauriat, of the Boston Booksellers & Importers of that name, to A.R. Whittier, Jr., identifying Whittier's recent purchase, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, as the "presentation copy" which Holmes made to his mother. Jeannette L. Gilder, Sarah H. Leggett, Frances C. Thomas, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are among the correspondents.

17 items.1 art print : etching ; 36 x 26 cm.

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Whittier, A. R., Jr.,

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Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936

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Journalist, editor, and literary critic for various publications. From the description of Papers of Jeannette L. Gilder [manuscript], 1879-1909. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810869 Jeannette L. Gilder was an editor, journalist, and critic, best remembered as editor of The Critic, which she co-founded with her brother, Joseph. The Critic was small but respected, and published and encouraged some of the most recognizable names of the day. She continued to c...

Holmes, Edward Jackson, 1846-1884.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Pfeiffer, Emily, 1827-1890

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Thomas, Frances Taliaferro

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Leggett, Sarah H.

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