Papers of Joseph Rodman Drake [manuscript], 1815-1834.

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Papers of Joseph Rodman Drake [manuscript], 1815-1834.

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In the collection are eight manuscripts containing Drake poems including "The American Flag" and "The Unpublished Poems of Joseph Rodman Drake" with seventeen of his poems. There are also three poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck and an essay by Drake. There is only one letter by Drake, written to his stepfather and announcing the passing of his medical exams and discussing job opportunities. A letter from his stepfather hopes for his recovery. There are two letters of sympathy at his death from his sister to his wife. A letter from William Samuel Johnson to Elizabeth Wadsworth describes the bound volume of a fair copy of "The Culprit Fay" which is also included in the collection.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Drake, Joseph Rodman, 1795-1820

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American poet and physician. From the description of Papers of Joseph Rodman Drake [manuscript], 1815-1834. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870386 American poet. From the description of To fortune : autograph manuscript copy of the poem, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539202 Epithet: American poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x00014c ...

Drake, Millicent Ann, fl. 1820,

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Wadsworth, Elizabeth L.

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Welman, Robert Muir, fl. 1816,

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Drake, Sarah Eckford, fl. 1820,

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Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867

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American author and poet, born and died in Guildford, Connecticut. After a youth spent in business in Connecticut, Halleck came to New York City and attracted attention with humorous articles he wrote for the New York Evening Post. In 1819 he published the first of several editions of his longest single poem, Fanny, a satire on current fashions, social climbings, and politics written in the stanza form and meter of Byron's Don Juan. Halleck's output was small and much of his best work was includ...

Johnson, William Samuel

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Epithet: DCL, American statesman; son of Reverend Samuel Johnson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000283 ...