Letters of Horace Greeley [manuscript], 1848-1859.

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Letters of Horace Greeley [manuscript], 1848-1859.

Collection includes four letters from Greeley to Henry D. Thoreau, dated May 1848-March 1854, and one letter from Greeley to Dr. Polney dated March 4, 1859. Greeley's letters to Thoreau discuss articles for Thoreau to write including one about Ralph Waldo Emerson for publication in "Westminster Review"; and fees due from George Rex Graham for two articles Thoreau had already written, "Maine Woods" and "Carlyle." A letter of May 25, 1848, accompanies a check for "Maine Woods." The letter to Dr. Polney requests a meeting with him to discuss what Greeley has written about the "New American Cyclopaedia."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923643

University of Virginia. Library

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Graham, George R., 1963-

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Owner of Graham's Magazine. From the description of Letters to John Neal [manuscript], 1849 September 20 and 1851 December 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647967021 ...