Papers of Melville DeLancey Landon [manuscript], 1873-1893 and n. d.

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Papers of Melville DeLancey Landon [manuscript], 1873-1893 and n. d.

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The Landon Collection consists of: a manuscript of a definition of a "bore," letters, photographs and miscellaneous item. Topics in his letters include writing on his travels in the Orient and women in the Orient, especially articles designed for women readers; property purchase at Sullivan County Club; writing about free coinage; opinion of Horace Greeley; mention of T. DeWitt Talmage and Thomas Nast; his lectures; travel; McClure's syndicate; a recipe for a hot rum drink; and a friend's drinking problem. A portion of a letter mentins an autograph collection. The papers also contain a humorous "season ticket" to Eli Perkins lectures, a newsclipping regarding profits made through American literature with Mark Twain and Eli Perkins as examples, and two photographs. Correspondents include S. S. McClure, Ulysses S. Grant, and Charles Frederick Wingate.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7924748

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Sullivan County Club.

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Talmage, T. de Witt (Thomas de Witt), 1832-1902

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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

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McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Wingate, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1848-1909

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