Papers of Charles Brockden Brown [manuscript], 1769-1848, 1922, and n.d.

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Papers of Charles Brockden Brown [manuscript], 1769-1848, 1922, and n.d.

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The collection consists chiefly of research material assembled by Daniel E. Kennedy for his projected biography of Brown. These include his commentary on William Dunlap's "Life of Charles Brockden Brown" and miscellaneous notes and annotations on Brown; manuscript copies of other material related to Brown particularly a copy of an article from "Littell's Living Age," 1844, and a copy of Brown's death notice; and a resolution by the Friends of Philadelphia concerning Brown's expulsion for marriage to a non-member by a "hireling minister." With these is his manuscript "The verses of Charles Brockden Brown studied in metre." The collection also contains a letter from John Ross to Charles Brown on business matters, 1769; three letters from Brown to William Wood Wilkins and one letter from Wilkins about their friendship, 1790-1793, and a letter to his brother James Brown about Wilkins's death, 1795; a postscript on a 1798 letter from Maria Templeton to Maria NIcholson mentioning yellow fever in Philadelphia; letters to lawyers William P. Beers and John Elihu Hall on literary matters, 1800, 1806; a letter to Mary Linn urging her to cultivate her mind, 1802; a letter to John B. Romeyn on family matters after the death of his father-in-law, 1808; and a letter from James Ogilvie to [Tart Esquires?] of Charleston, S.C., concerning a legal matter and the possibility of writing a biography of Brown for which he would like Charleston subscriptions. In addition there are four letters to his widow Elizabeth, 1812 and n.d. from her brother-in-law William Keese on a financial matter, her son William Linn Brown on a trip to England and a friend Eliza Kane on social matters. Miscellaneous papers include diplomas of John Blair Linn, 1795-1897 and William Linn Brown, 1821; a bond signed by Elizabeth Linn Brown, 1810; inventories and appraisals of the estates of Charles Brockden Brown, 1810, and Elihu Hubbard Smith, 1799; three receipts to Charles Brockden Brown and Charles Brockden Brown, Jr., 1806, 1821, 1830; the will of Elizabeth Armitt, 1798; a passport of William Linn Brown signed by James Buchanan, 1846; a newsclipping regarding William Linn Brown, 1846; and photographs of the [tombstone?] of Charles Brockden Brown.

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Templeton, Maria, fl. 1798,

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Native of Philadelphia, novelist, journalist, the first person in the United States to make authorship his primary profession. Brown earned considerable distinction for a number of his novels. From the description of Travel journal, ca. 1800. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213494884 ...

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Brown, Elizabeth Linn, fl. 1810-1812,

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Kennedy, Daniel Edwards

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Hall, John Elihu, fl. 1806,

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Nicholson, Maria, fl. 1798,

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Beers, William Pitt, 1766-1810

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William Pitt Beers; grad. Yale 1785; Albany lawyer and politician From the guide to the Letters to William P. Beers, 1790-1807, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Romeyn, John B., fl. 1808,

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Keese, William, fl. 1812,

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Dunlap, William, 1766-1839

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American playwright, theatrical manager, painter, historian. From the description of Papers of William Dunlap, 1765-1839. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135371 Theatrical manager, dramatist, painter, and historian; New York City and elsewhere. From the description of Diaries, 1797-1798, 1819-1820, 1833-1834. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663747 William Dunlap, American producer, playwright, actor, and hist...

Brown, James, fl. 1795,

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Brown, William Linn,

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Smith, Elihu Hubbard, d. 1799

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Ross, John, fl. 1769,

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