Letters, Brooklyn, N.Y., to Rufus Wilmont Griswold [manuscript] 1849 July and Dec.

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Letters, Brooklyn, N.Y., to Rufus Wilmont Griswold [manuscript] 1849 July and Dec.

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Mrs. Lewis requests Griswold to join her family in church and to take an interest in Mr. Elliot, an artist. She wants information on sending a portrait and attempts to banish Griswold's presentiment of death in the cholera epidemic of 1849.

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Griswold, Rufus Willmot, 1815-1857

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. He built a strong literary reputation, in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America. This anthology, the most comprehensive of its time, included what he deemed the best examples of American poetry. He produc...

Lewis, Estelle Anna Blanche Robinson, 1824-1880.

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