Richard Adam Locke papers [manuscript], 1853, undated.

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Richard Adam Locke papers [manuscript], 1853, undated.

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A letter to Greene C. Bronson requests an appointment as Boarding Officer at the Quarantine Ground, Staten Island as it will give him leisure to pursue literary endeavors. With the letter is an engraving of Locke by A. Robin of New York. The collection also contains a letter from pastor's wife and abolitionist C. W. Brooks to Benjamin Bussey Thatcher concerning the Great Moon hoax by Locke.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Thatcher, B. B. (Benjamin Bussey), 1809-1840

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Letter : Brookline, Mass., to L.J. Cist, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1840 July 13. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28985917 ...

Bronson, C. Greene, 1789-1863,

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Robin, Allen

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Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871

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Journalist and editor of the New York Sun; known for a literary hoax pertaining to lunar discoveries. From the description of Richard Adam Locke papers [manuscript], 1853, undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 451382452 From the description of Richard Adam Locke papers [manuscript], 1853, undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648019260 Writer. Locke was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe and became famous for his c...

Brooks, C. W., fl. 1835,

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