Letters of Adeline D.T. Whitney, 1876-1893.

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Letters of Adeline D.T. Whitney, 1876-1893.

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In letters to James R. Osgood, S.S. McClure, Houghton Mifflin Company, and an unidentified proof reader, Whitney requests books, discusses publication issues including copyright and Sampson Low's repudiation of an agreement, corrects mistakes in proofs and verifies the accuracy of a text. In addition she mentions the serious illness of her husband. The collection also contains two autographed quotations. Correspondents include James R. Osgood, S.S. McClure, H. Klock, Jr., and Houghton Mifflin.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Klock, H.

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Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Mass., From the description of Houghton Mifflin Company records, 1832-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205133 Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts, traces its roots back to the firm of Ticknor and Fields, the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century; and to the Riverside Press, Henry Oscar Houghton's printi...

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

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Journalist, writer of books for boys. From the description of S.S. McClure check to James Barnes, 1898 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53795304 American publisher. From the description of Letter to Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1892 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51846140 ...

Low, Sampson, 1797-1886

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English publisher. From the description of Memorandum of an agreement signed : London, 1847 July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270593145 ...

Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906

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Whitney was an author and opponent of women's suffrage. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007365 American author, chiefly of books for girls; also published several volumes of verse. From the description of Papers of A.D.T. Whitney [manuscript], 1866-1905. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837187 Poet and writer of b...