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John Ledyard, L'Orient, France., autograph letter signed to Thomas and...

Describes his life in France and his prospects. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Trumbull, Hartford, CT., autograph letter signed to Mathew Carey,...

Will permit republications of his works. Has decided not to suppress the Progress of Dulness [1772], and has transcribed The Vanity of Ambition. Will republish McFingal [1775, 1782]. If the addressee intends to... More

John Ledyard, London, Eng., manuscript copy of letter to Abigail Moore...

An account of the writer's exploits, and plans for further travel. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Ledyard, London, Eng., manuscript copy of letter to Abigail Moore...

An account of the writer's exploits, and plans for further travel. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, letter signed to Henry Brevoort, 23 Apri...

Expresses the writer's delight in Washington Irving's History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, letter signed to Henry Brevoort, 23 Apri...

Expresses the writer's delight in Washington Irving's History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, letter signed to Henry Brevoort, 23 Apri...

Expresses the writer's delight in Washington Irving's History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, letter signed to Henry Brevoort, 23 Apri...

Expresses the writer's delight in Washington Irving's History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Neal manuscript poem, 1828: "The Disappointed One."

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John Neal manuscript poem, 1828: "The Ideot-Boy."

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William Wirt, Baltimore, MD., autograph letter signed to [Edgar Allan ...

Returns a poem ["Al Aaraaf"] submitted for the writer's criticism. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Edward Everett, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed, 1 April 1830

Gives information about admission to West Point. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Edward Everett, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed, 27 February ...

Thanks the addressee for copies of [Henry] Clay's speech, and promises to send other speeches in "the late debate. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Edward Everett, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed, 1 April 1830

Gives information about admission to West Point. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Edward Everett, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed, 1 April 1830

Gives information about admission to West Point. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Edward Everett, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed, 1 April 1830

Gives information about admission to West Point. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Cover and preliminaries Sophia Peabody Hawthorne

Manuscript from Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Public domain image.

James Mathews Legaré, Aiken., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswol...

Invites Griswold to visit. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Gris...

Encloses a poem, first printed in the New York American, May 1828. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henry William Herbert autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold

Will soon be ready to do the "theological article", asks for the volume of Gibbon containing Theodosius. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Alfred Jones autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 1 July

Agrees to furnish two or three articles for Graham's despite the low rate of pay. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Reuben Thompson printed clipping: "To Miss Amelie Louise Rives," ...

Two poems reprinted from the Home Journal: "To Miss Amelie Louise Rives," and a "Rhyming review" of N. Parker Willis's Rural Letters, 1049. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Susan Archer (Talley) Weiss autograph letter signed to [Mr. Valentine?...

Sends volume of her manuscript poems for addressee to take to Griswold. Would like him to arrange for her to contribute to some New York journal. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henry William Herbert autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold

Asks for the balance due for "the review of Bulwer," and for the loan of a volume of Gibbon. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. F. Huston manuscript poem: "Little Children."

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Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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Henry William Herbert, Schooley's Mountain, NJ., autograph letter sign...

Promises The Bride of Ceylon. Once offered [Louis Antoine] Godey a weekly letter for $5 a week, but has never written him an article for less than $25. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Frederick Briggs autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold

Sends the second volume of the Architect, the text written by himself. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, 663 Broadway, (New York), autograph letter ...

Wished to correct an allusion to his health, and an error about the autumn of 1835 which he passed in Italy, not in Paris. Asks for copies of Poets of America and Prose Writers of America. Agrees with Griswold ... More

Charles William Everest, New York Office., autograph letter signed to ...

Monday evening. Asks for a copy of Griswold's Biographical Annual [New York 1841]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henry William Herbert, Schooley's Mountain, NJ., autograph letter sign...

Promises The Bride of Ceylon. Once offered [Louis Antoine] Godey a weekly letter for $5 a week, but has never written him an article for less than $25. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henry William Herbert, Schooley's Mountain, NJ., autograph letter sign...

Promises The Bride of Ceylon. Once offered [Louis Antoine] Godey a weekly letter for $5 a week, but has never written him an article for less than $25. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

James Bayard Taylor autograph note signed to R. W. Griswold

Sends his revised poem at Griswold's request. Would like to publish it in the Democratic Review. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nathaniel Parker Willis autograph letter signed

Hopes to find biographical material about Mrs. Judson. Thinks an advertisement to her friends would bring in much material. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Greenleaf Whittier manuscript article: "The Northern Candidates."

For the National Era? Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles King, Col[umbia] Coll[ege]., autograph letter signed to R. W. ...

Encloses a memoir of his mother [Mary (Alsop) King] and an extract from a letter of John Adams to Rufus King on the occasion of the latter's marriage. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

George G. Foster, Oswego, NY., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswo...

Expresses his warm affection for Griswold. Begs him to come to Oswego. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Anna Mary Freeman manuscript poem: "Lines on seeing some Jessamine Flo...

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Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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Charles Fenno Hoffman, Wednesday morning., autograph letter signed to ...

States his unwillingness to lecture before any society without a formal invitation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood manuscript poem: "Within a frame more g...

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Phoebe Cary manuscript poem: Supplication, by Elmina Waldo (Cary) Swif...

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Robert Hinckley Messinger manuscript: Memoir

Biographical data. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles William Everest, The Place where you ought to be. Monday eveni...

Inquires about the time limit for [an article on John?] Burroughs. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Alice Cary, New York, autograph draft

Dedication of Poems [Boston 1855]. Consists partly of printed clippings, pasted in. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

(? Smith) Rose Wyman document, Rufus W. Griswold papers

Biographical data on Miss Smith, who was the "chief star" of the [NY.] Morning Chronicle. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. ...

Hopes to visit them before their departure for the south. Lists some books which he wishes Griswold to send him. Hoffman has been deprived of his office. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Sprague Jacobs manuscript poems: "I mourn that this world change...

Printed clipping: "From the Cambridge Chronicle". Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Mitchell Gillespie, Saturday morning, autograph letter signed ...

Asks for an opportunity to copy Poe's remarks in praise of [Frances] Osgood. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

L. S. Y. manuscript poems: "A Dream," "Time," and "The Voices of the W...

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Mary M. Burbank, 546 Houston [?] St., autograph letter signed to R. W....

Postpones submitting her manuscript. Asks for his criticism. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Julia (Ward) Howe manuscript poem: "Wordsworth."

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Henry William Herbert autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold

Will soon be ready to do the "theological article", asks for the volume of Gibbon containing Theodosius. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Thomas Bangs Thorpe document, Rufus W. Griswold papers

Biographical sketch [for Prose Writers of America]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Samuel Eddy manuscript by unknown writer.

Biographical data. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Pendleton Kennedy, Baltimore., autograph letter signed to Thomas ...

Has no time at present to contribute to the [Southern Literary] Messenger. Praises [James Ewell] Heath's Edge-hill. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Jane Taylor (Lomax) Worthington manuscript poems: "The Death at Sea."

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Manuscript poem: "The Iron Age"

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John Reuben Thompson manuscript poem: "Old Wine to Drink."

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Charles King, Col[umbia] Coll[ege]., autograph letter signed to R. W. ...

Encloses a memoir of his mother [Mary (Alsop) King] and an extract from a letter of John Adams to Rufus King on the occasion of the latter's marriage. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Thomas Balch, 38 South Thirteenth., autograph letter signed to R. W. G...

An invitation to dine. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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J. S. Skinner autograph letter signed, Gordon's, 135 miles en route fr...

Requests a set of questions to put to one rice and cotton planter in order to draw out from them the whole economy of a plantation as respects their slaves," for the purpose of comparing the condition of the sl... More

Edward Everett, Philadelphia, PA., autograph letter signed to Thomas W...

Regrets that his engagements prevent him from contributing to White's literary journal [the Southern Literary Messenger]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Frances Harriet McDougall, No. 56 Rutger Street., autograph letter sig...

Sends her novel The Mechanic [Providence 1842] and some "Mythic stories." Discusses revision of these and other works, for republication. Kate Fox asks that Griswold return her album. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poem: "The Iron Age"

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Thomas William Parsons manuscript poem: "On a 'Magdalen" by Guido."

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Mrs. Anna Cora (Ogden) Mowatt Ritchie, Fourth Avenue, NY. Thursday eve...

Sends manuscript of her comedy [unnamed], for Poe's criticism. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

X (pseudonym) autograph letter signed to the Editors of the Broadway J...

Thanks them for accepting her article, "A Prep behind the Curtain," Apparently encloses an article on Longfellow ridiculing "the ineffable silliness" of men when discussing women. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Frederick Briggs, Thursday., autograph letter signed to R. W. ...

Has a photograph of [James Russell] Lowell for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poems: "To a babe looking in its hand," "The Gay Coquette" ...

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Abby Dwight Woodridge, Hunter, NY., autograph letter signed to R. W. G...

Poor health has prevented her writing the article requested by Griswold. Asks his advice about publishing her poems, and the names of publishers who might pay her for magazine contributions. Courtesy of Boston ... More

George G. Foster manuscript, Rufus W. Griswold papers

Autobiographical data. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Frederick Briggs, Mirror office, Tuesday, autograph letter sig...

Will bring him a poem of Maria [White] Lowell's [for The Female Poets of America]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Andrew Stein manuscript poem: "The Scourge of Asia."

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Julia (Ward) Howe, South Boston, MA., autograph letter signed to R. W....

Permits the inclusion of selections from Passion Flowers [Boston 1854], but not her portrait, in The Female Poets of America. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henry William Herbert, Saturday evening., autograph letter signed to R...

Asks for a note of explanation to show McKenzie & Hartwell why he cannot give them Griswold's endorsement. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood manuscript poem: "The wraith of the Ros...

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H. S. de G. manuscript poem: "The Exile."

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William Croswell Doane manuscript poem, Grey Cliff, Newport.,

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Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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A. F. Huston manuscript poem: "Little Children."

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Charles Frederick Briggs, Thursday., autograph letter signed to R. W. ...

Has a photograph of [James Russell] Lowell for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood manuscript poem: "The fairy's lullaby,"...

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Maunsell Bradhurst Field manuscript poem: "They laid her, they say, 'n...

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A. P. Southron (pseudonym) manuscript poem: "To New York."

Four lines added in pencil are much faded. On p.4 are two lines of verse in different hand. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Hewitt Stebbins manuscript poem: "The Lady to h...

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Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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William Alfred Jones autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 1 July

Agrees to furnish two or three articles for Graham's despite the low rate of pay. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Elizabeth (Hare) Nealy, Corydon, IN., autograph letter signed to ...

Inquires about the procedure in publishing a book. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Manuscript poem: "The Iron Age"

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Manuscript poems about Cuba, Rufus W. Griswold papers

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Manuscript poem: "The Iron Age"

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Manuscript poem: "The Iron Age"

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Henry Charles Carey autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 27 Nove...

Mentions hearing Theodore Parker, and criticizes his method. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

E. Fluide Patten manuscript, Rufus W. Griswold papers

Biographical sketch of the writer's brother, Major George Washington Patten. Written by E. F. Patten. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Gilmore Simms autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 24 Ju...

Requests that material for the writer's memoir of [General Charles] Lee be sent soon. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Pendleton Kennedy, Baltimore, MD., autograph letter signed to Edg...

[Henry Charles?] Carey has sold one of Poe's tales to Miss [Eliza] Leslie's Souvenir, and the writer has a draft in payment for which he asks Poe to call. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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