charles fenno hoffman 1806 1884

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

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

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

Consents to write a notice [of Joseph Rodman Drake?]. Advises Griswold about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Omitted his poem "Go, mocking flower" because its similarity to Walter's poem makes it seem like a plagiarism. Offers suggestions for his biographical sketch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Omitted his poem "Go, mocking flower" because its similarity to Walter's poem makes it seem like a plagiarism. Offers suggestions for his biographical sketch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Omitted his poem "Go, mocking flower" because its similarity to Walter's poem makes it seem like a plagiarism. Offers suggestions for his biographical sketch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Encloses the proofs of the "Song" [and "Ben Blower's Story"] and describes the origin of the tale. Relates a recent conversation with [Charles] Dickens, in which he called Dickens's attention to Griswold's writ... More

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

Omitted his poem "Go, mocking flower" because its similarity to Walter's poem makes it seem like a plagiarism. Offers suggestions for his biographical sketch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Cheers Griswold up about his poor health, with an imaginary review dated 1890, of the memoirs he might write at eighty. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for proofs of an article written for The Opal ["Scenes on the Mississippi: Yellow Jack"]. Elizabeth Oaksmith's [sic] story is "a grand affair. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for proofs of an article written for The Opal ["Scenes on the Mississippi: Yellow Jack"]. Elizabeth Oaksmith's [sic] story is "a grand affair. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for proofs of an article written for The Opal ["Scenes on the Mississippi: Yellow Jack"]. Elizabeth Oaksmith's [sic] story is "a grand affair. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for proofs of an article written for The Opal ["Scenes on the Mississippi: Yellow Jack"]. Elizabeth Oaksmith's [sic] story is "a grand affair. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Monday. Discusses the drowning of little Willetts Keese. Has finished "Yellow Jack" for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 Ap...

Explains about the publication of an article which displeased Griswold. Has not yet written "the attack" which Griswold wanted. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Invites Griswold to New York to recuperate. Asks for revised proof sheets [of The Echo]. Wants his portrait omitted from the first edition. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of the newspapers' neglect of his book [The Echo] in New York. Discusses some alterations for the next edition. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Friday night. Asks for proofs [of The Echo?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Inquires about a poem ["Brunt the Fight"], accepted by the Democratic Review but apparently submitted by Griswold to Graham's Magazine. Regrets that [Francis De Haes] Janvier is leaving New York. Courtesy of Bo... More

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

Returns proofs of Eros and Anteros. Comments favorably on [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Inquires about a poem ["Brunt the Fight"], accepted by the Democratic Review but apparently submitted by Griswold to Graham's Magazine. Regrets that [Francis De Haes] Janvier is leaving New York. Courtesy of Bo... More

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

Asks for the address of Griswold's printer, in order to get proofs of the preface [to The Echo], which he wishes to alter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Describes an amusing article in the Foreign Quarterly [Review] on The Poets of America, copies in The New World. Consoles Griswold on a romantic disappointment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Friday night. Asks for proofs [of The Echo?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of the delayed publication of his poems [The Echo, Philadelphia1844]. Asks about [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Adds an imaginary newspaper article on the supposed burning of Griswold's library. Courtesy ... More

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 Ju...

Asks for the address of the printer [of The Echo]. Is annoyed by the delay in sending revised proofs. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for some missing proof sheets [of The Echo]. Speaks warmly of [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Inquires about Griswold's arrangement with Lea and Blanchard for Hoffman's Greyslayer. Teases Griswold about his work and the "female bedevilment" from which he suffers. Suggests a new arrangement of contributo... More

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

Describes an amusing article in the Foreign Quarterly [Review] on The Poets of America, copies in The New World. Consoles Griswold on a romantic disappointment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Friday night. Asks for proofs [of The Echo?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Describes an amusing article in the Foreign Quarterly [Review] on The Poets of America, copies in The New World. Consoles Griswold on a romantic disappointment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Inquires about Griswold's arrangement with Lea and Blanchard for Hoffman's Greyslayer. Teases Griswold about his work and the "female bedevilment" from which he suffers. Suggests a new arrangement of contributo... More

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

Inquires about a poem ["Brunt the Fight"], accepted by the Democratic Review but apparently submitted by Griswold to Graham's Magazine. Regrets that [Francis De Haes] Janvier is leaving New York. Courtesy of Bo... More

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

Friday night. Asks for proofs [of The Echo?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Describes an amusing article in the Foreign Quarterly [Review] on The Poets of America, copies in The New World. Consoles Griswold on a romantic disappointment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Sends a corrected copy of some verses. Ridicules John Neal's contempt for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Inquires about a poem ["Brunt the Fight"], accepted by the Democratic Review but apparently submitted by Griswold to Graham's Magazine. Regrets that [Francis De Haes] Janvier is leaving New York. Courtesy of Bo... More

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

Approves of a book Griswold is planning [The Prose Writers of America?]. Suggests the inclusion of Professor [Levi] Frisbie, Bishop [John Henry] Hobart, Dr. [John] McVickar, and others, recommending various pas... More

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

Wednesday night. Burgess and Stringer are not promoting The Echo at all. The price is too high, believes $.25 is ample. Asks Griswold to send copies to various booksellers. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of his failure to get revised proofs [of The Echo]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, [28 J...

Sends a list of copy still to be set up. Advises Griswold to come to Brooklyn to avoid the heat. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, [1845...

Encloses some ballads by Seba Smith and some poems of his own for his new edition [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Sunday night. Sends another "Song" [for The Vigil of Faith, fourth edition, New York 1845]. Asks Griswold to write something for the [New York Evening] Gazette. Mentions Griswold's coming [speech?] to the [New ... More

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

Corrects an error on Philip Freneau, in The Poets of America. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Mentions Griswold's "letters on Literature" in the [Washington Daily National?] Intelligencer. Comments amusingly on the first meeting between [Edgar Allan] Poe and [Henry Theodore] Tuckerman. Teases Griswold a... More

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

Sunday night. Sends another "Song" [for The Vigil of Faith, fourth edition, New York 1845]. Asks Griswold to write something for the [New York Evening] Gazette. Mentions Griswold's coming [speech?] to the [New ... More

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

Criticizes Griswold's third letter to the [Washington Daily] National Intelligencer as "too oracularly positive". Condemns [Theodore?] Parker's Discourses [Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion, Boston 18... More

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Saturday., autograph letter signed to R. W. Gri...

Was disappointed not to see Griswold. Suggests details for binding The Vigil of Faith. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Harper's Publishing house, autograph letter sig...

Asks Griswold to authorize Harper's to publish his poems [probably The Vigil of Faith] without delay. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Sends proofs [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Repeats Harper's offer to publish one of his books [probably the fourth edition of The Vigil of Faith, which Harper did publish shortly]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

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

Urges early publication of his poems [the fourth edition of The Vigil of Faith, New York 1845]. Refers Griswold to an article of his on [Theodore Sedgwick] Fay. Admires Vivian's Vestiges of the Natural History ... More

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

Asks Griswold to write an obituary notice on Maria Gowen Brooks. Discusses a further edition [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Criticizes Margaret Fuller's notice of [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow in the [New York] Tribu... More

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

Saturday. Mentions notices of a book [unidentified]. Promises to write "the generals" for Carey & Hart. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Discusses how he wrote "Tawasentha". Gives Griswold advice about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Monday morning. Reassures Griswold about his [Prose] Writers of America [Philadelphia 1845], apparently attacked in the Literary World. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Discusses how he wrote "Tawasentha". Gives Griswold advice about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Monday morning. Reassures Griswold about his [Prose] Writers of America [Philadelphia 1845], apparently attacked in the Literary World. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA., autograph letter signed to R...

Recommends Mr. Magovern [?] to assist Griswold with his lexicon. Is still "invalidish. Speaks flatteringly of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Oakes Smith's book [The Salamander, New York 1848?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter, [1849?]

Describes his temporary derangement and confinement in a mental hospital. Regrets that the newspapers have got hold of his case. 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

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

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

Consents to write a notice [of Joseph Rodman Drake?]. Advises Griswold about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Encloses the proofs of the "Song" [and "Ben Blower's Story"] and describes the origin of the tale. Relates a recent conversation with [Charles] Dickens, in which he called Dickens's attention to Griswold's writ... More

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

Cheers Griswold up about his poor health, with an imaginary review dated 1890, of the memoirs he might write at eighty. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Monday. Discusses the drowning of little Willetts Keese. Has finished "Yellow Jack" for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 Ap...

Explains about the publication of an article which displeased Griswold. Has not yet written "the attack" which Griswold wanted. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for the address of Griswold's printer, in order to get proofs of the preface [to The Echo], which he wishes to alter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Invites Griswold to New York to recuperate. Asks for revised proof sheets [of The Echo]. Wants his portrait omitted from the first edition. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Wednesday night. Burgess and Stringer are not promoting The Echo at all. The price is too high, believes $.25 is ample. Asks Griswold to send copies to various booksellers. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of the newspapers' neglect of his book [The Echo] in New York. Discusses some alterations for the next edition. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Returns proofs of Eros and Anteros. Comments favorably on [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for some missing proof sheets [of The Echo]. Speaks warmly of [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of his failure to get revised proofs [of The Echo]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 Ju...

Asks for the address of the printer [of The Echo]. Is annoyed by the delay in sending revised proofs. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Sends a corrected copy of some verses. Ridicules John Neal's contempt for Griswold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of the delayed publication of his poems [The Echo, Philadelphia1844]. Asks about [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Adds an imaginary newspaper article on the supposed burning of Griswold's library. Courtesy ... More

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

Approves of a book Griswold is planning [The Prose Writers of America?]. Suggests the inclusion of Professor [Levi] Frisbie, Bishop [John Henry] Hobart, Dr. [John] McVickar, and others, recommending various pas... More

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

Asks Griswold to write an obituary notice on Maria Gowen Brooks. Discusses a further edition [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Criticizes Margaret Fuller's notice of [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow in the [New York] Tribu... More

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, [1845...

Encloses some ballads by Seba Smith and some poems of his own for his new edition [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Criticizes Griswold's third letter to the [Washington Daily] National Intelligencer as "too oracularly positive". Condemns [Theodore?] Parker's Discourses [Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion, Boston 18... More

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

Corrects an error on Philip Freneau, in The Poets of America. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Saturday., autograph letter signed to R. W. Gri...

Was disappointed not to see Griswold. Suggests details for binding The Vigil of Faith. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Harper's Publishing house, autograph letter sig...

Asks Griswold to authorize Harper's to publish his poems [probably The Vigil of Faith] without delay. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Urges early publication of his poems [the fourth edition of The Vigil of Faith, New York 1845]. Refers Griswold to an article of his on [Theodore Sedgwick] Fay. Admires Vivian's Vestiges of the Natural History ... More

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

Sends proofs [of The Vigil of Faith?]. Repeats Harper's offer to publish one of his books [probably the fourth edition of The Vigil of Faith, which Harper did publish shortly]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, [28 J...

Sends a list of copy still to be set up. Advises Griswold to come to Brooklyn to avoid the heat. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Mentions Griswold's "letters on Literature" in the [Washington Daily National?] Intelligencer. Comments amusingly on the first meeting between [Edgar Allan] Poe and [Henry Theodore] Tuckerman. Teases Griswold a... More

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

Saturday. Mentions notices of a book [unidentified]. Promises to write "the generals" for Carey & Hart. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Discusses how he wrote "Tawasentha". Gives Griswold advice about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA., autograph letter signed to R...

Recommends Mr. Magovern [?] to assist Griswold with his lexicon. Is still "invalidish. Speaks flatteringly of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Oakes Smith's book [The Salamander, New York 1848?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter, [1849?]

Describes his temporary derangement and confinement in a mental hospital. Regrets that the newspapers have got hold of his case. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

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

Consents to write a notice [of Joseph Rodman Drake?]. Advises Griswold about his health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charles Fenno Hoffman autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 Ap...

Explains about the publication of an article which displeased Griswold. Has not yet written "the attack" which Griswold wanted. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Cheers Griswold up about his poor health, with an imaginary review dated 1890, of the memoirs he might write at eighty. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Complains of the delayed publication of his poems [The Echo, Philadelphia1844]. Asks about [Francis De Haes] Janvier. Adds an imaginary newspaper article on the supposed burning of Griswold's library. Courtesy ... More

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

Complains of his failure to get revised proofs [of The Echo]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Asks for the address of Griswold's printer, in order to get proofs of the preface [to The Echo], which he wishes to alter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library