New York. Mrs. Osgood has been "grossly misrepresented." The letter shown to Mrs. Ellet by Mrs. Poe must have been a forgery. Retracts her charges about Mrs. Osgood's relations with Poe, and regrets her acquaintance with "such people as the Poes."

New York. Asks him to accompany her to the Library of the Historical Society.

7 Park Place, New York, N.Y. Would like an advance copy of The Female Poets of America for an article in the North American Review.

797 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Is not responsible for the article [on The Female Poets of America?] in Neal's Gazette. Has indeed spoken to several people of [Griswold's] unjust attack on Miss [Caroline] May and his misstatements concerning herself [in The Female Poets of America]; but would not allow her judgment of a work to be influenced by any private sense of injury.

797 Broadway. Refuses to withdraw her article on The Female Poets of America from the North American Review unless she is renumerated by the publishers. A review of The Female Poets of America in the  North American Review, April 1849.

N.p. Deeply resents Griswold's public attacks on her character, including his remark that she wrote letters to E[dgar] A[llan] Poe. He is mistaken in attributing to her a severe article on himself in the Louisville Journal. Has written to all those whose names he gave as authority, and received indignant denials, which she intends to exhibit beside Griswold's falsehoods.

Autobiographical data [for The Female Poets of America?].

Westchester, N.Y. Asks for copies of [James Fenimore?] Cooper's forthcoming articles on [Oliver Hazard] Perry. Describes his own part in the battle of Lake Erie.

Philadelphia, P.A. Praises his friend Daniel Bryan and his poems, and suggests his inclusion in The Poets of America. Encloses a circular describing a "new enterprise" of Mr. Bryan's.

Ogdensburgh, N.Y. Encloses some poems for publication in the International Monthly Magazine.  Ellsworth's "Ariadne" appears in the International Monthly Magazine, 1 January 1852.

East Windsor Hill, C.T. Sends a copy of his Poems [Hartford 1855]. Would be obliged by a notice.

East Windsor Hill, C.T. Permits the use of his poems in The Poets of America. Offers autobiographical data. His poem "The Chimes" is a deliberate imitation of [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow's "The Day is Done," not a plagiarism, as some critics have charged.

"Robinson Crusoe."

N.p. Offers Griswold his article on his grandfather, Oliver Ellsworth, for a book or for the International [Monthly Magazine].

Brooklyn, N.Y. General Cumming's miniature of Mrs. Embury is ready to be engraved for [Graham's?] Magazine. Would like it done by Mr. [Seth Wells?] Cheney or Mr. [Richard W.?] Dodson, and as soon as possible.

Brooklyn, N.Y. Corrects Griswold's statements about Mrs. [Emma Catherine (Manley)] Embury's disapproval of a notice of herself in Graham's Magazine. It was he himself who objected, because the proofs of the engraving had not been sent to him.

Brooklyn, N.Y. Encloses an article for the October number of Graham's Magazine. Gives some hints on the alteration of her portrait. A story by Mrs. Embury, "Silent Love," appears in Graham's Magazine, October 1842.

West Point, N.Y. Has been prevented by illness from writing anything, but offers a poem for the Osgood memorial volume [The Memorial, New York 1851].

"The English River, a Fantasy." Attached is a fragment containing the last lines of "The American River."

New York. Accepts Griswold's proposed Life of George Washington. On verso, a copy of Griswold's letter of 22 May 1856.