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Contains 75 Results:

Botta, Anne Charlotte, 1820-1891. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 13 July n.y.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 65
Call Number: MS Gris.
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45 Ninth St. Tuesday. An invitation to an evening party, to meet Miss [Frederika] Bremer.

Dates: 13 July n.y.

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold., 13 February 1838

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 66
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. A hearty commendation of Griswold's editorial work on the Vermonter [Vergennes]. Describes his own work on the New Yorker; "Park [Benjamin] is a splendid writer." Sends news of office associates.

Dates: 13 February 1838

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 14 March [1838]

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 67
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Scolds Griswold for altering a line in the writer's "On the Death of a Friend."

Dates: 14 March [1838]

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 22 April 1838

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 68
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Sends a poem. "Take the name of that soundrel, Henry Clay, out of your paper!"

Dates: 22 April 1838

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 10 July 1838

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 69
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Herkimer, N.Y. Writes about his publishing activities in Herkimer. Announces the birth of his daughter.

Dates: 10 July 1838

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 2 August 1838

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 70
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Herkimer, N.Y. Bewails his printing assistants. "Curse this miserable fear of the topic of Abolition! -- its all ignorance." Sends an anti-slavery poem for the Vermonter: "As falls the fine and sparking rain."

Dates: 2 August 1838

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 28 February 1839

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 71
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Herkimer, N.Y. Complains of the difficulties of publishing a country paper. Griswold should "chaw up" [Henry] Clay's speech as it deserves.

Dates: 28 February 1839

Bowe, Obadiah Allen, d. 1859. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 12 March 1839

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 72
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Herkimer, N.Y. Describes his business troubles and the slowness of New York state people to adopt the cause of Abolition.

Dates: 12 March 1839

Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. Ms. draft, writer unidentified, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 73
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Biographical data.

Dates: n.d.

Brackenridge, Henry Marie, 1786-1871. A.L.S. to F. W. Thomas, 6 November 1841

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 74
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Washington. Asks Thomas to secure publication of his biography of his father, H. H. Brackenridge, in Graham's Magazine. On verso, a letter from Frederick William Thomas to Edgar Allen Poe, 6 Nov 1841.

Dates: 6 November 1841

Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [16 February 1843?]

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 75
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Recommends a poem, "Truth," by Charles J. Sprague. Written on the last sheet of the above-mentioned poem.

Dates: [16 February 1843?]

Brent, Henry Johnson, 1811-1880. A.L.S to R. W. Griswold, 8 January 1855

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 76
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Asks for Griswold's help in publishing his writings.

Dates: 8 January 1855

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 13 March 1847

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 77
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Promises to review The Prose Writers of America. Thinks Griswold should have included prominent newspaper writers. Praises [James Russell] Lowell's prose style.

Dates: 13 March 1847

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 10 April 1848

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 78
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N. p. Introduces William S. Chase of Boston, who is preparing a work on modern French literature.

Dates: 10 April 1848

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [6 August 1848?]

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 79
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N. p. Writes warmly of [James Russell] Lowell and [William] Page. Summarizes his own literary career. Discusses the organization of the Copyright Club.

Dates: [6 August 1848?]

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 4 January 1850

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 80
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Custom House. A request for a daguerreotype, to accompany an article about Griswold in Holden's Magazine.

Dates: 4 January 1850

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 13 February 1856

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 81
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N.p. Praises Griswold's review of [Evert Augustus and George Long Duyckinck's] Cyclopaedia [of American Literature]. Urges him to print it in book form.

Dates: 13 February 1856

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 82
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Mirror office. Tuesday. Will bring him a poem of Maria [White] Lowell's [for The Female Poets of America].

Dates: n.d.

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 83
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N.p. Thursday. Will send a life size crayon portrait of [James Russell] Lowell. Will try, however, to get Lowell to sit for a daguerrotype.

Dates: n.d.

Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 84
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N.p. Thursday. Has a photograph of [James Russell] Lowell for Griswold.

Dates: n.d.