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Box 8

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Contains 70 Results:

Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1807-1856. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 30 December 1848

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 565
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia, P.A. 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?].

Dates: 30 December 1848

Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1807-1856. A.L. to ----, [1849?]

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 566
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: [1849?]

Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1807-1856. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [11 March] n.y.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 567
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

New York. Encloses a poem, first printed in the New York American, May 1828.

Dates: [11 March] n.y.

Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1807-1856. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [22 December] n.y.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 568
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

N.p. Wednesday morning. States his unwillingness to lecture before any society without a formal invitation.

Dates: [22 December] n.y.

Hofland, Barbara (Wreaks) Hoole to Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood, 3 November 1837

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 569
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

Kensington. Is recovering slowly. Inquires about Mrs. Osgood's work and her husband's painting. Miss [Mary] Mitford has been ill. Her friend Thatcher is in Liverpool.

Dates: 3 November 1837

Hooker, Herman, 1804-1865. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [1842?]

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 570
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

N.p. Inquires about an announcement that [Ralph Waldo?] Emerson is printing an edition of [John] Sterling.

Dates: [1842?]

Hooker, Herman, 1804-1865. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 29 April 1846

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 571
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia, P.A. Discusses the possible confirmation of the addressee's divorce under a false date, in order to conceal the illegal date of his new marriage.

Dates: 29 April 1846

Hooker, Herman, 1804-1865. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 19 August 1851

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 572
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

N.p. Describes the illness of the auctioneer Jones, an old enemy of Griswold's. Discusses [Henry Theodore] Cheever's edition of the work of Walter Colton, whom he himself thought "the last to come directly to an object," though his work as Alcalde [of Monterey] did him credit. Praises Griswold's sketch of C[alvin] Colton.

Dates: 19 August 1851

Hooker, Herman, 1804-1865. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, [1853?]

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 573
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

N.p. Discusses the death of the late Horace Binney Wallace, and the loss of his reason.

Dates: [1853?]

Hooker, Herman, 1804-1865. A.L.S. to Harriet (McCrillis) Griswold, 10 August 1853

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 574
Call Number: MS Gris.
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia, P.A. Expresses sympathy for Griswold's serious illness.

Dates: 10 August 1853