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Box 13

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Contains 61 Results:

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 28 June 1849

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 855
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Requests substitution of his own notice of Mrs. [Sarah Anna] Lewis for the one in Female Poets of America.

Dates: 28 June 1849

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. A.L. to Mrs. Maria Clemm, ca. 28-29 August 1849

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 856
Call Number: MS Gris.
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[Richmond, V.A.?]. Describes the enthusiastic reception of his lecture [in Richmond]. Plans for leaving Fordham. Mentions Annie [Richmond]. Incomplete.

Dates: ca. 28-29 August 1849

Poe, Edgar Allan. D., n.d.

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 857
Call Number: MS Gris.
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N.p. Some account of John Allan and his second wife, Louisa Patterson. Poe's temperament and an early experience with John Allan.

Dates: n.d.

Poe, William. A.L.S. to Edgar Allan Poe, 15 June 1843

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 858
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Baltimore, M.D. Congratulates him on winning a prize from the Dollar Newspaper with the "Goldbug." Asks for news. Cautions him against "a too free use of the bottle."

Dates: 15 June 1843

Pollock, Edward. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 26 June 1851

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 859
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Philadelphia, P.A. Sends his poem "Italy" for publication in the International Magazine, while the subject is of interest.

Dates: 26 June 1851

Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. A.N.S. to R. W. Griswold, 18 December 1854

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 860
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Indian Hill Farm, near Newburyport. Sends his prospectus for a "work of value" [a forth-coming book] and asks Griswold's opinion.

Dates: 18 December 1854

Post, Israel A.N.S. to R. W. Griswold, 7 December 1847

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 861
Call Number: MS Gris.
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New York. Requests an article for the Union Magazine.

Dates: 7 December 1847

Potter, Mrs. J. C. A.L.S. to W. M. Griswold, 4 February 1897

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 862
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Guilford, C.T. Supplies information about the life and works of her father, Dr. [Thomas Holley] Chivers, and his controversy with Edgar Allan Poe.

Dates: 4 February 1897

Potter, Mrs. J. C. A.L.S. to W. M. Griswold, 18 February 1897

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 863
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Guilford, C.T. Supplies information about her father, Dr. [Thomas Holley] Chivers.

Dates: 18 February 1897

Poussin, Guillaume Tell, 1794-1876. A.L.S. to ----, 25 December 1847

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 864
Call Number: MS Gris.
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[112 rue Bicher?]. Manifestation of American public opinion in his behalf would be useful [in securing diplomatic post]. Wants Putnam to publish his work in English. Discusses American and French politics.

Dates: 25 December 1847

Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870. A.L.S. to [R. W. Griswold?], 14 October 1851

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 865
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Louisville, K.Y. Sends a specimen of Miss Mattie Griffith's poetry. Does Griswold desire her services as correspondent?

Dates: 14 October 1851

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. L.S. to R. W. Griswold, n.d.

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 866
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Beacon Street. Asks if Poets of America and Prose Writers of America are copyrighted in England.

Dates: n.d.

Putnam, Geo. P. and Co.; account with R. W. Griswold, 10 April 1852

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 867
Call Number: MS Gris.
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10 Park Place, New York. Business account showing a balance owing to Geo. P. Putnam and Co. from the publication and sale of The Memorial.

Dates: 10 April 1852

Putnam, Geo. P. and Co. L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 1 October 1852

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 867A
Call Number: MS Gris.
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10 Park Place, New York. Invite him to contribute to a proposed monthly magazine. Present sales account for [Griswold's] Memorial.

Dates: 1 October 1852

Quincy, Miss [Eliza Susan], 1798-1884. A.L. to R. W. Griswold, 13 April 1854

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 868
Call Number: MS Gris.
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1 Beacon Hill Place. Informs him of the provenance of Copley's portrait of Mrs. [Dorothy Quincy] Hancock, in the possession of Mrs. Cushing of Little Harbor, and of portraits of Sir William Pepperell and others in the Portsmouth Museum. Written in the third person.

Dates: 13 April 1854

Ramsay, Arch. A.L.S. to Edgar Allan Poe, 30 November 1846

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 869
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Stonehaven, Scotland. Asks if the pamphlet Mesmerism in Articulo Mortis, published under Poe's name by Short and Co., is "genuine."

Dates: 30 November 1846

Ramsay, Arch. A.L.S. to Edgar Allan Poe, 14 April 1847

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 870
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Stonehaven, Kincardshire, Scotland. He is unable to supply information about the Allan familiy, concerning whom Poe has inquired.

Dates: 14 April 1847

Randolph, J. W. A.L.S. to ----, 17 April 1855

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 871
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Richmond, V.A. Sends copies of Jefferson and Beverley. If addressee reviews Beverley, Randolph would like to receive a copy.

Dates: 17 April 1855

Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 1820-1869. A.N.S. to R. W. Griswold, 23 December 1837

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 872
Call Number: MS Gris.
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Universtiy of Vermont, Burlington, V.T. Offers Griswold honorary membership in Phi Sigma Nu Society; thanks him for Washington Irving's autograph.

Dates: 23 December 1837

Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 1820-1869. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 3 June 1838

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 873
Call Number: MS Gris.
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U(niversity of) V(ermont). Promises Griswold a contribution [to the Vermonter]. Asks for name of authoer of the New Yorker article Thoughts on Poetic Excellence, which he wishes to answer.

Dates: 3 June 1838