Box 7
Contains 70 Results:
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L.S. to Elizabeth (Lummis) Ellet, 21 January 1849
New York. Denies Mrs. Ellet's charges that he was angry at her omitting any acknowledgment to him in her book The Women of the American Revolution; that he "attacked" Miss [Caroline] May in The Female Poets of America; and that he plagiarized from Mrs. Ellet's work and misrepresented her.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L.S. to "Gentlemen", [1849?]
N.p. Defends the Harper's use of Webster's orthography in their edition of [Thomas Babington] Macaulay's History [of England?], criticized in the [New York] Courier and Inquirer.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L.S. to Moss & Brothers, 20 May 1850
Philadelphia, P.A. Receipt on behalf of the Carys for $100, for the sale of the copyright of Poems by Alice and Phoebe Cary.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. Autograph ms to ----, [After 1853]
N.p. A detailed chronological account of Griswold's quarrel with [Elizabeth (Lummis)] Ellet, with references to the correspondence between them. The correspondence appears to be complete in the Griswold Collection except for no. 10 a letter presumed to be by Mrs. Ellet.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L. to D. Appleton & Co., 7 March 1855
New York. Agrees to the terms of their offer for The Republican Court, though he thinks it was originally designed by them as a series of biographies by different hands.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L to [Nathaniel Parker Willis?], 27 March 1856
Philadelphia, P.A. Explains his inability to do justice to [Elkanah?] Watson's Memoirs, [New York 1855] because of his recent prominence in the public eye [the reopening of his divorce suit of 1852].
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.L.S. to Virtue, Emmins, & Co., 22 May 1856
New York. Engages to write a life of Washington in three volumes, to be published in parts, for $80 a part. Copied on the verso of J. Emmins's letter to Griswold, 23 May 1856.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. A.D.S. to ----, n.d.
N.p. Memorandum regarding the proposed publication of the works of C[harles] B[rockden] Brown by Baker & Scribner, in which Griswold acted as intermediary between the firm and W. L. Brown.
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857. Ms., n.d.
N.p. Refutes [Elizabeth (Lummis)] Ellet's accusations as to his moral conduct.
Grund, Francis Joseph, 1805-1863. a.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 30 October 1841
Philadelphia, P.A. Promises to pay his debt to Griswold.
Type specimens
Omitted in numbering
Omitted in numbering
Ms. poem, n.d.
"To Jenny."
Hall, Abraham Oakey, 1826-1898. ALS. to [R. W. Griswold?], [October - November 1850?]
St. Johns Park. Submits a Christmas story for S[tringer] and T[ownsend]. Sends some clippings [complimentary to Griswold?] from the N[ew] O[rleans] Commerical Bulletin.
Hall, James to R. W. Griswold, 27 October 1849
Cincinnati, O.H. Note and biographical data on Benjamin Drake.
Hall, Louisa Jane (Park), 1802-1892. Ms. poem, 1838
Worcester. "Child's Evening Hymn."
Hall, Louisa Jane (Park). 1802-1892. Ms. poem, 1847
Providence. "Justice and Mercy." The poem is printed in Griswold's The Female Poets of America.
Hamilton, Elizabeth (Schuyler)1747-1854. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 27 May [1846-7?]
N.p. Asks for a statement [quoted by Griswold?] about an examination of General Alexander Hamilton's papers.
Harper, Joseph Wesley Jr., 1801-1870. A.L.S. to R. W. Griswold, 4 May 1849
Cliff St. Asks Griswold to write four or five "small notices" of [Charles] Beecher's Incarnation [New York 1849].
