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Letter and photograph
1861-1865
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
One letter and one photograph of William Cullen Bryant sent to F.W. Barrell Esq
GLC05508.053
[So near is grandeur to our dust...]
circa 1860
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
"So near is grandeur to our dust, / So near is God to man, / When Duty whispers low, Thou must, / the youth replies, I can." Accompanied by a tinted photogravure (GLC05508.098.02).
GLC05508.098.01
[Ralph Waldon Emerson photgravure].
1859
Accompanies verse by Emerson (GLC05508.098.01).
GLC05508.098.02
[Grace Livingston Hill advertising pamphlet]
Hill, Grace L., 1865-1947
Pamphlet published by J.B. Lippicott Company. Address and request to return handwritten on it by Hill. The front has a Bachrach photo of Hill and a publisher's dedication; the reverse has a list of Hill's novels. The pamphlet was included with a...
GLC05508.127.04
to Katharine Cornell
February 11, 1941
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Keller writes to reminisce about two days spent at Cornell's home reading literature and discussing spiritual growth.
GLC05508.153.01
[And only the Master shall praise us...]
4 April 1898
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Kipling sends a copy of the last stanza of When Earth's Last Picture is Painted to Helen Campbell.
GLC05508.161.01
to Lord Milner
23 October 1910
Encloses a letter from Crewe and remarks on his increased devotion and cheerfulness.
GLC05508.161.02
to Henry W. Winslow
February 6, 1924
Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1894-1981
Sangster thanks Winslow for requesting a handwritten copy of her poem, "A Prayer," and is happy to oblige. She encloses a copy and apologizes for her handwriting.
GLC05508.224.01
A Prayer
Poem Sangster sent to Henry W. Winslow, handwritten on his notebook paper. Includes a newspaper version of "A Prayer" printed in the Christian Herald.
GLC05508.224.02
to Mr. Herron
13 June 1895
Tolstoy, Leo, fl. 1895
Tolstoy writes that he received several of Herron's books and will start reading "The Christian State" in the hopes that it will induce him to read them all. When he is finished he will write a letter with his opinion of the book (see GLC05508.245...
GLC05508.245.01
10 July 1895
Tolstoy critiques Herron's book, "The Christian State." He agrees with Herron's view of Christianity as a "politic and economic doctrine." He was especially struck by Herron's "denunciation of the American people for not having fulfilled its...
GLC05508.245.02
to Mrs. White
23 December 1964
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1866
Waugh writes to thank White for her compliments on the book, "Helena," on which Waugh worked hardest but is least popular. Waugh suggests reading her "Life of Ronald Knox," and congratulates White on her recent conversion to Catholicism. Waugh...
GLC05508.257.01
19 July 1865
Waugh writes to White thanking her for new pictures of the revised Catholic mass (after Vatican II, said in the vernacular language), and expresses her dislike of it. She graciously declines White's suggestion to write a book on the martyrs. She...
GLC05508.257.02
to Lord Bishop
20 July 1865
Waugh writes to an unknown bishop declining a proposal of his for writing a work (unknown topic). She discusses martyrs of the English Counter-Reformation.
GLC05508.257.03
to Maria Child
28 June 1879
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
Discusses the Yearly Quaker Meeting he just returned from, in addition to speakers at Garrison's funeral and William Lloyd Garrison's views on the after life. Whittier is "shocked by the barbarism & superstition of our popular faith." He says...
GLC05508.262.01
[For still the unseen spirit walks...]
2 September 1879
Whittier writes a poem: "For still the unseen spirit walks/ The garden of the heart, and talks/ With man, as under Eden's trees,/ In all his varied languages."
GLC05508.262.02
to Edmund C. Stedman
February 5, 1870
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Discusses someone not being paid. Largely illegible. On stationary from the Union League Club, New York. Recipient is likely Edmund Clarence Stedman, a poet and journalist who worked with Greeley at the Tribune.
GLC05603.01.09
to unknown
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Whimsical and poetic letter requesting "paper made of the fibre of the reeds that will grow along the Nile... envelope made of a spider's web to be spun next summer..." Mentions meeting the unknown recipient next July in Saratoga.
GLC05603.01.28
Jessie Benton Frémont for Miss Mabel Osborn
May 1887
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
GLC05603.02.44
Harriet Beecher Stowe
11 September 1882
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
GLC05603.02.51
Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 1, no. 39 (July 4, 1863)]
4 July 1863
Notes on the War - General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia, Encouragement to Southern Literature, Poetic Verse on Benedict Arnold, the Traitor.
GLC05959.61.01
Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 33, no. 11 & 12 (November & December]
November 1862 - December 1862
Bagby, George William, 1828-1883
History of the War - General Turner Ashby, Our liberation from Yankee Bondage is already developing in the field of literature. Exile and Empire Pocahontas Red Hair
GLC05959.75.02
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 42 (April 22, 1861)]
22 April 1861
Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861
Published at 70 Camp Street. Three columns of local military news on front page. Story about a local abolitionist, John Pike, who was arraigned before the New Orleans mayor -- he was released since no one would appear against him. It is believed he...
GLC05960.02.09
to David P. Harmon
2 May 1854
Wallcut, Robert, fl. 1853
Upon Harmon's request, Wallcut includes a list of suitable publications for inclusion in a public library. Amongst other works the list includes: William Garrison's Writings, Gidding's Speeches, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Theodore Parker's "Discourse of...
GLC06143.18
[Newspaper clipping from Shakepeare's Hamlet]
circa 1863
Possibly transmitted with a letter (refer to GLC06298.03) from John A. Bogert to his parents Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert, 7 June 1863.
GLC06298.03.01
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