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August 31, 1828
Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853
to Thomas Pringle
Thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.
GLC00496.203
circa 1820-1850
Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834
Cover for Thomas Pringle's collection of autographs
The front cover of an autograph and correspondence album (approximately 80 items) assembled by Scottish poet Thomas Pringle with letters from poets, novelists, essayists, and other writers. The letters in this collection were disbound prior to...
GLC00496.207
circa 1825
Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874
to unknown
Signed Bryan Waller Procter. Sympathizes for recipient's recent accident. Suggests having the recipient's publisher send proofs directly to Cornwall for transcription. Hopes for a speedy recovery.
GLC00496.211
May 27, 1846
Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870
Returns, and thanks Pringle for forwarding, two letters (included in main collection). Sends autographs of Ugo Foscolo, C.P. Villiers, Horace Smith, and Thomas Thornley (included in main collection).
GLC00496.213
February 13, 1829
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
Declines an invitation for a meeting. Expresses concern over the success of an annual publication as well as his ability to contribute quality material. Docket by Pringle explains an ambiguous line regarding aforementioned annual.
GLC00496.214
February 9, 1831
St. John, James Augustus, 1801-1875
Apologizes for not writing sooner on grounds that he was busy with his most recently published work, "Lives of Distinguished Travellers." Discusses his upcoming "Anatomy of Society" and expresses concern over its critics' reception and his friends'...
GLC00496.217
January 2, 1830
Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870
to H.W.R.
Signed in text and likely written by Henry Placide, in the third person (based on a handwriting comparison). Writes that Henry Placide cannot give an opinion of a farce without having read it and asks recipient to send a copy. Written on paper...
GLC00496.218
November 16, 1819
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Inquires about Pringle's health and discusses the difficulties of getting documents and information from officeholders. Written from Scott's home on Castle Street in Edinburgh.
GLC00496.219
March 1, 1819
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 1781-1851
Thanks Pringle for a book of verse about which he positively critiques. Encourages Pringle to continue cultivating his muse.
GLC00496.220
March 2, 1850
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870
to William Campbell Preston
Attaches petition for copyright law hoping recipient's political connections can help Simms' interests. Attached to GLC00496.224.02.
GLC00496.224.01
circa March 1850
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
Printed petition to Congress seeking passage of copyright law. Attached to GLC0496.224.02.
GLC00496.224.02
circa 1850
Presentation page of a Richard Twiss document
Presentation page of "Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773," by Richard Twiss, including signed note by William Gilmore Simms. Consists of first blank endpaper of the book which has apparently been torn out; includes an autograph...
GLC00496.225
1863
Moore, Marinda Branson, 1829-1864
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children
Published by Branson, Farrar & Co. A Confederate textbook of American geography that was written because the author "having found most of the juvenile books too complex for young minds, has for some time intended making an effort to simplify the...
GLC00566
October 10, 1812
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Alexander Everett
Discusses their correspondence and Everett's international travel. Comments on Oxford and mentions Shakespeare. Discusses reading Clarke's travels, possibly referring to Edward Clarke's "Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa...
GLC00639.07
1864
Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890
Poems of the War
Written by Philadelphia poet, playwright and diplomat George Henry Boker. First edition copy signed by one of Lincoln's secretaries John G. Nicolay as "Jno G. Nicolay / Sept 19th 1864." Published by Ticknor and Fields. Contains 37 poems, including 4...
GLC00530
1752
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752
Title is printed by hand on mauve colored wrapper, "Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752." Latin school exercise book. Contains rhetoric and poetry exercises in Latin. Signed "Charles Carroll" twice on the last page.
GLC00600
October 22, 1856
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
to Jeremiah S. Black
Compliments Black on the address on religious liberty that he gave before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College. Argues with some points of the essay concerning the judgment of history on William Penn, Oliver Cromwell, and St. Francis...
GLC00605
22 June 1864
Joy, George Mills, fl. 18301-864
North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]
Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes...
GLC00900.02
1871
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Democratic Vistas
First edition inscribed to Matthew Brady, the Civil War photographer. In this essay, Whitman discusses the theory of democracy and its possibilities in America after the Civil War. He criticizes America for its unrestrained wealth, materialism, and...
GLC00865
1844
The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared.
Signed on free front endpaper by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "H. W. Longfellow." Original cloth spine laid onto modern leather. Title on spine: "Nigga forget-me-not songster." Published by Turner & Fisher. Songs written in "dialect," and some are...
GLC00796
June 23, 1828
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Levi Woodbury
Introducing Henry Lee to the recipient, and requesting that Woodbury offer any possible assistance on his research of a recent war.
GLC00801
1 May 1877
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
to George B. McClellan
Transmits an article (not included) Hunt wrote on either the Battle of Petersburg or Gettysburg. Informs McClellan he has applied for an extension of his leave. Discusses attempting to publish his writings in the A & N Journal and the New York Herald...
GLC02382.065
4 October 1867
to Henry Knox Craig
Hunt calls Emory Upton's book A New System of Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank a "botched application of a stolen principle." Hunt had been a member of a three-man board that revised field artillery drill and tactics, and published a revered...
GLC02382.035
2 April 1868
He is working for pay for retired soldiers. Comments on the Supreme Court decision in the McCardle case and President Andrew Johnson's impeachment. Expresses strong feelings about the Republican party and Reconstruction, criticizing the unfair...
GLC02382.040
21 October 1868
Hopes Craig will consider spending future summers in Eastport, if he (Hunt) remains stationed there. Discusses the upcoming presidential election (won by Ulysses S. Grant). "So the October Elections are over and we are beaten on all the fields - This...
GLC02382.044
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