Research Catalog

Title

William Cullen Bryant manuscript material.

Author

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.

Publication

1831-1871.

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Additional Authors

• Bryant, John Howard, 1807-1902
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
• Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870

Description

9 items

Summary

• · Holograph stanza from his poem, "The Battle-Field" : 2 December 1870 : (MISC 1266) : from New York : the ninth stanza; 4 lines, with full signature, place and date; begins, "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; / The eternal years of God are hers . . . ."
• · 2 autograph signatures, in pencil and in ink, on the flyleaf of his copy of The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats : [after 1836] : (MISC 4589) : [no place]. -- Shelved as Pforz (Shelley, P. Works. 1836. Philadelphia).
• · To John Howard Bryant, his brother : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 June 1841 : (MISC 3779) : from 41 Nassau Street, Cor. Liberty, New York ("office of The Evening Post" printed stationery) : begins, "I have just got your letter. Mr. [Parke] Godwin being in the office . . . ." Tipped into a copy of T. F. Madigan's Word Shadows of the Great (1930). Shelved as Pforz BND-MSS (Bryant, W. C.).
• · To an L. M. Gardner : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 December 1859 : (MISC 1379) : from New York : begins, "I am sorry that I have no manuscript from the hand of Washington Irving to send you . . . ."
• · To Mr. [A.?] Hinton : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 July 1871 : (MISC 0011) : from Roslyn, L.I. N.Y. : begins, "If I had read your brother's book School days at Mount Pleasant I would cheerfully state any favorable impression in made upon me . . . ."
• · To Washington Irving, author : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 December 1831 : (MISC 0648) : from New York : begins, "I have put to press in the city a duodecimo volume of 240 pages, comprising all my poems which I thought worth printing ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 May 1832 : (MISC 0649) : from Philadelphia : begins, "I wrote to you some time since to express my thanks for the kind interest you had taken in the publication of my book in England . . . ." -- 1 autograph leter signed : 8 April 1842 : (MISC 0650) : from New York : begins, "A friend of mine has desired of me a letter of introduction to you . . . ."
• · To Gulian C. Verplanck, author and congressman: 1 autograph letter signed : 29 December 1831 : (MISC 0647) : [no place] : begins, "I intend to send a copy of my poems to Murray of London for publication. I think of sending by the next packet, and of referring him to Washinton Irving, as to the character of the work . . . ."

Subjects

• Poets, American > 19th century > Correspondence
• Newspaper editors > United States > 19th century > Correspondence
• Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• William Cullen Bryant, American poet, newspaper editor, and New York City civic leader.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

1135628385

Author

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.

Title

William Cullen Bryant manuscript material.

Production

1831-1871.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

William Cullen Bryant, American poet, newspaper editor, and New York City civic leader.

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Added Author

Bryant, John Howard, 1807-1902, addressee.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, addressee.

Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS