Found 9 collections related to Poets

John Webb (1768-1840) was a weaver and poet. Typescript copy of his recollections of his ancestry back to 1674; letters to his family and friends; accounts of his travels in England; and comments on contemporary English life, particularly in London after 1832, where he set up his own weaving business. less

Joel Barlow (1754-1812) was an American poet, businessman, and diplomat. The collection consists of miscellaneous autograph material, transcripts and printed matter reflecting Joel Barlow's personal, business and literary affairs, and his diplomatic post as U.S. Minister to France, 1812. Present are three letters by Barlow to various recipients regarding personal and literary matters, 1788-1807; a letter to Mr. Fitzgerald, a merchant in Alexandria, Va.,regarding the Scioto Land Company, 1790; Barlow's autograph translation of an agreement employing Etienne Sulpice Hallet with the Scioto Land Company, 1790; and two documents signed as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France dated 28 Feb. 1812 and 13 Aug. 1812. Also, a printed decree giving Barlow the title and rights of French citizenship, 23 Feb. 1793; two engraved portraits, one with a clipped autograph receipt dated 1779; a signed check, 1811; and a binding cover with signed fly leaf. Transcripts include Barlow's correspondence regarding the purchase of wine for the Scioto Company, 1789-1790; a Bible inscription for his sister Huldah, 1805; a letter to his brother Jacob, 1809; and a photostat copy of a letter to H.P. Dering, 1809. With clippings of material by and about Barlow from periodical literature, auction catalogs and newspapers, 1787-1936. less

Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, law papers, receipts, genealogical sketches, obituaries, and other papers of Samuel Jones (1734-1819) and of the Jones and related families of Long Island, N.Y., and New York City. Includes accounts, 1743-1767, of Cornelius Turck; papers, 1773-1787, concerning the estate of Elbert Haring of New York; biographical sketches of Rev. John Youngs and his descendants; and articles and poems of James M. Burtis. Other persons represented include David Jones, Elbert Haring Jones and his wife, Margery Fleet Youngs Jones, and Samuel Jones (1770-1853). Correspondents include Aaron Burr, John Jay, James Kent, and Philip Schuyler. less

Emma Catherine Manley Embury (1806-1863) was an American poet and novelist who was a frequent contributor, under the pen-name Ianthe, to popular periodicals. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial and legal papers, notebooks and albums, photographs, and printed matter related to Embury and her family. Writings include poetry and prose with original manuscript of Guido, A Tale and Other Poems. Also, family papers such as deeds and real estate records; correspondence and notebooks concerning the distribution of Embury's poetry; cookbook; photographs; and clippings. less

William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and writer of hymns whose works, often celebrating the mundane or pastoral, are considered forerunners of Romantic poetry. The collection consists of letters from Cowper, one undated and to an illegible recipient declining an invitation, and one dated May 27, 1777, to lawyer Joseph Hill relating to financial matters less