Found 9 collections related to Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Washington Irving, American author, essayist, biographer and historian. · Holograph biography, History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus : [circa 1828] : (MISC 0813) : fifty-two holograph pages within five folio volumes; the rest of the manuscript in divers hands of various copyists. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. · To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Nov [no year; ca. 1853-1857; watermark = 1853] : (MISC 1769) : from Brunswick, Kent : begins, "Mr. Hawthorne will be very happy to have you come and stay ..." Hawthorne had been in England since July of 1853 serving a four-year term as American consul in Liverpool under President Franklin Pierce. less

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American physician, teacher of anatomy, and writer. · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph note signed : 12 Dec 1861 : (MISC 4023) 56b : from Berlin; complying with an autograph request; begins, "It gives me pleasure to comply ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Edward Bellamy, American novelist best known as author of the utopian socialist fantasy, Looking Backward 2000-1887. To Horace Elisha Scudder, editor of the Atlantic Monthly : 6 autograph letters signed ; 28 Jul 1886 - 26 Aug 1886 (MISC 1276-1278), chiefly in regard to the story, "The Blindman's World," which Bellamy has sent ; 3 Jul 1890 - 15 Sep 1893 (MISC 1279-1281), reflecting his literary self-doubt and high interest in social reform. less

To George Robins, auctioneer : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1819 : (B'ANA 0115) : from London : offering a to sell him a bond worth nearly £73 for an advance of £25; begins, "Although I have not the honor of being personally known to you, yet a knowledge of your character impels me, in confidence, to solicit your attention for a moment..." Along with a 3 p. circular printing Payne's 26 Jan 1819 letter to the sub-committee in the management of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the subject of payment for his tragedy, Brutus. less

Lydia Howard Sigourney, American poet and author. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1842 : (BLES 6.461) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, "Your letter was received with much pleasure, though it grieved me to hear of the severe indisposition with which you had been suffering ...." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct 1842 : (BLES 6.462) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, "Accept my thanks for your letter, for your kindness in executing my commission, and for the beautiful gifts you have had the goodness to send me ...." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Aug 1843 : (BLES 6.463) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, "It has recently occurred to me, that a letter addressed to you, several months since, and entrusted to a private opportunity, may not have reached you ...." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Sep 1845 : (BLES 6.464) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, "Your last kind letter was truly welcome. It came opportunely, to dispel some dire fears of forgetfulness, which were gathering like chilling mists ..."; with the excised envelope address panel. -- All letters to Blessington mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American novelist, essayist, and writer of historical works. This collection contains three holograph letters, dating from 1827 to 1836, that describe Cooper's life in Paris, France; views of naval affairs; and the writing and publishing of The Prairie (1827) and The Red Rover (1827). less

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. The Edgar Allan Poe autograph letter to A. S. Cummings is dated July 4, 1840. It is included in an autograph album, dating from 1839 to 1872, containing additional letters and signatures from American politicians, historians, clergy, physicians, and writers. less