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Creator
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
9 items
Preferred Citation
William Cullen Bryant manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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William Cullen Bryant, American poet, newspaper editor, and New York City civic leader. · 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 . . . .".

Scope and arrangement

· 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 . . . .".

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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