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Editorial Correspondence of The Independent

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0818
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 2 items
  • .2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Editorial Correspondence of The Independent, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1882-1899 (inclusive)
Creator:
Twining, Kinsley, 1832-1901
Form:
Clippings., Correspondence, and Manuscripts.
Abstract:
This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton, 1856-1861 and 1864-1871, Henry Ward Beecher, 1861-1864, William Hayes Ward, 1868-1916, Kinsley Twining, literary editor, 1880-1899, and Hamilton Holt, 1897-1921. The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss [Susan Hayes] Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent.

Twining, Kinsley, 1832-1901

Kinsley Twining (1832-1901) was an American clergyman and editor.

This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton (1856-1861 and 1864-1871), Henry Ward Beecher (1861-1864), William Hayes Ward (1868-1916), Kinsley Twining, literary editor (1880-1901), and Hamilton Holt (1897-1921).

The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss Susan Hayes Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent. Some of the authors included are William Gordon Blaikie, Bliss Carman, Paul Leicester Ford, Louise Guiney, Tudor Jenks, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edmund Kirke, Philip B. Barston, E. C. Stedman, John Tabb for Mrs. Sidney Lanier, and others. Eight manuscripts, primarily of verse, are also present, including "On the Stairs" and "At an Easter Market" by Bliss Carman, "The House by the Side of the Road" by Sam Walter Foss, and "True Happiness" by W. J. Linton. There are also a few clipped autograph signatures and newspaper clippings.

Arranged alphabetically.

Purchased from David Holmes in 1997.

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This collection was processed in 2003. Finding aid written in 2003.

For additional correspondence of Kinsley Twining see the Twining Family Papers (C0817), and for a letter, 1845, by Catharine Beecher to Mary Hilhouse (acquired with this material) see General Mss. Misc. (C0140).

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Finding Aid Date
2003
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Collection Inventory

From Abbot, Ezra to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALs, 1882. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Allen, James Lane to Literary Editor, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Appleton, Marion to Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1 ALS, 1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Baird, Henry M. to Literary Editor, 1 ALS, 1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Bennett, John to Ward, Susan Hayes, 1 TLS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Bigelow, Poultney to Dunnell, Frank L., 1 ACS, 1898. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Blaikie, William Garden to Ward, William Hayes, 3 ALsS, 1897-1898. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Blaikie, William Garden to Ward, William Hayes, "Mrs. Rundle Charles and her Seven Homes", 1 AMsS, 13 pp., 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Carman, Bliss to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS, 1893-1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Carman, Bliss verse, to Twining, Kinsley, "On the Stairs", 1 AMsS, 3 pp., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Carman, Bliss verse, to Twining, Kinsley, "At an Easter Market", 1 TMsS, 3 pp., 1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Child, P. F. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Cook, Albert S. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Coolidge, Susan to ?, 1 ANS, 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Coues, Elliott to Editor, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From De Vinne, Theodore Low to Twining, Kinsley, 1 TLS, 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Dorr, Julia C. R. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Fawcett, Edgar to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Ford, Paul Leicister to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1894. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Foss, Sam Walter, verse, "The House by the Side of the Road", 1 AMsS, 3 pp., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Frothingham, A. L., Jr. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS, 1887. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Frothingham, Jessie P. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Gildersleeve, B. L. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ANS, 1891. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Gilmore, James R. (see: Kirke, Edmund), dates not examined. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

From Godkin, E. L. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Greene, S. P. McL. to Editor, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Greenwood, Grace to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Gregory, Caspar René to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ANS, 1892. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Guiney, Louise I. to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS, 1894. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Hapgood, Isabel F. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1895. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Harris, J. Rendel to Twining & Ward, 2 ALsS, 1897-1898. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Harris, W. T. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Harrison, Burton, Mrs. to Editor, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Hayne, William H., verse, "A Cyclone at Sea", 1 AMsS, 2 pp., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Higginson, Thomas to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Hitchcock, Ripley to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Hovey, Richard to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1894. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Hunnewell, James Frothingham to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1891. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Huntington, M. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1898. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Jenks, Tudor to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS (with AMs, 1 p.), 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Jewett, Sarah Orne to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Kennan, George to Holt, Hamilton, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Kirke, Edmund to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Kimball, Hannah Parker to Editor, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Kirkus, [W?], Rev. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ANS, 1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Krockow, Alida von to Holt, Hamilton, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Lea, Henry to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Linton, W. J., verse, "True Happiness", 1 AMsS, 1 p., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Liverman, Robert to Editor, 1 ALS, 1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From MacLaren, Ian, 1 autograph, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From March, F. A. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Marston, Philip B. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Matthews, Brander to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1894. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Pack, S. M. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, 1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Palgrave, F. T. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS, 1889. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Payn, James from The Independent, 2 receipts, 1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Piatt, John to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, 1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Reese, Lizette Woodworth, verse, "Growth", 1 AMsS, 1 p., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Roberts, Charles G. D. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, 1895. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Roberts, G. E. Theodore, verse, "Winter Warms His Freezing Hands", 1 AMsS, 2 pp., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Sangster, Margaret E. to Ward, Miss, 1 TLS, 1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

From Scollard, Clinton to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Scudder, H. E. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ANS, 1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth to Dear sir, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Sloan, William M. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Smith, Goldwin to Ward, William Hayes, 3 ALsS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Smithsonian Institution to Editor, 1 TLS (by S. Langley), 1898. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Spofford, Harriet Prescott to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Stedman, Edmund Clarence to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS, 1 fragment, 1893-1895. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Stockton, Frank R. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Stoddard, Elizabeth to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Stryker, Melancthon Woolsey to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Tabb, John B. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ACS (for Mrs. Sidney Lanier), 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Terhune, Mary Virginia to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Thayer, William R. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1892. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Tyler, Moses Coit to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Vambéry, Armin to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALss, 1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Wallace, Alfred R. to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS, 1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Wells, David A. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS, 1897. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From White, Andrew D. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 TLS, 1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

unidentified, 2 ALsS, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

autographs and empty envelopes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

newspaper clippings, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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