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William Cullen Bryant letter

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Call Number:
F0019
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
1 item (1 page)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0019, William Cullen Bryant letter, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1846 September 1
Creator:
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Form:
Letters (correspondence) and Autographs
Abstract:
Autograph letter written and signed by William Cullen Bryant, American romantic poet, journalist, and editor, to Messrs. Carey and Hart of Philadelphia, saying that he has "sent you my autograph signature to be engraved under my portrait. It was my intention to write my name on the paper which contained the engraved portrait, but by inadventure I sent it off without doing so. I now enclose my autograph to be sent to the engraver." The letter is pasted on an album leaf and dated September 1, 1846.

Autograph letter written and signed by William Cullen Bryant, American romantic poet, journalist, and editor, to Messrs. Carey and Hart of Philadelphia, saying that he has "sent you my autograph signature to be engraved under my portrait. It was my intention to write my name on the paper which contained the engraved portrait, but by inadventure I sent it off without doing so. I now enclose my autograph to be sent to the engraver." The letter is pasted on an album leaf and dated September 1, 1846.

Box 2, F0019: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, April 2016.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2016 April 13
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William Cullen Bryant letter , 1846 September 1.
Box 2 Folder F0019

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