A Guide to the Richard Henry Dana Sr. and Jr. Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6966
University of Virginia Library
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Richard Henry Dana Sr. and Jr. Collection, Accession 6966, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1962 Nov 29
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- George Palmer Putnam
- George Wilbur Peck
- Hammatt Billings
- Henry Dana Sr.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr.
- Richard Henry Dana Sr.
- [Rufus] Griswold
Item Listing
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. to George Palmer Putnam1852 Jun 25ALS, 2 p.
[Re inclusion of Richard Henry Dana Sr. 's home in book on homes of American authors; has selected Hammatt Billings as the artist.]
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 5ALS, 2 p.
[Declines to write sketch on his father for Putnam's book but suggests material on Dana Sr. in [Rufus] Griswold 's Poets of America or Livingston's Law Magazine and recommends that George Wilbur Peck write the piece; suggests picture caption.]
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George Wilbur Peck to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 21ALS, 2 p.
[Concerns article on Richard Henry Dana Sr. for Putnam's book; wants Dana Jr. to check it.]
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 23ALS, 2 p.
[Expresses pleasure with George Wilbur Peck 's sketch on Dana Sr. for Putnam's book; relays Dana Sr.'s request for a price for copies of illustrations of the Dana home.]
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George Wilbur Peck to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 23ALS, 1 p.
[Re proofs for his Richard Henry Dana Sr. article for Putnam's book.]
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Richard Henry Dana Sr. to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 26ALS, 1 p.
[Re his biographical sketch in Putnam's book.]
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. to George Palmer Putnam1852 Aug 30ALS, 2 p.
[Re proofs of George Wilbur Peck 's article on his father; mentions Dana Sr.'s desire to purchase copies of the picture of his house.]