A Guide to the Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6991-g
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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
Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection, Accession 6991-g, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase 1989 March 2
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Andrew Jackson
- Clarissa Seymour
- Nathaniel Parker Willis
- Sophia Seymour
- [Henry] Clay
Item Listing
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Sophia Seymour , Washington, D.C. , to Clarissa Seymour , Utica, New York[1837] JanALS, 9 p.
[Mentioning a visit to the President [ Andrew Jackson ] and hearing a speech by [Henry] Clay , describing balls and parties in a light-hearted manner, and giving her personal `first impressions' of Nathaniel Parker Willis and his wife. She describes Willis as "the most unintellectual, unpoetical looking person imaginable."]