A Guide to the Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection Smith, Seba/Major Jack Downing. 8529

A Guide to the Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8529

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

8529

Title

Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection 1838-1851

Extent

3 items

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection, Accession 8529, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 December 17 ] 1967 February 20

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

George Rex Graham
George W. Chase
Jack Downing
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Seba Smith

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Portland, Maine

Item Listing

Manuscript

Letter of "Major Jack Downing " to the editor of the Leveller .
1851 February
AMsS, 4 p.

Letters

Seba Smith to unknown
1838 June 2
ALS, 1 p.

[Letters of recommendation for George W. Chase , a native of Portland, Maine , a young lawyer hoping to establish himself in the western states.]
Seba Smith to George Rex Graham
1843 July 6
ALS, 1 p.

[Writes to Graham in the absence of Rufus Wilmot Griswold , regarding literary contributions by Seba Smith for Graham's Magazine . Short story: " A Race for a Sweetheart " is mentioned, but not submitted to this journal.]