A Guide to the George Cary Eggleston Collection Eggleston, George Cary. 6331-a

A Guide to the George Cary Eggleston Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6331-a

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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

6331-a

Title

George Cary Eggleston Collection 1874-1904

Extent

14 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

George Cary Eggleston Collection, Accession 6331-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [1963 Dec 17] 1964 Aug 25

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

>George Cary Eggleston
Axel Carl Johan Gustafson
Carolyn Melissa Winward
Carolyn [Melissa Winward]
Cary Eggleston
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edward Eggleston
Elizabeth Lillie Eggleston Seelye
Francis Fisher Browne
George Cary Eggleston
George Dennison Prentice
Harriet Mann Miller
John Nathan Cobb
John William Weidemeyer
Louisa May Alcott
Robert E. Lee
Robert Underwood Johnson
Robert Underwood Johnson
Rossiter Raymond
Thomas DeQuincey
Thomas Gold Appleton
William Henry Merrill
William Wallace Young
William [Wallace] Young
Zadel (Barnes) Buddington Gustafson
[Anna Elizabeth] Dickinson
[Mary Louise] Booth

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Cold Harbor
New York
Virginia

Item Listing

LETTERS

George Cary Eggleston to J. R. Osgood & Company
1874 Jan 12
ALS, 1 p.

[Thanks for liberal dealings and promises to repay their courtesy with article on Thomas DeQuincey . ]
George Cary Eggleston to Harriet Mann Miller
1874 Sept 26
ALS, 1 p.

[Asks her to contribute article to American Homes magazine.]
George Cary Eggleston to Louisa May Alcott
1874 Oct 7
ALS, 2 p.

[Discusses type of stories she should write for American Homes . Detailed description of his plans for American Homes . Mentions his previous association with Hearth and Home . ]
George Cary Eggleston to [Mary Louise] Booth
1881 Jun 3
ALS, 2 p.

[Accepts invitation to meet [Anna Elizabeth] Dickinson . Comments on Virginia 's social rules. Passing mention of Edmund Clarence Stedman . ]
George Cary Eggleston to "Dear Madam"
1886 Jul 6
ALS, 1 p.

[Regrets that he cannot attend party for Axel Carl Johan Gustafson and Mrs. Zadel (Barnes) Buddington Gustafson . Passing mention of Edward Eggleston . ]
George Cary Eggleston to "My Dear Sir"
1887 Aug 5
ALS, 1 p.

[States that the Commercial Advertiser will reprint their interview the following day.]
>George Cary Eggleston to John William Weidemeyer , Secretary
1887 Dec 19
ALS, 1 p.

[Acknowledges receipt of check from D. Appleton and Company as payment for article on Robert E. Lee in Volume III of the Cyclopedia of American Biography . ]
George Cary Eggleston to Robert Underwood Johnson
1888 Oct 18
ALS, 2 p.

[Thinks he may have made an error in dates in the Cold Harbor sketch. Asks to see a proof of the article. Note: This article was published in Leaders of the Civil War , Volume 4, p. 230-32, edited by Robert Underwood Johnson . ]
George Cary Eggleston to Edmund Clarence Stedman .
1889 Jul 23
ALS, 1 p.

[Thinks he verified text of Rossiter Raymond 's "Cavalry Song" by comparing it to version in Francis Fisher Browne 's Bugle Echoes . Note: a check of Browne's Bugle Echoes reveals that Rossiter Raymond 's "Calvary Song" is not contained in it.]
George Cary Eggleston to Edmund Clarence Stedman
1889 Sept 3
ALS, 2 p.

[Discusses list of great sayings of noted men sent to George Cary Eggleston and William Henry Merrill for review and additions. Notes that the saying attributed to Thomas Gold Appleton was made by George Dennison Prentice . ]
George Cary Eggleston to John Nathan Cobb
1893 Sept 30
ALS, 1 p.

[States that Techumseh was written by Edward Eggleston and his daughter, Elizabeth Lillie Eggleston Seelye and published by Dodd, Mead & Company , New York . ]
George Cary Eggleston to Edmund Clarence Stedman
1901 Dec 7
ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks Edmund Clarence Stedman to the personally inscribed copy of "Mater Coronata" which he has presented to his son, Cary Eggleston . Comments on his son's literary abilities. Passing mention of the poem, "The Lord's Day Gale." ]
George Cary Eggleston to Carolyn [Melissa Winward]
1904 Jul 3
ALS, 4 p.

[Discusses problems with the novel, A Captain in the Ranks . Finds Carolyn Melissa Winward 's assistance valuable and will send manuscript to her to copy. Mentions interruptions to his work: headaches, visitors, and his son's marriage on Sept 8. Note: Date of this letter based on dedication of above novel to "Mabel on her wedding day, Sept 8, 1904."]
George Cary Eggleston to William [Wallace] Young
n.d.
ALS, 2 p.

[Explains that his son has not answered the letter in William Wallace Young 's behalf because his son has been in upstate New York . Answer due tomorrow will be put in the "y" box at the Author's Club.]