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A Guide to the George Lippard Collection Lippard, George. 7836

A Guide to the George Lippard Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7836


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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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University of Virginia Library
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Processed by: Nancy Faulkner
Date Completed: 1997
Encoded by: Courtney Boissonnault
© 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7836
Title
George Lippard Collection 1846-1853
Extent
4 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open to research.

Publication Rights

EDIT ME!

Preferred Citation

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Acquisition Information

Deposit [1963 Dec 17]1965 Feb 11

Funding Note

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

Item Listing

Letters
  • George Lippardto the Corresponding Committee of the Few Society of Emory College
    1846 Nov 18
    ALS, 3 p.

    [Accepts an honor; speaks of the Bible as an example, John Wesleyvs. John Calvin, preservation of the Union, fondness of the South; mentions Isaiah, Saint Paul, Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Demosthenes, George Washington, Jesus Christ, and Committee members W. H. Ellison, Jr., T. C. Soloman, and G. C. Everett. ]

  • George Lippardto Horace Greeley
    1848 Nov 15
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Asks Greeley to review Paul Ardenheim the Monk of Urssahiken; mentions mixed feelings towards Greeley, defending him from Whig attacks, and Common Senseby Thomas Paine. ]

  • George Lippardto Editors of the Despatch
    1853 Jun 2
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Complains about mistreatment by the Despatchand by Theophilus Beasley Paterson; asks for an extended notice for his new book; speaks of ill health; mentions Cincinnatipublishers ( H. M. Rulisonor E. Mendenhall) and editors Lawlor, Hincken, and Everett.]

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  • Proof impression of woodcut portrait of George Lippardmade by John R. Telferfor frontspiece of Lippard's last book, New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million(1853)
    n d. [1850-1853]
    Proof
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Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Cicero
  • Demosthenes
  • E. Mendenhall
  • G. C. Everett
  • George Lippard
  • George Washington
  • H. M. Rulison
  • Homer
  • Horace Greeley
  • John Calvin
  • John R. Telfer
  • John Wesley
  • T. C. Soloman
  • Theophilus Beasley Paterson
  • Thomas Paine
  • Virgil
  • W. H. Ellison, Jr.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Cincinnati
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