A Guide to the Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow. 7493-c

A Guide to the Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7493-c

University of Virginia Library

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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

7493-c

Title

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection

Extent

8 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

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection, Accession 7493-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1972 Mar 9

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Alexander Pope
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber
Eben[ezer] Lane, Jr.
Frederick Eugene Partington
J. T. McCowen
James Russell Lowell
R. A. McFadden
[Harriet] Martineau
[James Ripley] Osgood

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Chelsea

Item Listing

Letters

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber to Frederick Eugene Partington
1876 Jun 24
ALS, 1 p.

[Says he will be happy to receive him in his home; says he is glad that the Partington family did not react indignantly to the follies of their namesake "Mrs. Partington."]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to [James Ripley] Osgood
1877 Apr 7
ALS, 1 p.

[Requests a copy of [Harriet] Martineau 's book; quotes H[osca] Biglow of The Biglow Papers , by James Russell Lowell ; says he is indebted to Osgood.]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to Eben[ezer] Lane, Jr.
1878 Dec 6
ALS, 1 p.

[Provides correct name, as correspondent mistakenly addressed him as P. C. Shillaber.]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to R. A. McFadden , Esq.
1882 Mar 4
ALS, 1 p.

[Assures autograph seeker that it is his true signature.]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to "Dear Brother Brewster"
Sep 27
ALS, 1 p.

[Refuses to print an "important document."]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to J. T. McCowen
18 Nov 11
ANS, 1 p.

[Responds to request for an autograph.]
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber to Mr. Whyatt
Wednesday a.m.
ANS, 1 p.

[Says he took a bouquet of flowers from Whyatt's store for a school examination in Chelsea and he will square his accounts when they meet.]

Miscellaneous

Quotation by Alexander Pope , signed by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
1873 Oct
Autograph