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A Guide to the Horace Greeley Collection Greeley, Horace. 7669

A Guide to the Horace Greeley Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7669


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7669
Title
Horace Greeley Collection 1848-1859
Extent
5 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

Horace Greeley Collection, Accession 7669, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 17 Dec 1963 ] 2 Sep 1964

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • George Rex Graham
  • Henry David Thoreau
  • Horace Greeley
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Item Listing

Letters
  • Horace Greeley to Henry David Thoreau
    1848 May 17
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Discusses business, money due from George Rex Graham for published articles, fees for " Maine Woods " and " Carlyle , " and suggestions for future articles.]

  • Horace Greeley to Henry David Thoreau
    1848 May 25
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Accompanies check for " Maine Woods "; requests more article; mentions publication of Thoreau's letter in a newspaper and criticizes young men unwilling to work.]

  • Horace Greeley to Henry David Thoreau
    1852 Apr 13
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Requests article on Ralph Waldo Emerson . ]

  • Horace Greeley to Henry David Thoreau
    1854 Mar 6
    ALS, 3 p.

    [Asks him to assemble several articles for which Greeley will try to find a publisher.]

  • Horace Greeley to Dr. Polney
    1859 Mar 4
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Requests meeting to review what Horace Greeley has written about the New American Cyclopaedia . ]

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