A Guide to the George Barrell Cheever Collection Cheever, George Barrell. 7167-a

A Guide to the George Barrell Cheever Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7167-a


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7167-a
Title
George Barrell Cheever Collection 1837-1859
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

George Barrell Cheever Collection, Accession 7167-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit, 1970 Oct 2

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Andrew Reid
  • George Barrell Cheever
  • John Wiley
  • Rufus Wilmot Griswold

Item Listing

Letters
  • George Barrell Cheever to Rev. Andrew Reid
    1837 Jun 3
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Declines dinner invitation because of writing workload.]

  • George Barrell Cheever to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
    1843 Dec 19
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Complains that he is unable to complete introductory sheet; will have to abandon it; discusses progress on articles.]

  • George Barrell Cheever to unknown
    1859 May 6
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Believes that his book is hard to obtain; suggests contacting publisher John Wiley ; mentions that Prof. Lewis' work is out of print.]