A Guide to the Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. 7104-b

A Guide to the Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7104-b

University of Virginia Library

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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

7104-b

Title

Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection 1838-1854

Extent

16 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

Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection, Accession 7104-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 December 17 ] 1967 June 27

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Charles Augustus Stetson
George Payne Rainsford
H. F. Phinney
Henry Charles Carey
Hiram Ketcham
James Fenimore Cooper
James Logan
John Jay Smith
L. R. [Koecker]
Lewis Cass
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
Thomas Colley Grattan
Thomas Dow Jones
Thomas Lloyd
Washington Irving
William Slade
[Caroline Matilda] Kirkland
[Horatio] Greenough
[John Lewis] O'Sullivan
[Nathaniel Parker] Willis
[Richard Henry] Dana
[Washington] Irving

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Europe
New York

Item Listing

Letters

William Slade to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1838 July 28
ALS, 2 p.

[Requests publication of excerpts from the Emancipator and his correspondence with students of Bangor Theological Seminary which had appeared in the Evangelist . ]
[John Lewis] O'Sullivan to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1841 July 5
ALS, 1 p.

[Accompanying the corrected copy of a report. Offers to write a preface to it. Sends respects to Mr. [Richard Henry] Dana and inquires about the cost of 10,000 copies of the report.]
Thomas Colley Grattan to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1843 January 16
ALS, 2 p.

[Comments on a melancholy letter received from Rufus Wilmot Griswold and negotiates the sale of two tales to Graham's Magazine . ]
Thomas Colley Grattan to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1843 November 27
ALS, 3 p.

[Acknowledges receipt of three copies of his short story and expresses concern over its having been published in an unauthorized form. Also asks about the payment he will receive for it.]
Hiram Ketcham to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1844 April 1
ALS, 1 p.

[Regrets he cannot comply with the request for an article on Romanism because of other commitments.]
Thomas Bangs Thorpe to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1845 May 15
ALS, 1 p.

[Accompanying a biographical sketch. Expresses appreciation for Griswold's contributions to American literature. Suggests that the first great original national writing will come from the south.]
[ Thomas Dow Jones ] to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
[1846] February 24
ALS, 1 p.

[Requests that Griswold call briefly to see his sculpture.]
L. R. [Koecker] to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1850 November 1
ALS, 1p.

[Concerns his recent trip to Europe , the publication of the Life of Poe and the Life of Paul Jones . Requests letters of Washington Irving , George Payne Rainsford , or other "worthies."]
Lewis Cass to Rufus Wilmot Griswold (Body of letter in hand of clerk)
1851 December 15
LS, 2 p.

[Regrets his inability to participate in planning a memorial to James Fenimore Cooper and expresses his admiration of Cooper's work.]
H. F. Phinney to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1852 July 17
ALS, 2 p.

[Announces gift of Cooper's History of the Navy to Rufus Wilmot Griswold and requests any letters regarding Mr. Cooper addressed to Mr. [Washington] Irving or Rufus Wilmot Griswold be sent to him.]
Charles Augustus Stetson to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1853 January 13
ALS, 2 p.

[Asks that he call to discuss with Mr. [Horatio] Greenough the intentions of the Bostonians regarding publication of " The Memorial . "]
Henry Charles Carey to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1853 May 14
ALS, 2 p.

[Concerns an accident in which Rufus Wilmot Griswold 's daughter was injured. Mentions his book which he hoped Rufus Wilmot Griswold would "give notice of."]
Henry Charles Carey to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1853 September 29
ALS, 2 p.

[Indicates his desire to visit Rufus Wilmot Griswold while in New York . ]
John Jay Smith to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1854 December 11
ALS, 1 p.

[Expresses appreciation of The Republican Court in which several ancestors ( James Logan , a Morris, a Neill, Thomas Lloyd , the Moore s) are mentioned. Indicates a volume on the Neill family is being sent to Rufus Wilmot Griswold ]
[John Lewis] O'Sullivan to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
n.d.
ALS, 3 p.

[Inquires about a story submitted for publication, and rates paid various authors such as [Nathaniel Parker] Willis and [Caroline Matilda] Kirkland . Also asks when Rev. Ballads and Anecdotes of the American Bar will be sent.]