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A Guide to the Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection Smith, Seba/Major Jack Downing. 8529

A Guide to the Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8529


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Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff
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
8529
Title
Seba Smith/Major Jack Downing Collection 1838-1851
Extent
3 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open to research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

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Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 December 17] 1967 February 20

Funding Note

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

Item Listing

Manuscript
  • Letter of "Major Jack Downing" to the editor of the Leveller.
    1851 February
    AMsS, 4 p.
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Letters
  • Seba Smithto unknown
    1838 June 2
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Letters of recommendation for George W. Chase, a native of Portland, Maine, a young lawyer hoping to establish himself in the western states.]

  • Seba Smithto George Rex Graham
    1843 July 6
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Writes to Graham in the absence of Rufus Wilmot Griswold, regarding literary contributions by Seba Smithfor Graham's Magazine. Short story: " A Race for a Sweetheart" is mentioned, but not submitted to this journal.]

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Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • George Rex Graham
  • George W. Chase
  • Jack Downing
  • Rufus Wilmot Griswold
  • Seba Smith
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Portland, Maine
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