A Guide to the William Cullen Bryant Collection December 9, 1871 Bryant, William Cullen, Collection of 6244-aa

A Guide to the William Cullen Bryant Collection December 9, 1871

A Collection in
the Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6244-aa

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6244-aa

Title

William Cullen Bryant Collection December 9, 1871

Physical Characteristics

This holding consists of a single letter, ALS, 2 p. on 1 l.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

William Cullen Bryant Collection, Accession # 6244-aa, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This holding was acquired by purchase on November 17, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

Writing to J.R. Osgood & Company, William Cullen Bryant, The Evening Post, New York requests their permission to allow an unnamed literary weekly to publish an extract from the unpublished volume of his translation of The Odyssey. He had previously allowed Scribner's Magazineto print a similar passage with the preliminary notice that it was from the second volume soon to be published by J.R. Osgood & Company, without compensation.