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says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n Henry Tuckerman with the\n matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n The Home Journal , increase in\n advertising; mentions \n Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n Henry Hills , Mrs. \n Henry Grinnell , and \n Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n America , depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n Jane Porter 's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n Ireland \"; says it should reach \n England by boat December 1;\n mentions \n [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n Home Journal copies for Madame \n Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n Long Island ; reports on his\n improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n Nantucket as he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; 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regrets not being\n able to use it in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n president of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; 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asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n artist will do any number of such drawings,\n cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n 3.]","[From \" \n Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n her and her celebrated friend \n [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n Harper Co. instructions for the\n republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n dedicated to \n John B. Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n be published in \n England ; asks for his help in\n getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n her permission; says that this play and \" \n Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n America that he could buy a\n beautiful farm on the \n Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n of play writing where she is so very successful;\n talks about a planned trip to the south of \n Europe ; urges her to join him\n and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n Dublin twice to see Hackett\n perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n Mayor of \n Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n to give a free concert in \n New York in honor of General\n Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n Alban Goldsmith and \n George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n for \n North American Review , sooner or\n later; mentions the high regard \n The North American Review enjoys in \n England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n Cambridge take up all his time;\n mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n Home Journal is always at her\n service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n him; sympathizes with her; says that \n The Home Journal will do its best to\n ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n Harry Otis ; talks about his\n Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n London , regarding it; hopes that\n Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n morning.] (tipped in book, \n The Bryant Festival at the\n Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n which is worth collecting; talks about his\n \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n The Home Journal ; says that all\n entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n the frozen \n Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n book \n Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n excerpts from it have already appeared in \n The Home Journal , but he will speak\n of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n New York lawyer \n James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n sail to \n Europe ; states that Thayer would\n like to introduce \n George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n able to use it in \n The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n Richard Jenkins , formerly\n president of the \n East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n Henry Tuckerman with the\n matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n The Home Journal , increase in\n advertising; mentions \n Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n Henry Hills , Mrs. \n Henry Grinnell , and \n Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n America , depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n Jane Porter 's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n Ireland \"; says it should reach \n England by boat December 1;\n mentions \n [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n Home Journal copies for Madame \n Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n Long Island ; reports on his\n improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n Nantucket as he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; 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says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n Century Magazine ; ]","[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n Robert Underwood] Johnson who is\n running things at \n Century Magazine ; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]","[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]","[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n Massachusetts , \n Trinity Church , the director of\n the \n Metropolitan Museum of Art , and\n of \n Abraham Lincoln ; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]","[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]","[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n Four Ways to Paradise was published\n by the \n Century Co. , but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]","[Discusses a trip to \n California , a meeting with \n Mary Austin in \n San Francisco , the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n Isidro ]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. ;\n mentions writing of \n Bret Hart and \n George Washington Cable ; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n Century Co. business; includes\n autograph note.]","[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n [Albrecht] Durer and a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]","[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]","[Discusses her short story, \" \n Little Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer \" which she sent to \n Century Magazine ; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]","[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Scribner's","Century Co.","Four Brooks Farm","Harvard","Yale","Trinity Church","Metropolitan Museum of Art","Houghton, Mifflin, and Co.","Aldrich family","Richard Watson Gilder","Robert Bridges","Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen","Frances Hodgson Burnett","Hjalmar Hjorth\n Boyesen","Epes Sargent","Charles deKay","William Hayes Ward","Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy","Lewis Frank Tooker","Charles F. Chichester","Richard Watson\n Gilder","Peter Cooper","John Fletcher Hurst","Herbert Dickinson\n Ward","Charles George Douglas Roberts","Samuel Reynolds Hole","Bronson [Crocker] Howard","Laurence Alma-Tadema","George Madden Martin","Atwood R. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ealthough it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c/persname\u003eand that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEsmeralda\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lost Hellos\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles deKay\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHespherus and Other\n Poems\u003c/bibref\u003e(1880).]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGoranne de Savare\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Innovation\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Frank Tooker\u003c/persname\u003e, of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/bibref\u003estaff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n \u003ccorpname\u003eScribner's\u003c/corpname\u003ewill send an\n expedition to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e; wonders if their own\n friend in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ehas definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Cooper\u003c/persname\u003eon Jefferson which\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eis not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him some material he requested.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Welcomes him and his wife to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Admires the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Gardens\u003c/bibref\u003e]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Looks forward to the \n \u003cfamname\u003eAldrich family\u003c/famname\u003e's visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Brooks Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eYale\u003c/corpname\u003e[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns galleys to \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnder the Ban of the Redbeard\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe [Guiberon] Touch\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eColonial Fights and Fighters\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Confessions of a Wife\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, the director of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFour Ways to Paradise\u003c/bibref\u003ewas published\n by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, a meeting with \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Austin\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco\u003c/geogname\u003e, the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIsidro\u003c/bibref\u003e]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton, Mifflin, and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n mentions writing of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBret Hart\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington Cable\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003ebusiness; includes\n autograph note.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Albrecht] Durer\u003c/persname\u003eand a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her short story, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLittle Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which she sent to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Initialed]","[Includes an initialed note by Gilder stating that\n the poem was later called \" \n The Building of the Chimney \";\n begins, \"My chimney is builded . . .\"]","[Includes note on top of page, \"This is the\n original for Mrs. [Aldrich].\"]","[Initialed]","[Missing pages 2-6.]","[Initialed]","[Includes autograph corrections.]","[Wonders if he wants any of \n Scribner's Japan pictures for his series\n Travel and Adventure.]","[Talks about a novel by \n Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen ; says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; 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asks\n for another copy of Crouch's poem, \" \n Give me a Drink of Water, Rebel , \"\n as the greater part of it was accidentally\n destroyed.]","[Makes various statements about the lack of\n cleanliness of \"American Citizens of African descent\"\n after emancipation; claims that they have given up\n washing themselves first chance they got and during\n slavery, \"these creatures\" were forced to wash now\n and then; speculates on the interesting time\n entomologists would have with Negroes' hair, etc.;\n asks to be sent the article \"Southern Country Life\"\n from \n Appleton's Journal regarding the\n Negroes' robbing southern country homes which he\n experienced in his own household for years; implores\n him not to publish two of his poems in \n Globe Quarterly Review since he has\n already given them to \n Atlantic Monthly and \n Appleton's Journal ; remarks on his\n own work; praises correspondent's essays on \n William Wordsworth ; mentions \n [Margaret Junkin] Preston 's\n review.]","[Discusses business; 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speaks technically and\n at length about sonnets; mentions the terrible heat,\n not experienced in decades, in the South; sends him a\n poem by \n Annie Chambers Ketchum . ]","[Sends a poem on approval; offers it for $5; asks\n if Baldwin has seen his poem \" \n The South to the North \" which was\n published in the \n New York Sun . ]","[Promises to do all he can, as editor of several\n Southern papers, to circulate, and help to prosper, \n Baldwin's Monthly in the South; hopes\n to be able to sell some of his own prose pieces on\n Southern life to the publication.]","[Says he will let him have the poems for $6, less\n than he usually gets; accepts this price, as he is\n poor; offers short prose articles, maybe an article\n on \n Percy Bysshe Shelley , which\n should interest all intelligent readers.]","[Says he has just returned from a trip North;\n regrets not to have brought his wife to her office,\n as they were besieged by visitors; says he will\n always remember her and her husband's kindness and\n courtesy; talks about mail that seems to have gotten\n lost or misdirected by his son and the loss of his\n business memorandum book, which makes him unsure if\n she has paid him for 2 pieces, etc.]","[Sends requested autograph and a poem, \" \n The Pines Mystery . \"]","[Sends requested autograph with pleasure.]","[Includes news clippings of \" \n On the Death of President Garfield \"\n and \" \n The Centennial Ode , \" both by Hayne;\n responds to the correspondent's request for Hayne's\n autograph, which he will include in his grandfather,\n Chief Justice Lane's, autograph volume; obliges\n proudly; recommends \n William Henry Sparks ' \n Memory of Fifty Years ; correspondent\n mentions Connecticut Governor \n Oliver Wolcott and Wolcott's\n opinion on Jefferson and Washington.]","[Responds to autograph-seeker who admires Hayne's\n poems.]","[Discusses a letter, \"containing a rather\n elaborate and important commentary of mine. . . \"\n which he sent to Collins and has been lost in the\n mail; 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Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[On first page of a group of poems entitled\n \"Quatrains.\"] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[On first page of a group of poems entitled\n \"Quatrains.\"] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e, \" Barrett\n Room)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Two copies.] (one copy in purple slipcase, \"MS\n Poems and Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. 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invites him to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharleston\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere Bruns, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Samuel Henry] Dickinson\u003c/persname\u003e, and he\n would give him an enjoyable time; mentions Mitchell's\n mother and father, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Kearsley Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to know the identity of their\n valued contributor \"Publicata\"; discusses business\n matters as well as essays and poems by Crouch; asks\n for another copy of Crouch's poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGive me a Drink of Water, Rebel\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"\n as the greater part of it was accidentally\n destroyed.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Makes various statements about the lack of\n cleanliness of \"American Citizens of African descent\"\n after emancipation; claims that they have given up\n washing themselves first chance they got and during\n slavery, \"these creatures\" were forced to wash now\n and then; speculates on the interesting time\n entomologists would have with Negroes' hair, etc.;\n asks to be sent the article \"Southern Country Life\"\n from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAppleton's Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eregarding the\n Negroes' robbing southern country homes which he\n experienced in his own household for years; implores\n him not to publish two of his poems in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGlobe Quarterly Review\u003c/bibref\u003esince he has\n already given them to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAppleton's Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; remarks on his\n own work; praises correspondent's essays on \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Wordsworth\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Margaret Junkin] Preston\u003c/persname\u003e's\n review.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; acknowledges receipt of a\n check for 10 dollars and explains, at great length,\n the mystery of a lost check for 15 dollars.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses thanks to Sargent for being the first\n man to greet him during his visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Commiserates in reply to her note; says he is a\n rheumatic fever sufferer himself; wishes she had come\n further South to see him and his family; says she\n would have gotten into \"another world\"; describes his\n reduced circumstances, household inconveniences, but\n also the glory of cultivated and wild flowers; dreams\n of one more trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about his and Hill's poems; praises Hill's\n work, especially a poem appeared in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLeslie's Sunday Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; marvels\n how he has time to write poetry since he works in an\n insurance office; comments on exchanged photos; says\n Hill's photo reminds him of Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul Seabrook\u003c/persname\u003e, a friend, who was\n killed in battle.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends 4 of his unpublished sonnets to be judged;\n says he is isolated from the literary community and\n gets little critical advice in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e; speaks technically and\n at length about sonnets; mentions the terrible heat,\n not experienced in decades, in the South; sends him a\n poem by \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnnie Chambers Ketchum\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends a poem on approval; offers it for $5; asks\n if Baldwin has seen his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe South to the North\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which was\n published in the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Sun\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to do all he can, as editor of several\n Southern papers, to circulate, and help to prosper, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBaldwin's Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003ein the South; hopes\n to be able to sell some of his own prose pieces on\n Southern life to the publication.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will let him have the poems for $6, less\n than he usually gets; accepts this price, as he is\n poor; offers short prose articles, maybe an article\n on \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy Bysshe Shelley\u003c/persname\u003e, which\n should interest all intelligent readers.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has just returned from a trip North;\n regrets not to have brought his wife to her office,\n as they were besieged by visitors; says he will\n always remember her and her husband's kindness and\n courtesy; talks about mail that seems to have gotten\n lost or misdirected by his son and the loss of his\n business memorandum book, which makes him unsure if\n she has paid him for 2 pieces, etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested autograph and a poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Pines Mystery\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested autograph with pleasure.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes news clippings of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOn the Death of President Garfield\u003c/bibref\u003e\"\n and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Centennial Ode\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" both by Hayne;\n responds to the correspondent's request for Hayne's\n autograph, which he will include in his grandfather,\n Chief Justice Lane's, autograph volume; obliges\n proudly; recommends \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry Sparks\u003c/persname\u003e' \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemory of Fifty Years\u003c/bibref\u003e; correspondent\n mentions Connecticut Governor \n \u003cpersname\u003eOliver Wolcott\u003c/persname\u003eand Wolcott's\n opinion on Jefferson and Washington.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to autograph-seeker who admires Hayne's\n poems.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a letter, \"containing a rather\n elaborate and important commentary of mine. . . \"\n which he sent to Collins and has been lost in the\n mail; says that 2 of Collins' \"most spirited pieces\"\n were also lost with the letter; comments on the work\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edgar] Fawcett\u003c/persname\u003e's bitterness\n about the treatment of his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSixes and Sevens\u003c/bibref\u003eby the critics;\n doubts the editorial capacity of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas Bailey] Aldrich\u003c/persname\u003ewho has\n taken over \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recalls that the correspondent was associated\n with the editorship of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAppleton's Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eyears ago;\n responds to correspondent's request for Hayne to put\n the correspondent's play into blank verse for opera\n by saying that he will make no commitment as he has\n not seen the manuscript and does not even know its\n name; says that the task seems possible to him;\n wonders if he would have to collaborate with \n \u003cpersname\u003eDudley Buck\u003c/persname\u003e; wonders if the play\n has been a success on stage; says his friend, Mr.\n Stephens seems to think the play if equal to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lady of Lions\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is highly pleased and grateful to the\n correspondent for publishing his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Pole of Death\u003c/bibref\u003e\" in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eastern Argus\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates the\n criticism published, especially the defense of on\n line in the poem; speaks with warmth of another\n citizen of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePortland\u003c/geogname\u003e, his beloved friend, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003c/persname\u003e, who\n passed away just 3 months ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises him lavishly regarding his character,\n humor, and wholesomeness; says Collier reminds him of\n \u003cpersname\u003eLeigh Hunt\u003c/persname\u003ewho is his favorite\n among the poets and essayists of the century; passes\n judgement on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[James Berry] Benzel\u003c/persname\u003e, who has a\n \"morbid view of feeling\" but a heart of gold;\n comments on Collier's Longfellow poem; praises his\n other poetic efforts; speaks of Lothrop's edition of\n his works and the gratitude of he owes his younger\n brethren of the \"guild\", Collier included.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Congratulates them on the success of their\n publication, especially the Swinburne number; talks\n about his correspondence with Swinburne; mentions an\n engraving by Kaulbach; says he is impressed by the\n figure of Titan; encloses another \"Sonnet,\" as they\n already have several of his; hopes they can use it\n and give him a fair honorarium; mentions one of his\n works which has won high praise.] (in purple\n slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has been very ill; inquires if his\n sonnets \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eKing Huimbert\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Renegade\u003c/bibref\u003e\" ever reached them;\n says he had also \"begged\" them to continue sending\n their paper to him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses money matters; says he is incredulous\n that \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonnets\u003c/bibref\u003e\" should fetch only $5;\n inquires about another set of verses he has sent;\n expresses gladness about Dr. Ward's safety; praises\n poem by \n \u003cpersname\u003eEric Mackay\u003c/persname\u003eto Swinburne.] (in\n purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Calls him a person with heart and character, a\n gentleman, a Christian, and an \"Editorial Machine\";\n inquires after the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003eaddress of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEric Mackay\u003c/persname\u003e, a genuine poet;\n wonders if his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Children of the [Wood]\u003c/bibref\u003e\" is in\n Bowen's possession; reports that the \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGordon lyric\u003c/bibref\u003eis attracting attention\n and praise; reflects on the relationship of poets,\n they ought to be brothers or, at least, courteous\n rivals; requests an article by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert Williams] Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eon \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c/persname\u003ewhich appeared in\n Bowen's paper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes that \n \u003cpersname\u003eEric Mackay\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a man of genius,\"\n will become known in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003eonce his work is\n published in Bowen's paper; discusses Hayne's poetry\n in progress.] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e, \" Barrett\n Room)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Hayes] Ward\u003c/persname\u003e's return\n from the Orient; discusses verse-form, his published\n poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMay\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; encloses \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJune\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for possible publication.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inquires after Bowen's wishes as to the form of\n the \"In Memoriam\" for \n \u003cpersname\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c/persname\u003ehe is writing; calls\n Hugo the greatest Frenchman \"perhaps\" since \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrancois Rabelais\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for friendly notice in the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIndependent\u003c/bibref\u003eabout \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRobins in the Wind\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; discusses\n financial matters, the \n \u003cpersname\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c/persname\u003everses.] (in purple\n slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Receipt to Baldwin for $10.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePaul H. Hayne\u003c/persname\u003e\")\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Begins, \"I stand today as on a mountain light . .\n .\"]","[On second page of group of poems entitled\n \"Quatrains.\"] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne \")","[On first page of a group of poems entitled\n \"Quatrains.\"] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne \")","[On first page of a group of poems entitled\n \"Quatrains.\"] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne , \" Barrett\n Room)","[Two copies.] (one copy in purple slipcase, \"MS\n Poems and Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne , \" Barrett\n Room)","[Published as \" \n On the Decline of Faith . \"]","[Includes \" \n Sonnet , \" a poem; thanks him for\n hospitality received in \n Philadelphia ; says he arrived\n safely in \n Charleston where all of\n Mitchell's friends are well; says he has delivered\n letter to Bruns who tearfully remembered his old\n Philadelphia haunts and had to be consoled by glasses\n of Schnapps; finds \n Charleston dull, disgusting, and\n dismal; says most banks are in terrible shape, even\n editors are affected by the situation; talks about\n poetry, his and Mitchell's; says that Mitchell's\n tribute will appear in November in \n Russell's Magazine ; invites him to \n Charleston where Bruns, Dr. \n [Samuel Henry] Dickinson , and he\n would give him an enjoyable time; mentions Mitchell's\n mother and father, Dr. \n John Kearsley Mitchell . ]","[Says he is pleased to know the identity of their\n valued contributor \"Publicata\"; discusses business\n matters as well as essays and poems by Crouch; asks\n for another copy of Crouch's poem, \" \n Give me a Drink of Water, Rebel , \"\n as the greater part of it was accidentally\n destroyed.]","[Makes various statements about the lack of\n cleanliness of \"American Citizens of African descent\"\n after emancipation; claims that they have given up\n washing themselves first chance they got and during\n slavery, \"these creatures\" were forced to wash now\n and then; speculates on the interesting time\n entomologists would have with Negroes' hair, etc.;\n asks to be sent the article \"Southern Country Life\"\n from \n Appleton's Journal regarding the\n Negroes' robbing southern country homes which he\n experienced in his own household for years; implores\n him not to publish two of his poems in \n Globe Quarterly Review since he has\n already given them to \n Atlantic Monthly and \n Appleton's Journal ; remarks on his\n own work; praises correspondent's essays on \n William Wordsworth ; mentions \n [Margaret Junkin] Preston 's\n review.]","[Discusses business; acknowledges receipt of a\n check for 10 dollars and explains, at great length,\n the mystery of a lost check for 15 dollars.]","[Expresses thanks to Sargent for being the first\n man to greet him during his visit to \n Boston . ]","[Commiserates in reply to her note; says he is a\n rheumatic fever sufferer himself; wishes she had come\n further South to see him and his family; says she\n would have gotten into \"another world\"; describes his\n reduced circumstances, household inconveniences, but\n also the glory of cultivated and wild flowers; dreams\n of one more trip to \n Florida . ]","[Talks about his and Hill's poems; praises Hill's\n work, especially a poem appeared in \n Leslie's Sunday Magazine ; marvels\n how he has time to write poetry since he works in an\n insurance office; comments on exchanged photos; says\n Hill's photo reminds him of Captain \n Paul Seabrook , a friend, who was\n killed in battle.]","[Sends 4 of his unpublished sonnets to be judged;\n says he is isolated from the literary community and\n gets little critical advice in \n Georgia ; speaks technically and\n at length about sonnets; mentions the terrible heat,\n not experienced in decades, in the South; sends him a\n poem by \n Annie Chambers Ketchum . ]","[Sends a poem on approval; offers it for $5; asks\n if Baldwin has seen his poem \" \n The South to the North \" which was\n published in the \n New York Sun . ]","[Promises to do all he can, as editor of several\n Southern papers, to circulate, and help to prosper, \n Baldwin's Monthly in the South; hopes\n to be able to sell some of his own prose pieces on\n Southern life to the publication.]","[Says he will let him have the poems for $6, less\n than he usually gets; accepts this price, as he is\n poor; offers short prose articles, maybe an article\n on \n Percy Bysshe Shelley , which\n should interest all intelligent readers.]","[Says he has just returned from a trip North;\n regrets not to have brought his wife to her office,\n as they were besieged by visitors; says he will\n always remember her and her husband's kindness and\n courtesy; talks about mail that seems to have gotten\n lost or misdirected by his son and the loss of his\n business memorandum book, which makes him unsure if\n she has paid him for 2 pieces, etc.]","[Sends requested autograph and a poem, \" \n The Pines Mystery . \"]","[Sends requested autograph with pleasure.]","[Includes news clippings of \" \n On the Death of President Garfield \"\n and \" \n The Centennial Ode , \" both by Hayne;\n responds to the correspondent's request for Hayne's\n autograph, which he will include in his grandfather,\n Chief Justice Lane's, autograph volume; obliges\n proudly; recommends \n William Henry Sparks ' \n Memory of Fifty Years ; correspondent\n mentions Connecticut Governor \n Oliver Wolcott and Wolcott's\n opinion on Jefferson and Washington.]","[Responds to autograph-seeker who admires Hayne's\n poems.]","[Discusses a letter, \"containing a rather\n elaborate and important commentary of mine. . . \"\n which he sent to Collins and has been lost in the\n mail; says that 2 of Collins' \"most spirited pieces\"\n were also lost with the letter; comments on the work\n of \n [Edgar] Fawcett 's bitterness\n about the treatment of his \n Sixes and Sevens by the critics;\n doubts the editorial capacity of \n [Thomas Bailey] Aldrich who has\n taken over \n The Atlantic Monthly . ]","[Recalls that the correspondent was associated\n with the editorship of \n Appleton's Journal years ago;\n responds to correspondent's request for Hayne to put\n the correspondent's play into blank verse for opera\n by saying that he will make no commitment as he has\n not seen the manuscript and does not even know its\n name; says that the task seems possible to him;\n wonders if he would have to collaborate with \n Dudley Buck ; wonders if the play\n has been a success on stage; says his friend, Mr.\n Stephens seems to think the play if equal to \n The Lady of Lions . ]","[Says he is highly pleased and grateful to the\n correspondent for publishing his poem \" \n The Pole of Death \" in \n The Eastern Argus ; appreciates the\n criticism published, especially the defense of on\n line in the poem; speaks with warmth of another\n citizen of \n Portland , his beloved friend, \n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , who\n passed away just 3 months ago.]","[Praises him lavishly regarding his character,\n humor, and wholesomeness; says Collier reminds him of\n Leigh Hunt who is his favorite\n among the poets and essayists of the century; passes\n judgement on \n [James Berry] Benzel , who has a\n \"morbid view of feeling\" but a heart of gold;\n comments on Collier's Longfellow poem; praises his\n other poetic efforts; speaks of Lothrop's edition of\n his works and the gratitude of he owes his younger\n brethren of the \"guild\", Collier included.]","[Congratulates them on the success of their\n publication, especially the Swinburne number; talks\n about his correspondence with Swinburne; mentions an\n engraving by Kaulbach; says he is impressed by the\n figure of Titan; encloses another \"Sonnet,\" as they\n already have several of his; hopes they can use it\n and give him a fair honorarium; mentions one of his\n works which has won high praise.] (in purple\n slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne \")","[Says he has been very ill; inquires if his\n sonnets \" \n King Huimbert \" and \" \n The Renegade \" ever reached them;\n says he had also \"begged\" them to continue sending\n their paper to him.]","[Discusses money matters; says he is incredulous\n that \" \n Sonnets \" should fetch only $5;\n inquires about another set of verses he has sent;\n expresses gladness about Dr. Ward's safety; praises\n poem by \n Eric Mackay to Swinburne.] (in\n purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne \")","[Calls him a person with heart and character, a\n gentleman, a Christian, and an \"Editorial Machine\";\n inquires after the \n London address of \n Eric Mackay , a genuine poet;\n wonders if his piece \" \n The Children of the [Wood] \" is in\n Bowen's possession; reports that the \" \n Gordon lyric is attracting attention\n and praise; reflects on the relationship of poets,\n they ought to be brothers or, at least, courteous\n rivals; requests an article by \n [Robert Williams] Buchanan on \n George Eliot which appeared in\n Bowen's paper.]","[Hopes that \n Eric Mackay , \"a man of genius,\"\n will become known in \n America once his work is\n published in Bowen's paper; discusses Hayne's poetry\n in progress.] (in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and\n Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne , \" Barrett\n Room)","[Mentions Dr. \n [William Hayes] Ward 's return\n from the Orient; discusses verse-form, his published\n poem \" \n May \"; encloses \" \n June \" for possible publication.]","[Inquires after Bowen's wishes as to the form of\n the \"In Memoriam\" for \n Victor Hugo he is writing; calls\n Hugo the greatest Frenchman \"perhaps\" since \n Francois Rabelais . ]","[Thanks him for friendly notice in the \n Independent about \" \n Robins in the Wind \"; discusses\n financial matters, the \n Victor Hugo verses.] (in purple\n slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n Paul H. Hayne \")","[Receipt to Baldwin for $10.]","(in purple slipcase, \"MS Poems and Letters of \n Paul H. 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Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n be published in \n England ; asks for his help in\n getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n her permission; says that this play and \" \n Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n America that he could buy a\n beautiful farm on the \n Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n of play writing where she is so very successful;\n talks about a planned trip to the south of \n Europe ; urges her to join him\n and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n Dublin twice to see Hackett\n perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n Mayor of \n Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n to give a free concert in \n New York in honor of General\n Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n Alban Goldsmith and \n George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n for \n North American Review , sooner or\n later; mentions the high regard \n The North American Review enjoys in \n England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n Cambridge take up all his time;\n mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n Home Journal is always at her\n service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n him; sympathizes with her; says that \n The Home Journal will do its best to\n ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n Harry Otis ; talks about his\n Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n London , regarding it; hopes that\n Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n morning.] (tipped in book, \n The Bryant Festival at the\n Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n which is worth collecting; talks about his\n \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n The Home Journal ; says that all\n entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n the frozen \n Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n book \n Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n excerpts from it have already appeared in \n The Home Journal , but he will speak\n of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n New York lawyer \n James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n sail to \n Europe ; states that Thayer would\n like to introduce \n George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n able to use it in \n The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n Richard Jenkins , formerly\n president of the \n East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n Henry Tuckerman with the\n matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n The Home Journal , increase in\n advertising; mentions \n Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n Henry Hills , Mrs. \n Henry Grinnell , and \n Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n America , depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n Jane Porter 's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n Ireland \"; says it should reach \n England by boat December 1;\n mentions \n [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n Home Journal copies for Madame \n Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n Long Island ; reports on his\n improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n Nantucket as he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n artist will do any number of such drawings,\n cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n advertising; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Porter\u003c/persname\u003e's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIdlewild\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends fifth portion of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIreland\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says it should reach \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eby boat December 1;\n mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ecopies for Madame \n \u003cpersname\u003eCalderon de la Barca\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on his\n improving health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNantucket\u003c/geogname\u003eas he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n artist will do any number of such drawings,\n cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n 3.]","[From \" \n Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n her and her celebrated friend \n [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n Harper Co. instructions for the\n republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n dedicated to \n John B. Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n be published in \n England ; asks for his help in\n getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n her permission; says that this play and \" \n Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n America that he could buy a\n beautiful farm on the \n Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n of play writing where she is so very successful;\n talks about a planned trip to the south of \n Europe ; urges her to join him\n and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n Dublin twice to see Hackett\n perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n Mayor of \n Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n to give a free concert in \n New York in honor of General\n Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n Alban Goldsmith and \n George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n for \n North American Review , sooner or\n later; mentions the high regard \n The North American Review enjoys in \n England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n Cambridge take up all his time;\n mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n Home Journal is always at her\n service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n him; sympathizes with her; says that \n The Home Journal will do its best to\n ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n Harry Otis ; talks about his\n Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n London , regarding it; hopes that\n Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n morning.] (tipped in book, \n The Bryant Festival at the\n Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n which is worth collecting; talks about his\n \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n The Home Journal ; says that all\n entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n the frozen \n Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n book \n Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n excerpts from it have already appeared in \n The Home Journal , but he will speak\n of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n New York lawyer \n James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n sail to \n Europe ; states that Thayer would\n like to introduce \n George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n able to use it in \n The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n Richard Jenkins , formerly\n president of the \n East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n Henry Tuckerman with the\n matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n The Home Journal , increase in\n advertising; mentions \n Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n Henry Hills , Mrs. \n Henry Grinnell , and \n Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n America , depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n Jane Porter 's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n Ireland \"; says it should reach \n England by boat December 1;\n mentions \n [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n Home Journal copies for Madame \n Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n Long Island ; reports on his\n improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n Nantucket as he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n artist will do any number of such drawings,\n cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n like rain-drops . . .\"]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n be published in \n England ; asks for his help in\n getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n her permission; says that this play and \" \n Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n America that he could buy a\n beautiful farm on the \n Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n of play writing where she is so very successful;\n talks about a planned trip to the south of \n Europe ; urges her to join him\n and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n Dublin twice to see Hackett\n perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n Mayor of \n Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n to give a free concert in \n New York in honor of General\n Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n Alban Goldsmith and \n George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n for \n North American Review , sooner or\n later; mentions the high regard \n The North American Review enjoys in \n England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n Cambridge take up all his time;\n mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n Home Journal is always at her\n service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n him; sympathizes with her; says that \n The Home Journal will do its best to\n ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n Harry Otis ; talks about his\n Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n London , regarding it; hopes that\n Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n morning.] (tipped in book, \n The Bryant Festival at the\n Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n which is worth collecting; talks about his\n \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n The Home Journal ; says that all\n entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n the frozen \n Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n book \n Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n excerpts from it have already appeared in \n The Home Journal , but he will speak\n of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n New York lawyer \n James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n sail to \n Europe ; states that Thayer would\n like to introduce \n George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n able to use it in \n The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n Richard Jenkins , formerly\n president of the \n East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n Henry Tuckerman with the\n matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n The Home Journal , increase in\n advertising; mentions \n Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n Henry Hills , Mrs. \n Henry Grinnell , and \n Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n America , depending on the\n recovery of his wife; mentions \n Jane Porter 's presence and his\n indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n Ireland \"; says it should reach \n England by boat December 1;\n mentions \n [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n compliments him on his last two papers which were\n \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n Home Journal copies for Madame \n Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n address on \n Long Island ; reports on his\n improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n publish it; declines trip to \n Nantucket as he has too many\n houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n artist will do any number of such drawings,\n cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Harper","Harper Co.","Carey \u0026 Hart","Idlewild","Yale University","East India Company","Nathaniel Parker Willis","[Jane] Porter","John B. Van Schaick","[Benjamin Franklin] Butler","Mary Russell Mitford","James Henry Hackett,\n Dublin","Asa Hutchinson","Alban Goldsmith","George Endicott","John Gorham Palfrey","N. Willis","Elizabeth Oakes\n Smith","Benson John Lossing","George Pope Morris","Epes Sargent","[Catherine Ann Ware] Warfield","James T. Fields","Harry Otis","E. Peabody","[Mathew] Brady","Nathaniel Ingersoll\n Bowditch","Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury","[Theodore Sedgwick] Fay","James [B.] Thayer","George Green","H. Prescott","[John Williamson] Palmer","Shakespeare","Almont Barnes","Osmond Tiffany","Richard Jenkins","Anne Lynch Botta","John Williamson Palmer","Henry Tuckerman","Frank W. Ballard","Charles Eames","Teresa Viele","Henry Hills","Henry Grinnell","Frederick Marryat","Jane Porter","Cornelia Grinnell Willis","Fitz-Green Halleck","R. [Londen]","Charles S. Ogden","Thomas Bailey\n Aldrich","George Virtue","[James] Grant","James Parton","Calderon de la Barca","Samuel Bulkley\n Ruggles","Abraham Hart","T. C. Hausard","Ph. H. Brown","R. 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Van Schaick\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n be published in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; asks for his help in\n getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n whole book should not be subject to duty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has dedicated \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" to her without\n her permission; says that this play and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBianca Visconti Or The Heart\n Overtasked\u003c/bibref\u003e\" have been so successful in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he could buy a\n beautiful farm on the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends book by Miss\n Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n of play writing where she is so very successful;\n talks about a planned trip to the south of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges her to join him\n and his wife.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has been to the theater in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003etwice to see Hackett\n perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n Mayor of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003eand others.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n to give a free concert in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein honor of General\n Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlban Goldsmith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Endicott\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n review.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, sooner or\n later; mentions the high regard \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe North American Review\u003c/bibref\u003eenjoys in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCambridge\u003c/geogname\u003etake up all his time;\n mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eis always at her\n service.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n birth of a daughter or son.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n will look in Heaven.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLysteria\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" a dramatic poem; asks\n him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n him; sympathizes with her; says that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ewill do its best to\n ensure the book's success once it is published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Otis\u003c/persname\u003e; talks about his\n Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e, regarding it; hopes that\n Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n morning.] (tipped in book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bryant Festival at the\n Century\u003c/bibref\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n which is worth collecting; talks about his\n \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; says that all\n entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n Peabody family to visit his house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n the frozen \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna river\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (A portion\n of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n obscene sentence.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mathew] Brady\u003c/persname\u003e, to take his\n picture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n book \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk Surnames\u003c/bibref\u003e; states that\n excerpts from it have already appeared in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, but he will speak\n of it again.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n year; hopes they might be of help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames [B.] Thayer\u003c/persname\u003e, who is to\n sail to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that Thayer would\n like to introduce \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Green\u003c/persname\u003eto Fay.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; regrets not being\n able to use it in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n president of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n suggests approaching \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n that she does not know what his face looks like\n anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n advertising; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n writing her; sends early copies from [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n tentative plans to return to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n recovery of his wife; 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