Paul Hamilton Hayne Collection 1874-1882

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Paul Hamilton Hayne Collection, Accession 6495-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Paul Hamilton Hayne Collection, Accession 6495-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Expresses admiration for the new St. Nicholas magazine; offers for possible publication a prose sketch of Southern country life as it was 40 or 50 years ago, written by his mother, a lady of 68, "but bright- minded and alert"; says that the story describes, among other things, the mingling of white children with plantation Negroes.]

[Includes ALS on verso; asks Clark to write to Paul Hamilton Hayne; says that they can not use the offered manuscript due to a large stock of already accepted material.]

[Includes penciled note "To Brainerd, 1878"; thanks him for acquainting him with the workings of the English magazine system; asks if [Theodore Dunton] Wattswould refuse his " Sonnet" if he sent it to the editors of The Examineror The Athenaeum; says he is astonished that [Brainerd] is not English but a fellow country man; says he would like to send him a poem, dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmesfor his aid during the yellow fever pestilence, but has no copy; sends instead, [" Hiram Benner"], a poem by [ Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow; describes the condition the country is in, the restlessness of the people, his own hopelessness in regard to the government, the country's desire to obtain recognition in Great Britain; says he has given up the dream of ever visiting England; asks if [Brainerd] is a permanent resident of London; asks if he know Captain Randolph Hamilton; expresses pleasure at [Brainerd's] kind words regarding " Muscadines. "]

[Includes printed copy of " The Decline of Faith"; talks about a volume of [his] poems to be published; says the volume is the handsomest and best illustrated book of the genre ever to have been issued in this country; says he is certain that the correspondent will share his joy; comments on [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow's death; says he has composed sonnets on the occasion at the request of Baldwin of New York; says the sonnets fell short of his own expectations because of his ill health.]

Acquisition information:
Purchase -Barrett Fund [ 8 Apr 1968] 1 Oct 1968
Processing information:

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

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4 items