Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection

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
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
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:

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection, Accession 7493-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection, Accession 7493-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Says he will be happy to receive him in his home; says he is glad that the Partington family did not react indignantly to the follies of their namesake "Mrs. Partington."]

[Requests a copy of [Harriet] Martineau's book; quotes H[osca] Biglow of The Biglow Papers, by James Russell Lowell; says he is indebted to Osgood.]

[Provides correct name, as correspondent mistakenly addressed him as P. C. Shillaber.]

[Assures autograph seeker that it is his true signature.]

[Refuses to print an "important document."]

[Responds to request for an autograph.]

[Says he took a bouquet of flowers from Whyatt's store for a school examination in Chelseaand he will square his accounts when they meet.]

Acquisition information:
Purchase 1972 Mar 9
Processing information:

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

Physical location:
Physical description:
8 items