Search

Monday evening [ca 1850], A[nna]C[ora Ogden]Mowatt [Ritchie]writes to Mrs. Bartholomew, discussing briefly: desire to see the program of the Chelsea Fair; Mary Botham Howitt and William Howitt.

The collection contains two manuscripts: "To Harry Munroe," and an untitled essay on Greek and Italian brigandage.

In a letter, 1857 Dec 15, to [Henry Theodore] Tuckerman, Anna Cora [Ogden Mowatt] Ritchie discusses in detail: controversy over who should complete the equestrian monument to George Washington started in Richmond by Thomas Crawford before his death; her response to an article by Tuckerman about the controversy. Discusses briefly: Henry Alexander Wise; art appreciation in Virginia; earlier cases where works by Crawford and Randolph Rogers were combined; a precedent for one artist completing another's work; how Rogers was selected; plans to publicly read a poem Tuckerman sent; Ruth's children; a tribute to Crawford. Mentions: Louise Cutler Ward Crawford; the Albion; Boston, MA; statues by Crawford and Rogers in Boston and the Capitol building; Washington, D.C.; Rome; Lorenzo Bartolini and statue of Columbus; Florence; William Foushee Ritchie; the Richmond Enquirer; Rosa Gibson Rogers; Mr. Thompson (poet) (ALS, 7 p.).

A letter from Anna Cora (Ogden) Mowatt Ritchie, Richmond, Virgina, to Grace discusses in detail: Grace's desire to be a platform reader; the importance of memorizing poetry to be "read." Dicusses briefly: Grace's illness; Southern prejudice against female platform readers; Anna's niece Eugenia Smyth left in her care two years before when Anna's sister Julia Gabriella Ogden Smyth moved to Paris. Mentions: Literary Association; Washington, D.C.; Edward Everett; Richmond; Grace's family.

Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, Virginia, writes to [Anna Cora Odgen Mowatt] Ritchie, Richmond, Virginia on February 11, 1856. She discusses in detail: receipt of a copy of Mimic Life; isolation brought on by terrible winter weather; Mount Vernon fund-raising; apprehension about the upcoming birth of Robert Fitzwalter Tyler.

In a letter to [James Thomas] Fields, Anna Cora [Ogden] Mowatt [Ritchie] discusses in detail Catherine Hayes and mentions Mr. Joy and Eliza Josephine Willard Fields.

Anna Cora [Ogden] Mowatt [Ritchie], New York, writes to James T[homas]Field, Boston, MA,discussing briefly: a letter to Miss Putnam, correcting an error; a letter which Edwin Percy Whipple entrusted to Henry Theodore Tuckerman; a proposed visit to Boston.