Charles Frederick Briggs letters : to James Russell Lowell
Scope and content
Letters on literary, political, cultural, personal, and family matters. Includes substantial discussion especially of the publication of Lowell's poems in Briggs's journal, but also of the slavery question and other political issues of the day. Also discussed are recently published poems and novels, recent paintings, the activities of portrait painter William Page (a friend of Briggs and Lowell), and the character of Edgar Allan Poe, who contributed to the Broadway Journal.
Dates
- 1843-1860.
Creator
- Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877. (Person)
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
American journalist and novelist, who founded the Broadway Journal and served as an editor of that journal, Putnam's Magazine, the New York Times, the Brooklyn Union, and the Independent, in succession.
Extent
126 items. (126 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Abolitionists -- United States.
- American periodicals.
- Art, American -- History.
- Authors and publishers -- United States.
- Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877.
- Domestic relations -- United States.
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
- Page, William, 1811-1885.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- Slavery -- United States.
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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