Winter, William, 1836-1917

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ALS returning a copy of The Golden Legend (no longer present) that a mutual acquantance, Miss Valentine, had taken the previous evening under the mistaken assumption it belonged to Wetherbee.

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ALS praising Kellerd's performance as Hamlet at the Garden Theatre.

Accompanied by original envelope.

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ALS concerning a benefit performance.

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ALS thanking Underwood for a copy of his "Occasional Speeches at Public Dinners in Glasgow".

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Correspondence consists of one autograph letter, signed, to "My Dear Fairchild," and four autograph notes, signed, including one to B. P. Shillaber. Writings include two autograph stanzas of verse by Winter, one stanza by Tennyson in Winter's hand, and one clipping.

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Two ALS concerning various literary matters.

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Two ALS concerning literary matters.

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The collection consists of the papers of author and wood engraver W. J. Linton, including personal and professional correspondence, writings by and about Linton, drawings and prints, personal papers, and other papers covering Linton's life and work in England and the United States. The papers are primarily those inherited by his daughters Ellen Wade Linton and Margaret Linton Mather, with additions from family friends.

Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, legal and financial papers, published writings, unpublished manuscripts, and memorabilia of the Loomis and Wilder families of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. The papers relate principally to Eben Jenks Loomis, astronomer, poet, and nature writer, and to his immediate family, and to his wife, Mary Alden Wilder Loomis and her immediate family, including papers of John Augustus Wilder, Civil War officer and lawyer for the U.S. Army. The Eben...

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Poem, holograph with inscription, "Read at the Atlantic Festival in commemoration of the seventieth birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes." Accompanied by a clipping, "The Poems of William Winter," from Life.

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Review, holograph, corrected and signed, with initials, of the Garrick Theatre production of Mrs. Ryley's "Mice and Men".

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AMS poem of eight lines, untitled.

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Holograph poem, signed.