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Henry Mills Alden letters collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0636
Abstract
American editor and author Henry Mills Alden (1836-1919) served as editor of Harper's Magazine for 50 years from 1869 to 1919. The collection consists of 45 items dating between 1860 and 1949, with the majority comprising letters to Alden from contemporary literary figures between 1860 and 1908.
Dates:
1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1860-1908
James Fenimore Cooper to Carey, Lea and Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0044
Abstract
An undated autograph letter written and signed by James Fenimore Cooper to Messrs. Carey, Lea and Company, saying that he is coming to Philadelphia "this week" and that he wishes "to commence printing immediately and to complete one vol. with the least possible delay." Cooper adds that he "shall probably send a few sheets of manuscript corrected tomorrow, and if they could be set in type & ready for me on Sunday, it would be clear gain...I expect to be able to say that Careys can print a...
Dates:
undated