hou00550 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Letters to Emmeline Austin Wadsworth (MS Am 1340.12): Guide. 03/28/2002 Pacific Data Conversion Corp. 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS 10/29/2003 Sarah Chiappetta June 8, 2006 hou00550 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2006-06-08). MS Am 1340.12 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Letters to Emmeline Austin Wadsworth: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University b MS Am 1340.12 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Letters to Emmeline Wadsworth, 1847-1877. 1 box (.5 linear ft.) Letters written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his relative Emmeline Wadsworth.

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Gift of Mr. William P. Wadsworth, 29 The Homestead, Geneseo, Livingston County New York 14454; received: 1979 January 4.

Longfellow was an American poet.

Arranged chronologically

Contains letters from Longfellow to his sister Emmeline, addressing family news and the birth and the later tragic death of the daughter and how he coped. Letters also mention the civil war, and emancipation. There are also several letters from Longfellow's wife Fanny to Emmeline discussing the death of her daughter. Also included in the collection are two poems by Longfellow entitled "The Fire of Drift-Wood", and "Emmeline", and some newspaper clippings.

(1-4) Longfellow, Fanny (Appleton) 1817-1861. 4 letters to Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth: (1) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 13 Sep 1848. 1s.(3p.) (2) A.L.s.; same, 3 Oct 1848. 1s.(4p.) (3) A.L.s.; same [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.). With MS. copy(in her hand) of a poem entitled "The fire of drift-wood" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Cambridge, Feb 1848. 1s.(3p.) (4) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.) With printed copy (clipping) of "The fire of driftwood". (5) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Emmeline. A.MS.; [n.p.] 14 Feb 1845. 1s.(1p.) env.

To Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. The fire of drift-wood. See item no. 24.

 (6-26) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. 21 letters to Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth: (6) A.L.s.; [n.p.] 7 Apr [1847]. 1s.(1p.) (7) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 22 Sep 1850. 2s.(8p.) (8) A.L.s.; [n.p.] 23 Sep 1850. 1s.(4p.) (9) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 30 Sep 1850. 1s.(4p.) (10) A.L.s.; Nahant, 21 Aug 1857. 1s.(4p.) (11) A.L.s.; same, 7 Mar 1859. 1s.(4p.) (12) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 17 Oct 1861. 1s.(4p.) (13) A.L.s.; Nahant, 18 Aug 1862. 2s.(8p.) (14) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 17 Nov 1862. 1s.(4p.). (15) A.L.s.; same, 4 Mar 1863. 1s.(4p.) (16) A.L.s.; Nahant, 7 Aug 1865. 1s.(4p.) (17) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 1 Nov 1865. 1s.(4p.) (18) A.L.s.; same, 14 Feb 1871. 1s.(4p.) (19) A.L.s.; same, 23 Mar 1871. 1s.(2p.) (20) A.L.s.; same, 9 Oct 1871. 1s.(4p.) With 2 cut autographs. (21) A.L.s.; same, 28 May 1872. 1s.(2p.) (22) A.L.s.; same, 14 Feb 1874. 1s.(3p.) (23) A.L.s.; same, 19 Feb 1874. 1s.(4p.) env. (24) A.L.s.; same, 27 Feb 1875. 1s.(3p.) env. Includes MS. annotation by Emmeline Austin Wadsworth. With an A.MS.s.(faircopy) entitled "The fire of driftwood"; [Cambridge] 27 Feb 1875. 1s.(4p.) (25) A.L.s.; same, 25 Feb 1877. 1s.(4p.) (26) A.L.s.; same, 3 Oct 1877. 1s.(4p.) (27) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. A.L.s. to [] Annesley; Cambridge, 4 Mar 1859. 1s.(4p.) env.

Letter of introduction for Emmeline (Austin) Wadsworth.