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S. E. Brownell letter to Albert Gallatin Remington

 Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589328]
Identifier: MSS 16233

Scope and Contents

S. E. Brownell letter to Albert Gallatin Remington regarding gathering material for the first and only number of the New York Quarterly Review, December 29, 1851, and an itemized bill of John P. Prall, book and job printer in New York for the first 500 copies printed, February 11, 1852, 0.03 cubic feet. The literary journal was short lived and folded after the first number. The letter from Brownell to the editor Remington, shows that the author is agitated over the article, mentions his work on Levana, and is concerned about the caliber of the work in the journal.

Dates

  • Creation: 1851 December 29

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

S. E. Brownell is described as an obscure American author, whose only separate publication seems to be a translation of The Herman and Dorothea, of Goethe (1848).

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a document box BW 9.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Savoy Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on October 10, 2016.

Title
S. E. Brownell letter to Albert Gallatin Remington
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
5/22/17
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States