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This undated note is addressed to an unidentified male, and thanks him for a tree, and accompanied a gift of the writer's autograph (signature), which is no longer with the note. There is an inscription at the foot: 'written 28, Jan 1844'. This item bears the earlier collection number (accession number) [M]337, and is accompanied by an exhibition label.
Letter introduces and recommends William Winter. Signature has been removed. Also, two empty envelopes, in Longfellow's hand, addressed to Winter in Cambridgeport, 1854-1855, and an envelope, in Winter's hand, labelled "Letters from Longfellow."
These final volumes of Andrew Hilen's admired edition bring together the extant Longfellow letters of 1866-1882, most of which have never before been published. During this period Longfellow's reputation reached its zenith; no American poet before or since has enjoyed a popular following more varied or numerous. Here we see him expanding his already enormous influence with the publication of Poems of Places, a poetic translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, and other works. The letters reveal him as a hard-working writer and editor, as an astute businessman who nevertheless gave freely of his gains to friends and causes, and as an often lonely and struggling individual. They provide, as well, a view of Longfellow's world--the American literary scene, the publishing business, academic life, politics, religion, and the Reconstruction period. Hilen includes in Volume VI a comprehensive index for the entire six-volume edition, which represents a social document of the times.
Most of the letters, which are of prime importance in America's cultural history, have never before been published. The remainder that have appeared in print frequently did so in emasculated form and in a wide variety of books and journals. Here, scrupulous annotations supply relevant identifications of individuals, explain allusions, and present information regarding the addresses of letters, endorsements, postmarks, and the location of manuscripts.
This collection contains twenty-one miscellaneous papers of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including several brief letters, two original copies of verse, and printed references to Longfellow. The letters refer to recommendations to publishers for unknown authors and to Bowdoin College for a friend who sought a faculty appointment. The addressees are frequently unidentified. The last two stanzas of Longfellow's "The Bridge" are included, as are 1941 reprints of a Civil War stanza that Roosevelt sent to Churchill who used it as a public radio message to Allied troops. A brief card is included which noted Longfellow's incapacitation one month prior to his death.