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G. P. Putnam and Co. Homes Of American Authors: Comprising Anecdotical, Personal And Descriptive Sketches, By Various Writers.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09690.01 Author/Creator: G. P. Putnam and Co. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1853 Pagination: 1 v. : 366 p. ; 21.3 x 16.4 cm. Order a Copy

One book published by G. P. Putnam and Co. dated 1853. Book contains illustrations of authors' residencies from original drawings. Features the homes of John James Audubon, James K. Paulding, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, George Bacnroft, Richard Henry Dana, Wiliam H. Prescott, Miss C. M. Sedgewick, James Fenimore Cooper, Edward Everett, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Gilmore Simms, Henry W. Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, John Pendleton Kennedy, and James Russell Lowell. Envelope adhered to the inside of the back cover contains a smaller envelope with a letter addressed to a Mr. W. H. Sutherland in Cincinatti, Ohio (see GLC09690.02). A sticker on the inside of the front cover also has the name "W. H. Sutherland."

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Paulding, James K., 1778-1860
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Bryant, William Cullen 1794-1878
Bacnroft, George, 1800-1891
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
Prescott, William H., 1796-1859
Sedgewick, Catherine Maria, 1789-1867
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870
Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Sutherland, W. H., fl. 1853
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
American Authors
The Age of Jackson
Lincoln

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