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Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 28, 1849
Greenwood has not received any proof sheets and wonders whether Fields has sent them.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Tags: social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 30, 1850
Greenwood sends Fields a preface and encloses a letter to which he should respond immediately. Her acquaintances in the West are not able to procure a copy of Greenwood Leaves. She has discovered some typographical errors in the poems but hopes that…
Tags: social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Nov 14, 1849
Greenwood recounts Mr. Whipple's visit to Lynn.Mr. Phillips also left for California last March and has since left his friends anxious about his lack of contact. But a few weeks prior they heard the good news of him being on a…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 4, 1850
Greenwood is anxious to know how the book sale is going. She has some pending payments which is why she is anxious to know whether the book will profit her at all before she starts working on another book line. Fields should send a new supply of…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 29, 1850
Greenwood asks Fields to correct an omitted line in the book.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 19, 1850
Greenwood has not received an answer from Fields for some time now. She will send the corrected copy of Greenwood Leaves within the next two days. Greenwood states that she would not publish a new volume in the spring if there is no demand for a…
Tags: social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Mar 1, 1850
Greenwood still has not received the books, which Fields was supposed to send her, and has been waiting on his response regarding Cheney's picture. She inquires of Fields about a piano which he should commission for her from Chickering or…
Tags: financial concerns, social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Apr 10, 1849
Greenwood is delighted to find a few of her favorite poems in Fields' new volume. Yet she is surprised to hear of the urgency in regard to the publication of Greenwood Leaves. Recently, she has not written much for publication as both her parents…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 9, 1850
Greenwood and Anna Phillips want to attend Jenny Lind's concert. She asks Fields whether he knows of any acquaintances who would accompany them and whether he could purchase the tickets for them.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 20, 1849
Greenwood has just returned from Salem where has spent the day horseback riding, among other things. She agrees with the arrangement of the volume but wishes she had invested more time in revising the letters as they will be scrutinized upon…
Tags: social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 31, 1850
Greenwood asks Fields why he will not send her proof and stresses again that he should not send by express as she does not want to carry the charges.She asks him for an advance of $25 as she is still waiting on remittance from…
Tags: financial concerns, social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Dec 3, 1850
Greenwood inquires of Fields about the release date of "History of my Pets." She suspects that she will not profit much from the fall publications. She asks Fields for another $250 for payments and expenses.Greenwood is currently "half sick with a…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Dec 22, 1850
Greenwood wonders whether Fields has sent the copies of "Pets" inquires about what percentage he will allow her for both volumes. Fields should send Greenwood a copy of the poems in sheets so that she can correct them in case a second edition should…
Tags: financial concerns, humor, social capital
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, June 6, 1851
Greenwood is ready to send Fields the copy for the new collection. He can start printing as soon as he receives the last story when it has been published in the Era. If there is too much material he may omit the first nine letters and a sketch or an…
Tags: social capital
"Letter from Rome," Boston Daily Advertiser, March 2, 1870
Brewster attends to social gatherings and a funeral in Rome. She characterizes the well-known Louis Veuillot as a "violent writer" whose articles often disclose secrets. Brewster repeatedly uses the term gossip in this article.
Credit
19th Century…
"Cromwell at the Coffin of Charles I.," Graham's Magazine, 1843
Poem by Charlotte Cushman
Credit
Hathi Trust
"Letter from Rome," Boston Daily Advertiser, April 29, 1871
Brewster appears as the "regular correspondent" from the Boston Daily Advertiser contributing one of her letters from Rome. The article lists members of the deputation, describes architectural sites in Rome, gives an account of archeological…
"Letter from Rome," Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Sept 9, 1870
Brewster writes about the political struggles for unification. Her account is based on her own experience and hearsay. She distinguishes true and fake accounts and traces the political negotiations with the Vatican.
Credit
The Library Company of…
Tags: political affairs, Rome, rumors
"Miss Brewster," [New York Observer], [1881]
The author describes Anne Brewster as a "well-known literary person[]" and a woman of "republican simplicity and cordiality" whose Monday afternoon receptions also attract "titled acquaintances."Brewsters work as a foreign correspondent has gained…
Brewster Gossips, Memphis Daily Appeal, Jan 21, 1869
Credit
Chronicling America
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