George Cary Eggleston Collection 1874-1904

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

George Cary Eggleston Collection, Accession 6331-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

George Cary Eggleston Collection, Accession 6331-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Thanks for liberal dealings and promises to repay their courtesy with article on Thomas DeQuincey. ]

[Asks her to contribute article to American Homesmagazine.]

[Discusses type of stories she should write for American Homes. Detailed description of his plans for American Homes. Mentions his previous association with Hearth and Home. ]

[Accepts invitation to meet [Anna Elizabeth] Dickinson. Comments on Virginia's social rules. Passing mention of Edmund Clarence Stedman. ]

[Regrets that he cannot attend party for Axel Carl Johan Gustafsonand Mrs. Zadel (Barnes) Buddington Gustafson. Passing mention of Edward Eggleston. ]

[States that the Commercial Advertiserwill reprint their interview the following day.]

[Acknowledges receipt of check from D. Appleton and Companyas payment for article on Robert E. Leein Volume III of the Cyclopedia of American Biography. ]

[Thinks he may have made an error in dates in the Cold Harborsketch. Asks to see a proof of the article. Note: This article was published in Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 4, p. 230-32, edited by Robert Underwood Johnson. ]

[Thinks he verified text of Rossiter Raymond's "Cavalry Song" by comparing it to version in Francis Fisher Browne's Bugle Echoes. Note: a check of Browne's Bugle Echoes reveals that Rossiter Raymond's "Calvary Song" is not contained in it.]

[Discusses list of great sayings of noted men sent to George Cary Egglestonand William Henry Merrillfor review and additions. Notes that the saying attributed to Thomas Gold Appletonwas made by George Dennison Prentice. ]

[States that Techumsehwas written by Edward Egglestonand his daughter, Elizabeth Lillie Eggleston Seelyeand published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. ]

[Thanks Edmund Clarence Stedmanto the personally inscribed copy of "Mater Coronata"which he has presented to his son, Cary Eggleston. Comments on his son's literary abilities. Passing mention of the poem, "The Lord's Day Gale."]

[Discusses problems with the novel, A Captain in the Ranks. Finds Carolyn Melissa Winward's assistance valuable and will send manuscript to her to copy. Mentions interruptions to his work: headaches, visitors, and his son's marriage on Sept 8. Note: Date of this letter based on dedication of above novel to "Mabel on her wedding day, Sept 8, 1904."]

[Explains that his son has not answered the letter in William Wallace Young's behalf because his son has been in upstate New York. Answer due tomorrow will be put in the "y" box at the Author's Club.]

Acquisition information:
Deposit [1963 Dec 17]1964 Aug 25
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Physical description:
14 items