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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00462::Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection)//EN" "ViU00462.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 7493-c

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #7493-c Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection 7493-c 8 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection, Accession 7493-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Purchase 1972 Mar 9

 Funding Note

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

 Item Listing Letters Benjamin Penhollow Shillaberto Frederick Eugene Partington 1876 Jun 24 ALS, 1 p.

[Says he will be happy to receive him in his home; says he is glad that the Partington family did not react indignantly to the follies of their namesake "Mrs. Partington."]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto [James Ripley] Osgood 1877 Apr 7 ALS, 1 p.

[Requests a copy of [Harriet] Martineau's book; quotes H[osca] Biglow of The Biglow Papers, by James Russell Lowell; says he is indebted to Osgood.]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto Eben[ezer] Lane, Jr. 1878 Dec 6 ALS, 1 p.

[Provides correct name, as correspondent mistakenly addressed him as P. C. Shillaber.]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto R. A. McFadden, Esq. 1882 Mar 4 ALS, 1 p.

[Assures autograph seeker that it is his true signature.]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto "Dear Brother Brewster" Sep 27 ALS, 1 p.

[Refuses to print an "important document."]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto J. T. McCowen 18 Nov 11 ANS, 1 p.

[Responds to request for an autograph.]

 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaberto Mr. Whyatt Wednesday a.m. ANS, 1 p.

[Says he took a bouquet of flowers from Whyatt's store for a school examination in Chelseaand he will square his accounts when they meet.]

 Miscellaneous Quotation by Alexander Pope, signed by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber 1873 Oct Autograph