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A Guide to the Papers of Epes Sargent Sargent, Epes, Papers 7920, -a, -b

A Guide to the Papers of Epes Sargent

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Accession Number 7920, -a, -b


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
7920, -a, -b
Title
Papers of Epes Sargent 1839-1880
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 19 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Epes Sargent, Accession #7920, -a, -b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

7920 was purchased from Robert K. Black, 1965 March 15; 7920-a was a gift of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1963 December 16; 7920-b was purchased from Lawrence B. Romains, 1951 April 24.

Scope and Content Information

The papers contain an autograph draft and corrected manuscript of "The London Belle, Or Events of a Season," a manuscript poem, and a quotation.

Most of the letters pertain to Sargent's work as editor of the Boston Daily Evening Transcript. He regrets the lack of an esprit de corps among editors, praises William A. Wheeler's new edition of Webster's Dictionary and Robert Dale Owen's book on slavery. Spiritualism is a frequent topic and he refers to John Tyndall's attack on it and his own defense.

With these is a letter from Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd to Wiley, Long and Putnam discussing the potential for publishing Sargent's play "Velasco" in England and an engraving of Sargent.

Contents List

Manuscripts
  • The London belle, or, Events of a Season 1847
    AMs, 85 p.

    7920-b

  • The London belle, or, Events of a Season [1847]
    AMs, 61 p.

    Corrected copy. 7920-b

  • "We will not deplore them" 1857 Aug 10
    AMsS, poem, 1 p.

    7920-a

  • "Not by night" 1862 Dec 23
    AMsS, poem, 1 p.

    7920-a

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Letters
  • Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd to Wiley & Putnam 1839 Jan 24
    ALS, 3 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to William A. Seaver 1852 Mar 17
    ALS, 4 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to George Pope Morris 1853 Jan 23
    ALS, 2 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Edward L. Welles 1855 Apr 18
    ALS, 1 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Fitz-Greene Halleck 1859 Oct 13
    ALS, 2 pp.

    7920

  • Epes Sargent to Robert Dale Owen 1860 Oct 5
    Physical Location: ALS, 1 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to John Osborne Sargent 1863 Mar 25
    ALS, 2 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to William Adolphus Wheeler 1863 Apr 27
    ALS, 3 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Robert Dale Owen 1864 Aug 26
    ALS, 1 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Bayard Taylor 1876 Jan 7
    ALS, 8 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Mrs. Elizabeth Oaksmith 1876 May 17
    ALS, 3 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Miss Harriet Jacobsen 1877 Mar 22
    ALS, 2 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Maturin Murray Ballou 1880 May 17
    ALS, 1 p.

    7920-a

  • Epes Sargent to Mrs. Elizabeth Oaksmith n.d.
    ALS, 1 p.

    7920-a

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Head and shoulders engraving of Epes Sargent n.d.
Physical Location: Filed in Barrett prints

7920-a