Manuscripts

What time the moon her silv'ry fingers laid...: a poetical narrative in nine parts

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Description: A signed, autograph incomplete manuscript; first four parts of this poem are missing. The volume also includes two autograph letters by Aldrich and two black and white engravings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854-1886.
Call number: mssHM 13123-13125
Creator: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of June 1938.
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Letters and Poems

Manuscripts

A volume of autograph, signed letters and poems by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Included are the poems "When I am Dead," "With Three Flowers," and "Kismet." The volume also includes two letters by Aldrich, two black and white engravings, and a printed picture of Aldrich.

mssHM 13126-13130

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A Note on L'Aiglon

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript, in pencil, written in Saranac Lake, New York. First printed in "The Century Magazine," June 1902; with black and white printed engraving of Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

mssHM 13121

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Père Antoine's Date-Palm. A Legend of New Orleans

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript written in New York. Inscription on title page in the hand of Annie Fields "To James T. Fields from T. B. Aldrich, author;" on front cover "From the Collection of Mrs. James T. Fields." Volume also includes printed version of the manuscript and a black and white engraving of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. First printed in "The Atlantic Monthly," June 1862.

mssHM 13122

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The Chevalier De Resseguier

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript; this is an early draft, with revisions. Volume also includes a printed black and white drawing of Aldrich. First printed in "The Century Magazine," May 1893.

mssHM 17239

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Mother Michel and Her Cat

Manuscripts

An autograph manuscript, written in Ponkapog, Massachusetts; an early draft, with revisions. First printed as "The Cat and the Countess" in "St. Nicholas," May-July 1876.

mssHM 17238

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Engravings, photographs, and printed material

Manuscripts

A collection of correspondence, engravings, photographs, and printed material. Correspondents in the collection include Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert Browning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker, Theodore Parker, Hannah E. Stevenson, and John Greenleaf Whittier. The collection also includes engravings and photographs of many of the correspondents and their homes, and printed invitations and circulars.

mssHM 11053-11176

What time the moon her silv'ry fingers laid...: a poetical narrative in nine parts

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