Grafton, E.D., typescript copy of letter to Mrs. Huston

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Title: Grafton, E.D., typescript copy of letter to Mrs. Huston
Contributor: Grafton, E. D.
James, Davis L.
Literary Club of Cincinnati
Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893
Read, Harriet Denison Butler
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Poetry
Vanloo, Leon
Published / Created: 1895 Dec 1
Abstract: Group of letters, photographs, and clippings chiefly related to Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride," and its composition on the morning of James E. Murdoch's recitation at Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati, October 31, 1864. It includes four letters written by Read and one by E. D. Grafton; copies of accounts by Leon Vanloo and Davis L. James, describing how and where Read wrote the poem; a collage by Grafton showing Murdoch reciting the poem; photographs of Read and his wife Hattie by Grafton and others; and clippings regarding the placement of a plaque on the house in which the poem was written.
Description: Thomas Buchanan Read, American poet.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
Subject (Name): Grafton, E. D.
James, Davis L.
Literary Club of Cincinnati
Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893
Read, Harriet Denison Butler
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Poetry
Vanloo, Leon
Subject (Topic): Authors, American --19th century --Archives
Poets, American

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Citation: Material Relating to Thomas Buchanan Read's Poem "Sheridan's Ride." Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.