BIB_ID
108502
Accession number
MA 686.8
Creator
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Display Date
ca. 1824 Dec. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
Location and date of composition inferred from the poem's relationship to MA 686.7.
Part of a collection of 20 items (including letters, poems, and engravings) related to William Cullen Bryant. Items are described individually in 20 records (MA 686.1-20); see related records for full description.
Poem was enclosed in a letter (MA 686.7) dated 21 December 1824 to Charles Sedgwick, and was intended for Mrs. Sedgwick.
Watermark: "O & H" and a star. Identical to watermark on MA 686.7.
Part of a collection of 20 items (including letters, poems, and engravings) related to William Cullen Bryant. Items are described individually in 20 records (MA 686.1-20); see related records for full description.
Poem was enclosed in a letter (MA 686.7) dated 21 December 1824 to Charles Sedgwick, and was intended for Mrs. Sedgwick.
Watermark: "O & H" and a star. Identical to watermark on MA 686.7.
Provenance
Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection in 1909.
Summary
Fair copy of the poem prepared for Mrs. Sedgwick.
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