Authors in “Autography”
This list includes all of the authors treated in Poe's “Autography” series,
comprised of the following installments:
- “Autography” (Southern Literary Messenger, February and August 1836)
- “A Chapter on Autography” (Graham's Magazine, November and December
1841)
- “An Appendix of Autographs” (Graham's Magazine, January 1842)
The authors are listed alphabetically by last name.
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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848): (Southern Literary Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December 1841)
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Allston, Washington (1779-1843): (Graham's Magazine, January 1842) (DLB-1)
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Anthon, Professor Charles (1797-1867): (Southern Literary Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809-1885): (Graham's Magazine, December 1841) (DLB-3, DLB-42,
DLB-79)
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Benjamin, Park (1809-1864): (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Bird, Robert Montgomery (1806-1854): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841) (one source says he was born in 1803)
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Brooks, James (1810-1873): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December 1841)
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Brooks, Nathan Covington (1809-1898): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Brown, David Paul (1795-1872): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Brownson, Orestes Augustus (1803-1876): (Graham's
Magazine, November 1841)
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Bryan, Daniel (@1790-1866): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841);
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Burton, William Evans (1802-1860): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Calvert, George Henry (1803-1889): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (one source says he was born Jan. 2, 1802)
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Carey, Mathew (1760-1839): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836)
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Cass, Lewis (1782-1866): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Chandler, Joseph Ripley (1792-1880): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841); (Graham's Magazine, December 1841)
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Chivers, Thomas Holley (1807-1858): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Cist, Lewis Jacob (1818-1885): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Conrad, Judge Robert Taylor (1810-1858): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Cooke, Phillip Pendleton (1816-1850): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Cutter, William (1801-1867): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841) (one source says he was G. William Cutter, and died Dec 24, 1865)
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Dana, Richard Henry (1787-1879): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Dawes, Rufus (1803-1859): (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Dew, Thomas Roderick (1802-1846): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Doane, Bishop George Washington (1799-1859): (Graham's
Magazine, January 1842) (one source says he was born on May 27, 1797)
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Dow, Jesse Erskine (1809-1850): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Downing, Jack (pseudonym shared by James Brooks and Seba Smith): (Southern Literary Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Du Solle, John Stephenson (@1810-1876): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Earle, Pliny (1809-1892): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth Frieze (or Fries) (1818-1877): (Graham's
Magazine, November 1841)
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Embury, Mrs. Emma Catherine (1806-1863): (Graham's
Magazine, November 1841)
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Emmons, William (1792-????): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836)
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Esling, Miss (see Waterman, C. H.)
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Everett, Edward (1794-1865): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Fay, Theodore Sedgwick (1807-1898): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Flint, Reverend Timothy (1780-1840): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836) (DLB-73, DLB-186)
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Forrester, Frank (see Herbert, W. H.)
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Foster, George G. (@1815-1856): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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French, James Strange (1807-1886): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Frost, John (1800-1859): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Gallagher, William Davis (1808-1894): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (DLB-73)
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Godey, Louis Antoine (1804-1878): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (DLB-73)
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Gould, Miss Hannah Flagg (1789-1865): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Graham, George Rex (1813-1894): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Greeley, Horace (1811-1872): (Graham's Magazine, January
1842)
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Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1815-1857): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Hale, Sarah Josepha (1788-1879): (Southern Literary Messenger,
August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
(one source says she was born on Oct. 24, 1782)
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Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Hawks, Francis Lister (1798-1866): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841) (one source says born on Jun 10, 1788)
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Heath, James Ewell (1792-1862): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Henry, Caleb Sprague (1804-1884): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Herbert, Henry William (1807-1858): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Hoffman, Charles Fenno (1806-1884): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Hoffman, David (1784-1854): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Holden, Ezra (1803-1846): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Hopkinson, Joseph (1770-1842): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Ingraham, Joseph Holt (1809-1860): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841) (DLB-3)
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Irving, Washington (1783-1859): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Jones, John Beauchamp (1810-1866): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Langtree, Samuel Daly (@1811-1842): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Landor, William (see Wallace, H. B.)
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Legare, Hugh Swinton (1797-1843): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Leslie, Miss Eliza (1787-1858): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841) (one source says she was born in Nov. 1867)
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Lieber, Francis (1800-1872): (Southern Literary Messenger,
August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Locke, Richard Adams (1800-1871): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882): (Graham's
Magazine, November 1841)
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Loud, Mrs. Margaret St. Leon (@1800-1889): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Lunt, George (1803-1885): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Marshall, Chief Justice John (1755-1835): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836)
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Mathews, Cornelius (1817-1889): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Matthias, Benjamin (????-????): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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McCabe, John Collins (1810-1875): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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McHenry, James (1785-1845): (Graham's Magazine, January
1842)
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McJilton, John Nelson (1805-1875): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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McMakin, Andrew (????-????): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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McMichael, Morton (1807-1879): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Mellen, Grenville (1799-1841): (Southern Literary Messenger,
August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
(one source says born June 10, 1779)
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Mitchell, John Kearsley (1793-1858): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (one source says he was born in 1825 and died July 9, 1868)
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Morris, George Pope (1802-1864): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Morris, Robert M. (@1809-1874): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Neal, John (1793-1876): (Southern Literary Messenger, February
1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841) (one
source says he was born on Aug. 25, 1797)
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Neal, Joseph Clay (1807-1847): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Nichols, Rebecca S. Reed (1820-1903): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Noah, Mordecai Manuel (1785-1851): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Otis, James Frederick (1725-1783): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Paulding, James Kirke (1778-1860): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841) (one source says he was born Aug. 22, 1779)
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Peabody, William Bourn (or Bourne) Oliver (1799-1847): (Graham's Magazine, January 1842) (one source says he died July 5, 1848)
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Peterson, Charles Jacobs (1819-1887): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Pierpont, Rev. John (1785-1866): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Pike, Albert (1809-1891): (Graham's Magazine, January
1842)
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Reynolds, Jeremiah N. (@1799-1858): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Sanderson, John (1783-1844): (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Sargent, Epes (1813-1880): (Graham's Magazine, January
1842) (one source says he was born on Sept. 27, 1812)
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Sedgwick, Catherine Maria (1789-1867): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841) (DLB-1, DLB-74, DLB-183)
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Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia Huntley (1791-1865): (Southern Literary
Messenger, February 1836); (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841) (DLB-1, DLB-42, DLB-73, DLB-183)
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Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841) (DLB-1, DLB-30, DLB-59, DLB-73)
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Slidell, Lieutenant Alexander (1802-1848): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841) (one source says he was born on April 6, 1803)
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Smith, Richard Penn (1799-1854): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842) (one source says he was born in March 1789)
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Smith, Seba (1792-1868): (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Snodgrass, Joseph Evans (1813-1880): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Sparks, Jared (1789-1866): (Southern Literary Messenger, August
1836); (Graham's Magazine, December 1841) (DLB-1,
DLB-30)
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Spear, Thomas G. (????-????): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Sprague, Charles (1791-1875): (Graham's Magazine, January
1842)
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Stedman, Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine (1810-1889): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Stephens, Ann Sophia (1810-1886): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (DLB-3, DLB-73)
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Stockton, Rev. Thomas Hewlings (1808-1868): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Stone, William Leete (1792-1844): (Southern Literary Messenger,
August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December
1841) (DLB-202)
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Story, Joseph D. (1779-1845): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, December
1841) (one source says he was born on Sept. 18, 1799)
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Street, Alfred Billings (1811-1881): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842)
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Tasistro, Count Louis Fitzgerald (1808-1868): (Graham's
Magazine, December 1841)
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Thomas, Frederick William (1806-1866): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841) (one source says he was born on Oct. 25, 1808)
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Thomson, Charles West (1798-1879): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Tomlin, John (1806-1850): (Graham's Magazine, December
1841)
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Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly (1784-1851): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Tuckerman, Henry Theodore (1813-1871): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin (1786-1870): (Graham's
Magazine, January 1842) (DLB-59)
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Wallace, Horace Binney (1817-1852): (Graham's Magazine,
November 1841)
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Walsh, Robert (1784-1859): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November 1841)
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Ware, Professor Henry (1764-1845): (Graham's Magazine,
January 1842) (one source says Henry Ware, Jr. b. April 21, 1794 died Sept. 22, 1843)
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Waterman, Miss Catherine H. (1812-1897): (Graham's
Magazine, November 1841)
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Weld, Horatio Hastings (1811-1888): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery (1798-1876): (Graham's
Magazine, January 1842)
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Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Wilde, Richard Henry (1789-1847): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Willis, Nathaniel Parker (1806-1867): (Southern Literary
Messenger, August 1836); (Graham's Magazine, November
1841)
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Wilmer, Lambert A. (1805-1863): (Graham's Magazine,
December 1841)
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Wirt, William (1772-1834): (Southern Literary Messenger,
February 1836)