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Chronology
| Dec. 30 | 1804 | Charles Frederick Briggs born on Nantucket, fourth child of Sally and Jonathan Briggs. | ||
| 1812 | Jonathan Briggs bankrupted and jailed for debt, when British seize his merchant vessel during War of 1812. | |||
| 1824 | Charles Briggs abroad as sailor on voyage to Liverpool. | |||
| 1831 | Oldest brother, William C., captain of shin Phoebe, lost at sea. | |||
| May 16 | 1836 | Marriage of Charles Briggs and Deborah Rawson. | ||
| 1838 | First listing of Briggs in New York City Directory; employed at Water Street address of wholesale grocers. | |||
| Summer | 1839 | Publication of first novel, The Adventures of Harry Franco; beginning of contributions to Knickerbocker and other New York magazines; member of newly-formed American Art Union. | ||
| 1840-42 | Listed in City Directory as partner in wholesale grocers’ firm of Wood, Briggs, and Mather. | |||
| 1843 | Meeting of Briggs and James Russell Lowell; publication of second novel, The Haunted Merchant. | |||
| 1844 | Publication of third novel. Working a Passage; death of infant son. | |||
| January | 1845 | Founding of Broadway Journal. | ||
| March 8 | 1838 | Poe's name printed on mast as assistant editor of Broadway Journal. [page iv:] | ||
| June | 1845 | Loss of Broadway Journal. | ||
| July; | 1846 | Appearance of Pinto letters in New York Mirror. | ||
| 1847 | Serial publication of fourth novel, The Trippings of Tom Pepper, in New York Mirror. | |||
| Dec. 20 | 1847 | Birth of Charlotte Briggs. | ||
| 1848 | Briggs editing Holden's Dollar Magazine; appointed as clerk in Debenture Room of New York Custom House. | |||
| 1853 | Founding of Putnam's Magazine; two poems published in anthology of Nantucket writers. | |||
| June | 1855 | Loss of editorship of Putnam's. | ||
| 1856 | Employed as assistant editor on New York Daily-Times; member of planning committee for development of Central Park. | |||
| 1858 | Publication of Story of the Telegraph, written in collaboration with Augustus Maverick. | |||
| 1861 | Employed as editor of Irving Magazine. | |||
| 1864 | Articles on Fielding and William Page published in New American Cyclopedia. | |||
| 1868 | New series of Putnam's Magazine launched. | |||
| 1870 | Hired by Theodore Tilton as editorial assistant on Brooklyn Union. | |||
| October; | 1873 | Brief editorship of Brooklyn Union. | ||
| Dec. 31 | 1874 | Publication of retrospect, “The Good Old Days,” in New York Independent, summarizing preceding fifty years of New York social history. | ||
| Dec. 28 | 1876 | Publication of “The Widow's Wish,” Christmas story of New York Independent. [page v:] | ||
| Jan. 11 | 1877 | Appearance of first letter from Brewsterville,” in New York Independent. | ||
| June 20 | 1877 | Sudden death of Charles Briggs. | ||
| Sept. 10 | 1899 | Death of Deborah Rawson Briggs. | ||
| Dec. 15 | 1927 | Death of Charlotte Briggs. |
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Notes:
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[S:0 - CFB68, 1968] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Bookshelf - Charles Frederick Briggs (Weidman)