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Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury
(Born: February 25, 1806 - Died: February 10, 1863)
American poet. Emma Catherine Manly was born in New York City. Her father, Dr. James R. Manly, was a prominent physician. On May 10, 1828, she married Daniel Embury, president of the Atlantic Bank in Brooklyn, NY.
- Notice from “Autography”
- “Emma C. Embury” (“A Chapter on Autography” - part I) — November 1841 — Graham’s Magazine
- Notice from “The Literati”
- “Emma C. Embury” (“The Literati of New York City” - No. IV) — August 1846 — Godey’s Lady’s Book
- “Emma C. Embury” (“The Literati”) — 1850 — WORKS
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- Anonymous, “Mrs. Emma C. Embury,” Graham’s Magazine, January 1843, 22:55
- Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., “Emma C. Embury,” Cyclopedia of American Literature, New York: Charles Scribner, 1856, 2:485-486
- Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
- Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. (Second printing 1979)
- Reece, James B., Poe and the New York Literati: A Study of the “Literati” Sketches and of Poe’s Relations with the NewYork Writers, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duke University, 1954.
- Sheldon, Anna K., “Preface,” The Poems of Emma C. Embury, New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869, v-vi (Although the preface is unsigned, the book is copyrighted by Anna K. Sheldon, who was a daughter of Mrs. Embury, and she is presumed to have written it. It is very brief, and verififies some basic information but presents no useful dates.
- Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: G. K. Hall & Sons, 1987.
- Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds., Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1889, 2:341
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