John Wakefield Francis


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John Wakefield Francis

John Wakefield Francis

(Born: November 17, 1789 - Died: February 8, 1861)

American physician, editor, lecturer and author.

 

  • Notice from “The Literati”
    • John W. Francis” (“The Literati of New York City” - No. I) — May 1846 — Godey’s Lady’s Book   (reprinted in the June 1846 issue)
    • John W. Francis” (“The Literati”) — 1850 — WORKS

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  • Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., “John W. Francis,” Cyclopedia of American Literature, New York: Charles Scribner, 1856, 2:121-125
  • 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B., Poe and the New York Literati: A Study of the “Literati” Sketches and of Poe’s Relations with the NewYork Writers, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duke University, 1954.
  • Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: G. K. Hall & Sons, 1987.

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