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Artists, Writers, and Scientists:

Emanuel Leutze. Two graphite drawings: The first, head

of George Washington in profile, Signed “E. Leutze,” in ink. With an Autograph Inscription

Signed at lower edge: “I could not find a better subject / to fill the place / E.L.” 3

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x9 inches overall, drawn on album page with embossed decorative border.

Nd. The second, a frontiersman on horseback after a figure in his painting, “Westward the

Course of Empire Takes Its Way,” with holograph title at upper left: “A Knight Errant of the

Prairies,” Signed and Inscribed at lower edge, in pencil: “West Point July 1862 / for Mrs.

Gen’l Viele / with compliments / E Leutze.” 7x9 inches * Nathaniel Hawthorne. ALS,

“Nath’l Hawthorne”: “. . . My condition prevents me from producing any original composition

for the benefit of the Fair, or from doing more than expressing my sincerest sympathy in its

objects . . . .” 8vo. 8 March 1864 * Washington Irving. ANS, [to his brother] (lacking saluta-

tion), 6 lines inquiring after his dogs at Sunnyside. With a note from his nephew, Pierre M.

Irving, attesting to the recipient, place (Madrid), and date (1843) of the former note. Nd. Both

on small slips of paper * William Cullen Bryant. Autograph Manuscript dated and Signed,

fair copy of his poem, “Not Yet.” 4to, written on album page. 22 February 1864 * Harriet

Beecher Stowe. AQS, “H.B. Stowe,” 9 lines from

Isaiah

: “Every valley shall be exalted . . . &

the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.” Small 8vo. With a

brief ANS, sending the AQS. 30 March 1864 * James Russell Lowell. Autograph Poem

Signed, “J.R. Lowell,” probably original composition in 4 verses: “The Autograph,” beginning

“‘Tis an old thought, & oft exprest.” 8vo. 7 February 1864 * John Greenleaf Whittier.

Autograph Poem Signed, “J.G.W.,” complete fair copy of “Brown of Ossawatomie.” With an

ALS, sending the poem. 3 pages, 4to, written on a single folded sheet. 14 February 1864 *

Lydia H. Sigourney. Autograph Poem Signed, “L. Huntley Sigourney,” complete fair copy of

“Stars in My Country’s Sky.” 3 pages, 8vo, ruled paper, written on a single folded sheet.

November 1860 * Oliver Wendell Holmes. Autograph Poem Signed, complete fair copy of

“Never or Now,” with a postscript signed: “. . . copied for the ‘Metropolitan Fair’ at the

request of Mrs. General Viele. O.W.H.” 2 pages, 4to, written on separate sheets. 13 February

1864 * Victor Hugo. ANS, “V.H.,” to an unnamed recipient, sending thanks for flowers, in

French. 16mo, with integral blank, mourning stationery. 26 February no year * Thomas

Francis Meagher. ANS, lacking salutation: “. . . shall not all the treasure and all the life it

took to preserve it for the future, vast as the measure of both has been, find their reimbursement

in the new value they accord it; and the nobler devotion which the price of its preservation must

inspire?” 4to, written on album page. 3 March 1864 * Julia Ward Howe. Autograph Poem

Signed, complete fair copy of her “The Dead Christ.” 3 pages, 4to, written on a single folded

sheet. Nd * Louis Agassiz. Brief ALS, “LAgassiz,” to “My dear Alex,” in French, concerning

a trip to Niagara and further travel plans. 8vo. 23 January 1864.