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AMERICAN AUTHORS]. LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Sir," Cambridge, 14 March 1880, 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, a little wrinkled , thanking the recipient for a copy of his book, Wayside Pictures : "...This volume, which embodies so much of your life, I shall read from time to time, as I have leisure; for without leisure and faculties disengaged from other work, no one can properly read poetry...Wishing you, in the words of your English Selden, 'contenting enjoyments of your auspicious desires, and a happy attendance of your chosen Muses'..."--IRVING, WASHINGTON. Autograph letter signed to the London publishers Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, New York, 4 January 1835, 1 page, 4to, inlaid, a long tear (but nothing missing), fold strengthened on verso , a letter of introduction -- BARNUM, P.T. Letter signed, with autograph postscript signed, to a Mr. Moon (?), London, 10 March 1890, 2 pages, 8vo, fold tears , regarding the recipient's book: "...If you will send me three or four copies of your work, I shall be glad to send them to influential friends, but I should not like to take more with me until I can see my way to doing better for your novel..."--NYE, EDGAR WILSON ("Bill Nye"). Autograph letter signed ("E.W. Nye/Bill Nye") to the Boston publishers D. Lothrop & Co., Omaha, Neb., 22 February 1888, 1 page, 4to, on letterhead of "The Daily Bee ," recommending a native of Omaha to work on a proposed series of books, "The Story of the States"--BAYARD TAYLOR Two autograph letters signed to "My dear Sir," New York, 15 June and 27 September 1876, together 3 pages, 8vo , in the first thanking his correspondent for a book and mentioning Vassar ("..I left Vassar so suddenly, in finding the examination [his daughter's entrance exam] would last two days, that I had no time to call upon you..."), and in the second discusses the recipient's proposed writing assignment for the New York Tribune : "...[Whitelaw Reid] agrees with me that the letters, if they give at least a picturesque outline of personal narrative in connection with georgraphical and archaeological descriptions, will interest a large number of the readers..."--WILDER, THORNTON. One autograph letter signed to a Miss [Cahart?] and two autograph cards signed to Phillip Neufeld, Chicago, New Haven, and Hamden, 8 October 1934 and 8 and 18 February 1950, together 6 pages, oblong 12mo and 8vo, one card repaired with scotch tape , the 1934 letter on genealogy and mentioning his grandfather Theophilus Wilder, the cards to Neufeld on friendly and social matters: "Just a word to thank you again for your public and generous expression of confidence in the work I have done...I hope your boy gets on fine in his plans for work in the thteatre and that we all meet again...at the opening of one of his projects" -- And autograph or typed letters signed (one each) by various American authors, etc., including William Lyon Phelps, Peter Benchley ("...I did a couple of drafts of the screenplay of Jaws and have just finished playing a small part in the picture..."), Carl Van Doren (mentioning Stephen Crane), William Rose Benét, William Allen Butler (long letter regarding a history of the Union League Club), Jane G. Austin (literary), Norman Cousins (2 TLS to James Wylie regarding his novel manuscript), Clinton Scollard (literary -- but who cares!), A. Edward Newton ("...My passion is Dr. Johnson..."), Meredith Nicholson (one of the Crawfordsville Seven), and 7 others; together 27 letters and card. (27)