Leighton, William. Autograph letters signed from William Leighton, Wheeling, West Virginia and elsewhere, to various people

Folger bibliographic ID: 222008
Folger call number: Y.c.1280 (1-121)
Folger holdings ID: 251957
Accession Number: cs442, 1115

Correspondents: Joseph Parker Norris and Mrs. Horace Silsby. Also, letter from O.S. Long of the Wheeling Shakespeare Club to [Norris], April 18, 1881. The majority of the letters are to Norris. Leighton airs his views on Shakespeare, referring frequently to Joseph Crosby, and discusses the progress of his own poems. He quotes an opinion of J.G. Whittier on At the court of King Edwin (38), and one of F.J. Furnivall (88). There is a copy of a letter from Leighton to Tennyson with a tracing of Tennyson's reply in (12) and a copy of a letter to Leighton from Moncure D. Conway in (14). Enclosed with (14) is a printed notice of his poem The sons of Godwin from the Literary World, February 1, 1877. Mrs. Silsby wanted to include several of Leighton's poems in a volume of Shakespeare poems, Tributes to Shakespeare, 1892. Two sonnets on Shakespeare are enclosed in (118)

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Extended title: Autograph letters signed from William Leighton, Wheeling, West Virginia and elsewhere, to various people 1876-1891

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 Crosby, Joseph, 1821-1891 Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910 Leighton, William, 1833-1911 Long, O. S., active 1876-1891 Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916 Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916. Tributes to Shakespeare Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Correspondence Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

correspondent: Leighton, William, 1833-1911
subject: Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
subject: Crosby, Joseph, 1821-1891
subject: Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
subject: Leighton, William, 1833-1911
subject: Long, O. S., active 1876-1891
subject: Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916
subject: Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
correspondent: Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
correspondent: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
correspondent: Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916
correspondent: Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916
correspondent: Long, O. S., active 1876-1891
associated with: Wheeling Shakespeare Club (Wheeling, W.V.)