Anne Hampton Brewster papers
LCP.Brewster
Library Company of Philadelphia
26.0 Linear feet
Bulk, 1845-1892
1777-1892
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the materials dating from 1845 to 1892. The materials primarily consist of diaries, journals, commonplace books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes about her writings and drafts of her writings. The materials document Anne Hampton Brewster’s personal life with friends and family, and they document her professional life as a journalist and writer.
Brewster, Anne M. H., (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892
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Biographical/Historical note
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent. She defied familial and social conventions by converting to Catholicism, suing her brother for her share of their mother’s estate, emigrating to Rome, supporting herself financially, and not marrying. Brewster preferred an independent life and supported herself as a writer. After 1868, she lived in Rome, Italy and wrote articles about Italian art, architecture, archaeology, political events and social gossip for numerous American newspapers. Brewster continued to write until her death, publishing three novels, seven pieces of nonfiction, fifty-two short stories, and four poems, along with her many newspaper articles.
Anne Hampton Brewster was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 29, 1818 to Maria Hampton and Francis Enoch Brewster. She had one older brother, Benjamin Harris Brewster, who became an accomplished civil lawyer and served as Attorney General of the United States during Chester A. Arthur’s presidency. Anne’s father abandoned the family in 1834, to live with his mistress and their two sons. He provided minimal support to Anne and her mother, forcing them to rely heavily on Benjamin. As a result, Anne found herself managing her brother’s household. Anne maintained an ambivalent relationship with her brother throughout her life.
In fact, according to author Denise M. Larrabee, Brewster was also ambivalent about her place in the world as a woman, finding it difficult to reconcile her desire for independence and her inclination to write with her own Victorian values. Over the course of her life, however, independence became her predominant desire, one she ultimately achieved through writing.
According to Larrabee, this ambivalence was displayed in her use of a pseudonym, Enna Duval, at the start of her writing career. Between 1845 and 1849, Brewster published at least twenty-two short stories. All her protagonists were women, and the stories shared a common theme: “Marriage brings happiness only if one marries for love, not financial security,” (Larrabee, p. 11). In 1849, she published her first book, a novella titled
Spirit Sculpture, and her first poem, “New Year Meditation,” was published in
Graham’s Magazine. After the publication of “New Year Meditation,” she was hired by Graham’s as an editor, a post she held until 1851.
It was after Anne’s father died in 1854 that she began her efforts for financial independence in earnest. Maria Hampton Brewster, her mother, died the year before, a tremendous personal loss for Anne. Maria left Anne her entire estate, per an understanding with her husband that stated Maria could dispose of her pre-marriage assets as she saw fit. However, Anne’s father reneged on the agreement, and left his entire estate, including Maria Hampton Brewster’s assets, to his two illegitimate sons. Anne’s brother, Benjamin, eventually convinced his half brothers to share the inheritance. Benjamin, however, retained control of Anne’s share. Completely dissatisfied with this arrangement, Anne took her brother to court. They battled in court for years; Anne eventually lost and Benjamin retained control of her inheritance.
Despite these legal issues, the 1850s proved a successful and exciting decade for Brewster. To begin with, between 1851 and 1857, she published four short stories. Then in 1857, leaving the matter of her lawsuit in the hands of a friend and lawyer, Charles F. Thomas, Brewster traveled to Italy and Switzerland. In Europe, she spent her time reading, writing, and studying French, German, and Italian. She returned to America in August of 1858, settled in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and supported herself by writing and teaching music and French. In 1859, Brewster wrote and published numerous short stories in
Harper’s Magazine,
The Atlantic Monthly,
Peterson’s Magazine,
Dwight’s Journal of Music and
The Knickerbocker. She also published the novel
Compensation. By this time, she had more confidence in her writing and abandoned use of her pseudonym. In 1866, she published her second novel,
St. Martin’s Summer.
In 1868, Brewster returned to Italy, where she would stay for the rest of her life. To help support herself in Rome, Anne wrote weekly or monthly articles about Italian art, architecture, archaeology, political events and social gossip for American newspapers. Most notably, she wrote for the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and
Boston Daily Advertiser. Her newspaper articles gained attention, and she became prominent in artistic circles in Rome. She hosted a weekly salon where she entertained other famous writers and musicians of the day, and she developed close relationships with many of them.
Brewster was able to fully support herself in Italy, though she was not without financial worries. Income generated from her inheritance fluctuated from year to year, and in some years she needed to write more to compensate. Then, in the 1880s, she began to lose her newspaper engagements. Journalism in America was changing, and her contributions as well as her writing style were becoming antiquated. Her financial situation forced her to move to Sienna, Italy, where it was significantly less expensive to live. Though she missed Rome, she remained in affordable Sienna, still valuing her independence above all else. While there, she published one last article in the magazine
Cosmopolitan, about her life in Sienna. She died in 1892.
Bibliography:
Larrabee, Denise M.
Anne Hampton Brewster: 19th Century Author and “Social Outlaw”. Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1992.
For a more detailed description of Anne Hampton Brewster’s life and this collection, Larrabee's entire article is available through Google books at: http://tinyurl.com/23oycvg
Scope and Contents note
The Anne Hampton Brewster papers dates from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the materials dating from 1845 to 1892. The materials primarily consist of diaries, journals, commonplace books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes about her writings and drafts of her writings. The materials document Anne Hampton Brewster’s personal life with friends and family, as well as her professional life as a journalist and writer.
The papers are divided into thirteen series: “Personal correspondence,” “Diaries and journals,” “Commonplace books,” “Copybooks,” “Drafts of articles, literature and nonfiction,” “Miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera,” “Printed publications and newspaper articles,” “Manuscripts and printed materials of authors,” “Correspondence collection,” “Newspaper clippings,” “Autograph collection,” “Mary Howell collection of correspondence with Anne Hampton Brewster” and “Carpenter correspondence.”
The series “Personal correspondence” consists of incoming letters and notes, and two outgoing letters, all dating from 1857 to 1882. They are arranged in alphabetical order according to the correspondent’s last name, with the exception of two folders at the end of the series, consisting of unsorted materials labeled “Miscellaneous correspondence.” The correspondence includes letters from friends and colleagues, including painter and poet Thomas Buchanan Read; author Amelia Edwards; poet Joaquin Miller; and editor, poet and sculptor William Wetmore Story. There are also letters from other notable individuals, including archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani, Confederate soldier and Florida senator William Wing Loring, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and publisher Joshua B. Lippincott. The letters evidence the exchange of artistic ideas between Anne Hampton Brewster and her friends and colleagues as well as their friendship. Visiting cards are attached to many of the letters, some of which are annotated.
The series “Diaries and journals” contains twenty-five diaries and journals and one fragment of a journal, all dating from 1845 to 1892. They are arranged in chronological order and there are no gaps in the date span. The diaries and journals offer a look into Anne Hampton Brewster’s life, opinions, and feelings. They reveal information about her relationship with her mother and brother, her relationship with actress Charlotte Cushman, her conversion to Catholicism and relationship with god. Also included in this series are various loose newspaper clippings, poems, drawings and visiting cards, which were originally found within the pages of the diaries. The series “Commonplace books” dates from 1845 to 1892 and consists of seventy volumes and two fragments of volumes. The volumes are arranged in chronological order and there are no gaps in the date span. In her commonplace books, Brewster recorded cooking recipes, financial information, quotations, notes for articles, poetry and newspaper clippings. Entries pertain to a number of different topics, such as history, Rome, the Pope and archeology. Like her diaries, Brewster kept loose newspaper clippings, poems, drawings and visiting cards within the pages of her commonplace books. Those materials, though they have been removed from the pages of the books, are also housed in the series.
The series “Copybooks” dates from circa 1844, and from 1869 to 1888. The copybooks contain handwritten copies of Anne Hampton Brewster’s articles printed in various publications. The copybooks are arranged in alphabetical order according to newspaper or publication. Copies of articles written for newspapers such as the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia),
Boston Daily Advertiser, and
Chicago Daily News are heavily represented.
The series “Drafts of articles, literature and nonfiction” dates from 1856 to 1889. It includes handwritten drafts of Anne Hampton Brewster’s published and unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, a poem, translations, newspaper articles, notes and other drafts. The works are arranged in this order and they are arranged alphabetically within those groups. In particular, there is a draft for Brewster’s nonfiction work,
Christina of Sweden; her fictional,
The Magic Gate of the Villa Palombara; and portions of her book,
Saint Martin’s Summer. The series also includes writings recollecting Brewster’s voyage to Europe in 1868. Much of the work, both fiction and nonfiction, deals with Rome and Europe.
The series “Miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera” dates from 1850 to 1882, although many materials in the series are undated. The series consists of thirty-one folders, mostly containing single items, which relate to papers found elsewhere in the collection. As such, all researchers are advised to review this series in any search. Included are various visiting cards, poems and poem fragments, some newspaper clippings, handwritten lists of books and various other materials related to religion and Rome. The folders are arranged in alphabetical order according to folder title.
The “Printed publications and newspaper articles” series includes newspaper clippings and articles written by Anne Hampton Brewster that were published between 1853 and 1888. The first seven articles are arranged in alphabetical order by title and are filed individually. The headings “Foreign correspondence” and “Newspaper clippings” follow and are arranged generally in chronological order (papers within files are NOT in chronological order). Under “Foreign correspondence” are articles dealing solely with Brewster’s career as an American correspondent in Rome. Under “Newspaper clippings” there are filed works by Brewster, but there are also a few articles from other authors. For a related series, see “Newspaper clippings,” which contains articles by Brewster and other authors that she saved. The “Manuscripts and printed materials of other authors” series consists of sixteen items that include copies of works, manuscripts, and signed poems of other authors, many with whom Brewster was affiliated. Authors represented include painter and poet Thomas Buchanan Read and poet Joaquin Miller. For related material on these individuals, researchers should also review series “Personal correspondence,” “Diaries and journals,” and “Correspondence collection.” The items date from 1869 to 1886 and are arranged in alphabetical order according to the author’s last name.
The “Correspondence collection” series dates from 1791 to 1892; there are also undated materials. The series contains twenty-two letters, which Brewster collected. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order according to last name of the person who wrote the letter. The letters include correspondence with poet-painter Thomas Buchanan Read, poet Joaquin Miller and others. Of interest within the series is a signed copy of a letter from George Washington to James Madison.
The series “Newspaper clippings” contains hundreds of articles written by Anne Hampton Brewster and others, published in various American, French and Italian newspapers from 1835 to 1890. The articles are primarily about Rome, European social life, European politics and religion. One folder contains newspaper clippings about the death of Brewster’s brother, Benjamin Harris Brewster. The articles are arranged in chronological order by folder; clippings are not arranged within folders. For related materials regarding Anne Hampton Brewster’s writings, see also “Printed publications and newspaper articles.”
The series “Autograph collection” dates from 1777 to 1872, and includes items collected by Anne Hampton Brewster from notable people and historical events. There is correspondence, locks of hair from notable individuals’ heads, stamps from the Confederate states, currency from the Continental and Confederate states, a draft of the first section of the Emancipation Proclamation and papers relating to the purchase of this draft. The papers, which were at one time bound into a volume owned by Brewster, are now removed from the volume and individually foldered. They are arranged in what was most likely the order in which they were originally bound, which has no discernable order. There is also an autograph album filed at the end of the series.
The series “Mary Howell collection of correspondence with Anne Hampton Brewster” contains 138 letters dating from 1854 to 1868 that were saved by Mary Howell from Anne Hampton Brewster. The letters mostly pertain to Brewster’s life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Bridgeton, New Jersey. The two women, both originally from Philadelphia, were close friends. Their correspondence reflects this friendship, including many intimate discussions regarding abolitionists, love, men, politics, race and careers. The letters detail Brewster’s intimate relationships with actress Charlotte Cushman and Mary Howell. They also discuss her mother’s death and her mixed emotions about living with her brother. The last letter in this series, “Letter to Howell, Mary from Daniels, C.J.” was included in the collection but appears unrelated to Anne Hampton Brewster. The series “Carpenter correspondence” was included with the accession of the “Mary Howell collection of correspondence with Anne Hampton Brewster.” The letters date from 1872 to 1888 and include correspondence between Harriet Odin Dorr Carpenter (“Kitty”) and her husband James Edward Carpenter, and a letter from Louis H. Carpenter to Harriet Odin Dorr Carpenter. They were included because Anne Hampton Brewster, while living in Rancocas, New Jersey, where the Carpenters lived, mentioned the Carpenters in her letters.
Related Archival Materials note
Syracuse University Library: Anne Hampton Brewster correspondence, 1870-1892.
Brewster, Anne M. H., (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892
Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Duval, Enna, 1819-1892
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
Autographs (manuscripts)
Bridgeton (N.J.)
Clippings
Commonplace books
Correspondence
Diaries
Manuscripts
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Poets, American
Publications
Rome
Women authors, American
Women journalists
Series I. Personal correspondence
Letter to Brewster, Benjamin Harris (this is the last letter to her brother before his death, unreceived)
1
1
1888 March 28
Letter to Ticker, Mary Agnes
1
2
1879 July 16
Armellini, J. (Signed letter)
1
3
1870 March 29
Armellini, J. (Note)
1
4
undated
Blackwood, John (Signed letters)
1
5
1878 July 7, 1878 July 28, 1879 July 5
Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (Signed letter)
1
6
1882 December 12
Brewster, Benjamin Harris (Letter)
1
7
circa 1850s-1860s
Bridgeman, Frederic Arthur (Signed letter)
1
8
1877 November 7
Bull, Sara (Signed letter with enclosure "Criticism and Pagannini" by Ole Bull)
1
9
1882 February 13
Campbell, Juliet H. L. (Signed letter)
1
10
1861 May 3
Capel, Monsignor (Signed letter with visiting cards)
1
11
1883
Castellani, Alejandro (Signed note on a visiting card)
1
12
1877 May 31
Charette, Antoinette Polk (Signed letters)
1
13
undated
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement (Signed letter)
1
14
1882 March 8
Cowden-Clarke, Mary (Signed letter)
1
15
1881 February 10
de Salms, Elisabeth (Signed letter)
1
16
undated
Edwards, Amelia B. (Signed letters with one envelope)
1
17
1871 December 31, 1872 January 13, 1873 November 15
Eikerling, J. C. (Signed letter)
1
18
1871 August 29
Elmer, Charles E. (Signed letter)
1
19
1859 October 24, 1859 November 20, 1859 December, 1859 December 14, 1859 December 30, 1860 October 21
Ferrari, E. (Signed letter)
1
20
1880 May 29
Fields and Osgood, C. (Signed letter)
1
21
1869 July 21
Godard, Benjamin (Signed letter)
1
22
1880 May 23
Goddard, D. A. (Signed letter)
1
23
1870 May 3
Loring, Sarah Dana (Signed letter with lines by Baron Visconti from Greenough)
1
24
undated
Haven, Alice B. (Signed letter with envelope)
1
25
undated
Hohnstock, [?] (Letter)
1
26
undated
Hohnstock, Adele (Signed letters with visiting card)
1
27
undated
Hohnstock, Karl (Signed letter)
1
28
undated
Hohnstock, Minna (Signed letter)
1
29
undated
Hosmer, Harriet G. (Signed letter)
1
30
undated
Howe, Julia Ward (Signed letter with Julia Ward Howe's "Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World")
1
31
1871 January 29
Howitt, Mary (Signed letters)
1
32
undated
Jackson, Helen Hunt (Signed letters)
1
33
1869 July 11, 1869 October 26
Jennison, Lulie (Signed letter)
1
34
1883 January 28
Johnstone, James (Note)
1
35
undated
Lanciani, Elena and Marcella (Signed letter)
1
36
1888 December 26
Lanciani, Rodolfo (Signed letters)
1
37
undated
Lanciani, Rodolfo (Signed notes on visiting cards)
1
38
undated
Lanciani, Rodolfo (Letter)
1
39
undated
Leighton, Frederick (Signed letters with one envelope)
1
40
undated
Linton, E. Lyon (Signed letter)
1
41
1878 May 3
Lippincott, Joshua B. (Signed letter)
1
42
1870 January 19
J. B. Lippincott and Company (Book freight receipts)
1
43
1870 January 5, 1870 January 13
Lockhart, Guglielmo (Signed letters with envelope and four visiting cards)
1
44
1891 November 20, 1891 December 17, 1892 January 30
Lockhart, Guglielmo (Signed notes)
1
45
undated
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Signed letter with envelope)
1
46
1878 September 13
Loring, William Wing (Signed letters)
1
47
1874 August 27, 1874 December, 1876 June 21, 1876 July 8, undated
Mason, John Young (Signed letter with envelope and visiting card)
1
48
1857 June 14
Miller, Cincinnatus Hine (Joaquin) (Signed letter)
1
49
undated
Moore, Morris (Signed letters with Bishop J. G. Strossmayer's visiting card and Morris Moore's visiting card)
1
50
1870 May 3, 1870 May 7, 1870 June 7
Moulton, Louise Chandler (Signed letters with clippings of four poems by Moulton)
1
51
undated
Nardi, Monsignor Francesco (Signed letters with two visiting cards)
1
52
undated
Peacock, Gibson (Signed letter with copy) and Signed letter from Elizabeth F. Ellet to the Editors of
The Philadelphia Bulletin
1
53
1871 February 14, 1871 January
Pierce, Edward Lillie (Signed letter)
1
54
1879 May 7
Ramsay, Milne (Signed letter)
1
55
1877 November 13
Read, Thomas Buchanan (Signed letters with two envelopes and a newspaper clipping)
1
56
circa 1859, 1859 January 7, 1859 April 24, 1859 December 9, 1859 December 26, 1869 November 11, circa 1871-1872
Ripalda, [?] (Signed letters)
1
57
1877 July 2, 1882 January 15, 1882 May 2
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (Signed letter)
1
58
1877 November 24
San Andrea Balcony giving "permission to use the Corsini Library" (Note)
1
59
undated
Schuyler, Eugene (Signed letters)
1
60
1882 July 15
Sfer, Michel (Letters with one envelope)
1
61
undated
Sfer, Michel (Signed letters)
1
62
1871 July 19, 1871 July 24, 1871 July 29, 1871 August 26
Stoddard, Charles W. (Letters with visiting card)
1
63
1878 September 20
Story, William Wetmore (Signed letters)
1
64
1877 January, 1877 April 6, 1888 April 22
Thomas, Charles F. (Signed letter)
1
65
1881 March 12
Thomas, John (Signed letter with visiting card)
1
66
1869 March 19
Trollope, Frances Eleanor (Signed letters)
1
67
1882 December 13
Vanderbilt, Mrs. (Letter)
1
68
1884 June 22
Villari, Pasquale (Signed letter)
1
69
1875 February 2
Waters, G. F. (Signed letter and enclosures including Signed letter from Sarah Bull and "Criticism of Paganini" by Ole Bull)
1
70
1882 February 15
White, Andrew Dickson (Signed letter)
1
71
1879 December 9
Wreford, Henry (Signed letter)
1
72
undated
Miscellaneous correspondence
1
73
1860-1891
Miscellaneous correspondence
1
74
undated
Series II. Diaries and journals
Journal
2
1
1845 June-1848 December
Journal with poem fragment
2
2
1849 January-1851 June
Journal
2
3
1855 August-1858 April
Journal
2
4
1858 April-1859 January
Journal with envelopes and mementos
3
1
1859 January-1860 September
Journal
3
2
1860 October-1862 April
Journal
3
3
1862 May-1865 May
Journal
3
4
1865 May-1867 July
Journal (with trading card with calendar and manuscript fragment) 1867 August-1871 May
4
1
Journal
4
2
1868-1892
Journal Fragment
4
3
1871
Journal
4
4
1871 October-1874 April
Journal with visiting card and note from Mrs. Charles D. Warner
4
5
1874 April-1877 November
Journal with pencil drawing of house with plans
5
1
1877 February-1877 November
Journal with Illustrated Easter card, visiting cards, and French holy card
5
2
1877 December-1882 October
Journal
5
3
1882 October-1885 October
Journal
5
4
1885 October-1886 September
Journal
6
1
1886 September-1888 February
Journal
6
2
1888 February-1888 December
Diary
6
3
1889
Diary
6
4
1889
Journal
6
5
1889
Journal
7
1
1889 September-1890 July
Journal
7
2
1890 July-1891 September
Diary
7
3
1891
Journal
7
4
1891 September-1892 March
Series III. Commonplace books
Fragment
8
1
[1845?]-1854
8
2
1846, 1886
8
3
1850-1851
Poetry
8
4
1850-1851
French idiom book and everyday readings
8
5
1850-1858
Everyday readings
8
6
1851-1855
8
7
1855-1857
Notebook (with newspaper clipping of article, "Metternich-A Retrospect")
9
1
1857-1861
9
2
1857-1861
9
4
1858-1869
With sheet music
9
5
1860-1862
9
6
1861-1867
9
7
1862-1864
9
8
1863-1864
Notebook
10
1
1864-1865
10
2
1865
10
3
1867-1869
10
4
1867-1885
Catalogue of library
10
5
1868-1869
10
6
1869
With Croix des Catacombes de Saint-Pontien a Rome pamphlet
10
7
1869-1870
11
1
1870
11
2
1870
11
3
1870-1871
11
4
1871
11
5
1871
With Episcopal church building fund donation form and notes
11
6
1871-1872
11
7
1871-1877
11
8
1872-1873
With newspaper clipping "On batit actuellement dans le jardin de l'hôpital"
12
1
1873
With newspaper clippings
12
2
1873-1874
With newspaper clipping "A Ostia sono state scoperte in questi"
12
3
1874
With newspaper clippings
12
4
1874
12
5
1874-1875
12
6
1875
With newspaper clippings
12
9
1875-1876
12
7
1875
12
8
1875
12
10
1875-1876
12
11
1875, 1877, 1882
With newspaper clippings, tonic directions, and a stamp
13
1
1876
13
2
1876-1877
13
3
1877
13
4
1877-1878
13
5
1878
13
6
1878
13
7
1878-1879
13
8
1879
13
9
1879
13
10
1879-1880
14
1
1880 February
14
2
1880 May
14
3
1880 August
14
4
1880-1881
14
5
1880-1887
14
6
1881 January
14
7
1881 April
14
8
1881 August
Everyday readings
14
9
1881-1882
14
10
1882-1883
14
11
1883
14
12
1883-1884
14
13
1884-1885
15
1
1885
15
2
1885-1886
15
3
1887-1890
15
4
1889-1890
15
5
1890-1892
Fragment
15
6
1892
15
7
undated
15
8
undated
15
9
undated
Address book
15
10
undated
Series IV. Copybooks
Abstracts of newsletters
16
1
1869 October 12-1870 June 21
Blackwoods Magazine (including "Miss Cushman" and "Washington in 1846. Leaves from a Young Woman's Journal")
16
2
1878 August
Boston Daily Advertiser (fragment)
16
3
1870 May 6
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
4
1870 July-1871 May
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
5
1871 June-1872 September
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
6
1872 December-1874 September
Boston Daily Advertiser (with letter from Brewster to Goddard)
16
7
1874 October-1876 January
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
8
1876 February-1877 July
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
9
1877 August-1878 September
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
10
1878 October-1879 October
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
11
1879 November-1880 July
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
12
1880 September-1881 September
Boston Daily Advertiser and
Daily Evening Telegraph
16
13
1881 October-1882 September
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
14
1882 October-1883 March
Boston Daily Advertiser
16
15
1883 April-June
Boston Sunday Herald
16
16
1887 January-April
Boston Sunday Herald
16
17
1887 April-June
Boston Sunday Herald
16
18
1887 September-December
Boston Sunday Herald
16
19
1888 January 1
Chicago Daily News
16
20
1885 May-December
Chicago Daily News
16
21
1886 January-August
Chicago Daily News
16
22
1886 September-1887 May
Chicago Daily News
16
23
1887 June-1888 January
Cincinnati Commercial (with letter from Brewster to Murat Halstead 1871 February 14)
16
24
1870 August-1871 February
Cincinnati Gazette
16
25
1873 May 10
Continental
17
1
1880 October 23
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
2
1878 July-November
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
3
1878 December-1879 April
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
4
1879 April-August
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
5
1879 August-1880 January
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
6
1880 February-June
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
7
1880 June-November
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
8
1880 November-1881 March
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia) (with correspondence from Brewster to Editor,
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia) 1881 April 13)
17
9
1881 March-July
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
10
1881 July-December
Daily Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia)
17
11
1881 December-1882 January
Lippincott's Magazine
17
12
1844?
Lippincott's Magazine
17
13
1844?
New Century (with letter from Brewster to Editor,
New York Graphic)
17
14
1876 July, 1876 September 2
New York Evening Post ("What is Doing and Has Been done in Rome")
17
15
1885 February, 1886 December, 1887 February
New York World (with review of Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, the
Boston Advertiser, and
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin)
17
16
1876 August-1877 February
New York World
17
17
1876 August-1877 April
New York World
17
18
1877 December-1878 June
New York World
17
19
1878 April-June
Newark Courier (fragment)
17
20
1870 June 6
Newark Courier (with
Cincinnati Commercial and
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin)
17
21
1870
Newark Courier
17
22
1870 August-November
Newark Courier
17
23
1870 November 15-29
Newark Courier (fragment) (with "Occupations of Romans not used)
17
24
undated
Parisian
18
1
1879 November-1880 March
Parisian ("Le Contrade of Siena")
18
2
1880 March-April
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
3
1870 July-November
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
4
1870 November-1871 March
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
5
1871 March-September
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
6
1871 September-1872 February
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (with
Boston Advertiser)
18
7
1872 March-October
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
8
1872 October-1873 May
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
9
1873 May-August
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
10
1873 August-November
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
11
1873 November-1874 May
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
12
1874 May-October
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
13
1874 November-1875 May
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
14
1875 May-November
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
15
1875 November-1876 April
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
16
1876 May-November
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
17
1876 November-1877 April
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
18
1877 May-October
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
19
1877 October-1878 February
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
18
20
1878 March-June
San Francisco Chronicle
18
21
1885 March-June
San Francisco Chronicle
18
22
1885 June-September
Series V. Drafts of articles, literature and nonfiction
Fiction: Chapter 2.
Father and Daughter
19
1
undated
Fiction: Chapter 3d.
Little Threads
19
2
undated
Fiction: "Elysium" from
Saint Martin's Summer
19
3
undated
Fiction: "Franz and Leonard"
19
4
undated
Fiction: "Life's Reaping"
19
5
undated
Fiction: "The Magic Gater of the Villa Palombara at Rome"
19
6
undated
Fiction: "The New Model"
19
7
undated
Newspaper articles, drafts
19
8
1870s-1880s
Nonfiction:
Christina of Sweden
19
9
undated
Nonfiction: "Corilla Olimpica"
19
10
undated
Nonfiction: "French Chateau Life"
19
11
circa 1884
Nonfiction: "Longfellow"
19
12
undated
Nonfiction: "Mariano Fortuny"
19
13
circa 1875
Nonfiction: Memoirs-childhood recollections-family history
19
14
undated
Nonfiction: Memoirs-recollection of voyage to Europe in 1868
19
15
1868 September 9
Nonfiction: "Music in Naples, Matteo, and Ducci"
19
16
undated
Nonfiction: "On European Cities"
19
17
undated
Nonfiction: On the Coronation Ceremony of King Charles Emmanuel III
19
18
undated
Nonfiction: "A Poet's Crowning"
19
19
undated
Nonfiction: "Procession of the St. Francesca Romana Relics" from the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin, Letter no. 13
19
20
undated
Nonfiction: "Professor Cesare Maccari" (with Maccari's visiting card)
19
21
undated
Nonfiction: "A Roman Marriage a Hundred Years Ago"
19
22
undated
Nonfiction: "The Story of Beefsteak" (fragment)
19
23
undated
Nonfiction: "Streets of Rome"
19
24
undated
Nonfiction: "Was His Majesty Mad?"
19
25
undated
Nonfiction: "Washington Forty Years Ago" (Female Society in Washington, D. C. 1846-1850)
19
26
undated
Poetry: "I have seen a young girl" (first line)
19
27
undated
Translations: "The First Wrinkle" (translation from French)
19
28
1889 May 25
Translations: "Historical Compendium of the Palatine" by Lanciani and Visconti
20
1
undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
20
2
1869, undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
20
3
undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
20
4
1869, undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
20
5
undated
Series VI. Miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera
Accademia Drammatic-Musicale, La Sigra Adelaide Ristori program
20
6
1871
"Anne Hathaway" (poem)
20
7
undated
Arcadia certificate of membership for Anne Hampton Brewster (with envelope)
20
8
1873
"Bessie" (printed poem, two copies)
20
9
1888 December
"Biblioteca Degli Arcadi"
20
10
1882
Bookmark from Brewster's commonplace book: Poems 1850
20
11
circa 1850
"Carta Della Spedizione Francese in Tunisia," map
20
12
circa 1881
Personal visiting cards
20
13
undated
List of books
20
14
undated
List of "Home Works of Reference"
20
15
undated
Typescript fragment regarding Benjamin Harris Brewster
20
16
undated
"Copy of a Prayer Found in an Old English Paper"
20
17
undated
"Edwina and Dorothy" (printed poem)
20
18
1888 December 9
"February Magazines" (mentions Brewster's "Palimpsest of Paris")
20
19
undated
Grand Hotel de Perugia menu
20
20
circa 1880s
"Great Weakness I Prove" (poem, title derived from first line)
20
21
undated
Leges Arcadum
20
22
undated
Drawings of bookplates and crests including Smith, Lloyd P. and Brewster, Benjamin Harris
20
23
undated
Visiting cards (Madame de Klouchine, Mrs. Payson, Cav. Giovannia Battista de Rossi, Mrs. S. Schuster, La Barone A. d'Hangest d'Yvoy, Furst von Bismarck, Pietro Mancion, Dr. Taussig, Madame Calderon de la Barca, Claes Lagergren, and Prof. Domenico Gnoli)
20
24
undated
"Miss Brewster" article from
New York Observer
20
25
1881
Plan du Palatin
20
26
undated
"Prayer's for Justice"
20
27
undated
"Reverend Fabrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano"
20
28
1870 May 20
Reviews of "Compensation" by Brewster (newspaper clippings)
20
29
undated
Reviews of
Saint Martin's Summer by Brewster (newspaper clippings)
20
30
1866
Sheet music book: "Duetto-per Soprano e Baritomo"
20
31
[1856 June 22]
"Testament de St. Francois de Sales" (photograph)
20
32
undated
"Venerdi Santo 11 Aprile 1873" (with envelope)
20
33
1873
Vittorio Amedeo II, Lombardia and Carlo Emanuele III, Sicilia (portrait prints)
20
34
undated
Handmade paper with portrait of Leo XIII and dedication in watermark
20
35
undated
Miscellaneous ephemera
20
36
undated
Series VII. Printed publications and newspaper articles
"Ball Playing in Rome" by Anne Hampton Brewster (printed in
New York Daily Graphic)
21
1
1876 August 19
"Ce Qui Est Differe N'est Pas Perov," by Enna Duval (Anne Hampton Brewster) (printed in
Evening Bulletin)
21
2
1853 April 2
"How We Spent Sunday" by Anne Hampton Brewster (printed in Dwight's
Journal of Music)
21
3
1859 October 8
"The Home of a Sculptor," by Anne Hampton Brewster (printed in
New York World)
21
4
1876 December 5
"Rachel," by Anne Hampton Brewster (printed in
Daily Evening Bulletin)
21
5
circa 1858-1868
"The Story of Two Women," by Anne Hampton Brewster (printed in
New York Daily Graphic)
21
6
1876 July 26
"Vox Humana," by Anne Hampton Brewster (proofs)
21
7
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (printed in
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, newspaper clipping)
21
8
1870 September 9
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (various publications, newspaper clippings)
21
9
1870-1888
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (various publication, newspaper clippings)
21
10
circa 1870
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (mostly from
Boston Daily Advertiser, newspaper clippings)
21
11
circa 1879-1881
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (various publications, newspaper clippings)
21
12
circa 1880
Foreign correspondence, letters from Rome (various publications, newspaper clippings)
21
13
circa 1887
Newspaper clippings: Articles by Anne Hampton Brewster
21
14
1869-1882
Newspaper clippings: Articles, columns, and printed letters by Anne Hampton Brewster
21
15
1869-1882
Newspaper clippings: Articles, columns, and printed letters by Anne Hampton Brewster (some articles tipped in by others)
22
1
1869-1883
Newspaper clippings: Articles, columns, and printed letters by Anne Hampton Brewster (some articles tipped in by others)
22
2
1869-1885
Newspaper clippings: Articles, columns, and printed letters by Anne Hampton Brewster (some articles tipped in by others)
22
3
1876-1882
Newspaper clippings: Articles, columns, and printed letters by Anne Hampton Brewster (some articles tipped in by others)
22
4
1876-1882, undated
Series VIII. Manuscripts and printed materials of other authors
Cowden-Clarke, Mary: "Possessors of Mrs. Cowden Clarke's 'Concordance to Shakespeare'"
23
1
1881 January
d'Annunzio, Gabriele: "Ballata" (manuscript poem)
23
2
1886
d'Annunzio, Gabriele: "Tre Odi" (manuscript poem, signed)
23
3
circa 1886
d' Annunzio, Gabriele: "Viviana" (manuscript poem, signed)
23
4
1886
Jackson, Helen Hunt (Untitled manuscript poem?)
23
5
undated
Lanciani, Rodolfo (Eight manuscripts)
23
6
undated
Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin) (Commonplace book fragment)
23
7
undated
Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin): "In Africa" (signed poem)
23
8
undated
Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin): "Up the Nile" (signed poem)
23
9
undated
Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin): "Up the Nile" and "In Africa" (copies by Brewster)
23
10
undated
Moulton, Louise Chandler: "For Queen Anne" (manuscript poem)
23
11
1876 March 23
Mulock, Dinah Marie: "Phillip My King" (manuscript poem)
23
12
undated
Parsons, T. W.: "Dante's Purgatorio. Canto Fifteenth" (translation, proof)
23
13
undated
Read, Thomas Buchanan: "Coals of Fire" (printed poem)
23
14
1872 March 8
Read, Thomas Buchanan: "The Golden Now" (signed poem)
23
15
undated
Stoddard, Charles Warren: "Roman Receptions at Anne Brewster's Home" (newspaper article)
23
16
undated
Series IX. Correspondence collection
Borromeoi, Cardinal to de Medici, Cardinal (copy of a signed letter with envelope)
23
17
1869
Brewster, C. N. to "Sir" (signed letter)
23
18
1883 April 5
Ciccolini, Stefano (two letters)
23
19
1873
Clinton, Dewitt to Ferris, Benjamin (signed letter)
23
20
1821 February 13
Fillmore, Millard to Thomas, Charles F. (signed letter)
23
21
1857 May 30
Fonderie Speciale de Cloches (letter)
23
22
circa 1870
Hampton, John T. to Hampton, Mercy (signed letter)
23
23
1791 December 28
Kent, Judge W. to Shufftin, R. L. (signed letter)
23
24
1876 July 28
Lansing, John to Ferris, Benjamin (signed letter)
23
25
undated
Lessoiz, Raul to Stewart, Monsieur (signed letter regarding article on Mariano Fortuny with envelope)
23
26
undated
Linton, E. Lyon to Greenough, Mrs. Richard (signed letter with envelope)
23
27
1880 October 15
Linton, E. Lyon to Story, Evelyn (signed letter)
23
28
undated
Longfellow, Miss. To Read, Thomas and Harriet (letter)
23
29
1868 December 23
Nile, T. to Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin)
23
30
1875 July 20
Offaly, Earl of to Read, Thomas Buchanan and Harriet (letter)
23
31
1869 January 14
Owen, Robert Dale to American Consul (signed letter)
23
32
1857 February 15
Sambon, Giulio (letter)
23
33
1892
Thomas, Ambrose (signed letter)
23
34
1880
Washington, George to Madison, James (copy of a signed letter)
23
35
1792 May 20
Zaid, M. Ali to Layard (copy of a signed letter)
23
36
undated
Series X. Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings about Europe written by Anne Hampton Brewster and others
23
37
1835-1877
Newspaper clippings (French)
23
38
1869-1870
Newspaper clippings of articles by Anne Hampton Brewster and others (mostly about Rome or obituaries)
24
1
circa 1870
Newspaper clippings of articles about Europe (Italian and English)
24
2
circa 1870
Newspaper clippings scrapbook
24
3
1872, 1874, 1890, undated
Newspaper clippings, mostly about European social life and politics (in English, Italian, and French)
25
1
1879-1889
Newspaper clippings, foreign correspondence, letters from Rome
25
2
1880-1890
Newspaper clippings about European religious, social, and political affairs (in English, Italian, and French)
25
3
circa 1880
Newspaper clippings about Europe and obituaries
25
4
circa 1890
Newspaper clippings regarding Brewster, Benjamin Harris
25
5
1888
Newspaper clippings of articles written about Rome and Europe by Anne Hampton Brewster and others
25
6
undated
Newspaper clippings (English and Italian)
25
7
undated
Series XI. Autograph collection
Draft of first section of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, Abraham
26
1
1862 July 25
Broadside for the sale of Lincoln's Proclamation
26
2
circa 1864
Certificate for Emancipation Proclamation from Carpenter, T. P.
26
3
1864 June 17
Correspondence regarding Lincoln's proclamation from Welling, James C. to Brewster, Anne Hampton
26
4
1864 June 13
Correspondence regarding draft of Emancipation Proclamation from Carpenter, T. P. to Brewster, Anne Hampton
26
5
1865 November 9
Correspondence regarding draft of Emancipation Proclamation from Welling, James C. to Brewster, Anne Hampton
26
6
1868 July 10
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Brady, M. B. (print)
26
7
undated
Lock of hair of Clay, Henry
26
8
undated
Lock of hair of Jackson, Andrew
26
9
undated
Lock of hair of Washington, George
26
10
undated
Correspondence to Potter, Brigadier General to Washington, George
26
11
1777 October 15
Lock of hair of Jefferson, Thomas
26
12
circa 1826
Correspondence from Jefferson, Thomas to Randolph, Martha
26
13
1792 December 6
Correspondence from Monroe, James to Trist, Nicholas Philip
26
14
1827 August 23
Correspondence from Madison, James to Trist, Nicholas Philip
26
15
1827 November 3
Visiting card of Audenried, Joseph C.
26
16
undated
Autograph of Sherman, William Tecumseh
26
17
1872 February 19
Autograph of Sheridan, Philip H. (with pressed plant and visiting card) and autograph of Forsyth, James W. (with visiting card)
26
18
1871
Continental currency
26
19
1777
Confederate currency
26
20
1864
Book plate of Washington, George
26
21
circa 1780
Stamps of the Confederate states
26
22
circa 1865
Newspaper clippings about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
26
23
1864 May 18
Newspaper clippings about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
26
24
1862 July 17
Autograph album
26
25
undated
Series XII. Mary Howell collection of correspondence with Anne Hampton Brewster
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
1
1854
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
2
1855
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
3
1855-1856
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
4
1857-1858
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
5
1858-1859
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
6
1860
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
7
1861-1862
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
8
1863
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
9
circa 1863-1865
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
10
1864
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
27
11
1865
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
28
1
1866
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
28
2
1867
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
28
3
1868
Letters to Howell, Mary from Brewster, Anne Hampton
28
4
1874
Letters to Howell, Mary: Book review by Brewster, Anne Hampton
28
5
1868
Letter to Howell, Mary and original manuscript label "Notes and letters from my dearest Anne Brewster"
28
6
undated
Letter to Howell, Mary from Daniels, C.J.
28
7
1861 November 8
Series XIII. Carpenter correspondence
Carpenter correspondence: Carpenter, Harriet Odin Dorr to Carpenter, James Edward
28
8
1872, 1886
Carpenter correspondence: Carpenter, Louis H. to Carpenter, Harriet Odin Dorr
28
9
1888 September 27