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L. Gaylord Clark Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0173

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In the first of these two letters, Lewis Gaylord Clark asks William Shouler, editor of the Boston Daily Atlas, to print a piece he has written in the Atlas in order to increase its credibility. Clark wrote the second letter to Francis H. Underwood to discuss an essay (probably regarding the question of slavery) that Underwood had submitted to him.

Dates

  • undated

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Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Abstract

In the first of these two letters, Lewis Gaylord Clark asks William Shouler, editor of the Boston Daily Atlas, to print a piece he has written in the Atlas in order to increase its credibility. Clark wrote the second letter to Francis H. Underwood to discuss an essay (probably regarding the question of slavery) that Underwood had submitted to him.

Biographical/Historical Note

Lewis Gaylord Clark was born to Eliakin and Lucy (Gaylord) Clark in Otisco, New York on October 5, 1808. He married Ella Maria Curtis in October 1864 and the couple had six children. Clark rose to prominence as the editor and part owner of New York City's Knickerbocker Magazine. For much of his publishing career, he was engaged in an ongoing personal and professional feud with Edgar Allen Poe. Clark also contributed articles to Harper's Magazine and published The Knickerbocker Sketch-Book (1845), Knick-Knacks from an Editors’ Table (1852), and The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster (1854). Clark died in Piermont, New York on November 3, 1873 and is buried in Nyack Cemetery.

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single folder.

Acquisition Note

Richard Beale Davis donated these letters to Special Collections on October 1, 1959.

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480