The New York Society Library has a special collection from the libraries of what author born in 1838?
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New York Society Library The New York Society Library (NYSL) is the oldest cultural institution in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the New York Society as a subscription library. During the time when New York was the capital of the United States, it was the "de facto" Library of Congress. Until the establishment of the New York Public Library in 1895, it functioned as the city's library as well. It has been patronized by a wide variety of literary and political figures, from George Washington to Wendy Wasserstein. Its special collections include books from the libraries of John Winthrop and Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Lorenzo Da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte (10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, "Don Giovanni", "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Così fan tutte".
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Charles Edward Smith Dr. Charles Edward Smith (January 22, 1835 – September 9, 1929) was an American author and Baptist ecclesiologist and apologist. He was the pastor of Fredonia, New York's Baptist Church from 1885 to 1900. Many of his sermons, works, and manuscripts were published posthumously.
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Charles P. Daly Charles Patrick Daly (October 13, 1816 – September 19, 1899) was a member of the New York State Assembly, Chief Justice of the New York Court of Common Pleas, president of the American Geographical Society, and an author of several books.
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Joseph Dennie Joseph Dennie (August 30, 1768 – January 7, 1812) was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era. A Federalist, Dennie is best remembered for his series of essays entitled "The Lay Preacher" and as the founding editor of "Port Folio", a journal espousing classical republican values. "Port Folio" was the most highly regarded and successful literary publication of its time, and the first important political and literary journal in the United States. Timothy Dwight IV once referred to Dennie as "the Addison of America" and "the father of American Belles-Lettres."
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Polish Library in Paris The Polish Library in Paris (French: "Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris" , Polish: "Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu" ) is a Polish cultural centre of national importance and is closely associated both with the historic Great Emigration of the Polish élite to Paris in the 19th-century and the formation in 1832 of the Literary Society ("Towarzystwo Literackie"), later the Historical and Literary Society. The Library was founded in 1838 by Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz and Karol Sienkiewicz, among others. Its first task was to safeguard all surviving books, documents, archives and treasures of national significance. It has become a historical and documentary resource open for the use of Poles and other researchers and visitors. The Library houses three museums related to significant Polish artists: the Salon Frédéric Chopin, the Adam Mickiewicz Museum and the Bolesław Biegas Art collection. UNESCO's Memory of the World Register rates it as an institution unique of its kind.
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1838 United States House of Representatives elections, 1838
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John L. Lawrence John L. Lawrence (October 2, 1785 New York City – July 24, 1849 New York City) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician from New York.
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Grolier Club The Grolier Club is a private club and society of bibliophiles in New York City. Founded in January 1884, it is the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America. The club is named after Jean Grolier de Servières, Viscount d'Aguisy, Treasurer General of France, whose library was famous; his motto, "Io. Grolierii et amicorum" [of or belonging to Jean Grolier and his friends], suggested his generosity in sharing books. The Club's stated objective is "the literary study of the arts pertaining to the production of books, including the occasional publication of books designed to illustrate, promote and encourage these arts; and the acquisition, furnishing and maintenance of a suitable club building for the safekeeping of its property, wherein meetings, lectures and exhibitions shall take place from time to time ..."
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Joseph Berg Esenwein Joseph Berg Esenwein (1867–1946) was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the "Library of the World's Best Literature".
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Jacob Worth Jacob Worth (May 1, 1838 – February 21, 1905) was an American politician from New York.
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Henry Mills Alden Henry Mills Alden (November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919) was an American author and editor of "Harper's Magazine" for fifty years—from 1869 until 1919.
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Abba Goold Woolson Abba Louisa Goold Woolson ("née" Abba Louisa Goold; April 30, 1838 – February 6, 1921) was a 19th-century American writer from Maine. Woolson published several volumes, including: "Women in American Society" (1873); "Dress Reform" (1874); "Browsing Among Books" (1881); and "George Eliot and Her Heroines" (1887).
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1838 in literature This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1838.
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Charles Fenno Hoffman Charles Fenno Hoffman (February 7, 1806 – June 7, 1884) was an American author, poet and editor associated with the Knickerbocker Group in New York.
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James Amaziah Whitney James Amaziah Whitney (30 June 1839, Rochester, New York - 1907) was a United States lawyer and author.
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John Clyde Oswald John Clyde Oswald (July 11, 1872 - June 22, 1938) was an author, president of the National Arts Club, and the editor of American Printer magazine.
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George Long Duyckinck George Long Duyckinck (October 17, 1828 – March 30, 1863) was a New York City writer.
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James Terry White James Terry White (3 July 1845 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – 3 April 1920 in Manhattan, New York) was an American publisher and poet. Given his wide range of interests and involvement in various businesses and cultural activities, he was reputed to be a Renaissance man. In 1862, he joined the San Francisco publishing firm H.H. Bancroft & Co. In 1869, White founded a publishing company bearing his name, James T. White Co. in San Francisco; and in 1886, with his son George Derby White, moved its headquarters to New York City. The firm published the first edition of "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography" in 1891. At the death of his son in 1939, thirty-one volumes had been published, each containing about 1,000 biographies and 450 pages.
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Caleb Sprague Henry Caleb Sprague Henry (1804–84) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman and author. He was born in Rutland, Mass., graduated from Dartmouth College in 1825 and studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary and New Haven. In 1828 he became a Congregational minister at Greenfield, Mass., and in 1833 removed to Hartford, Conn. In 1834 he started the "American Advocate of Peace", the organ of the American Peace Society. He then entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church and was professor of moral and intellectual philosophy in Bristol College, Pa., (1835–38). In 1837, with the aid of Rev. Francis L. Hawks, he established the New York "Review". He was professor of history and philosophy in New York University from 1839 to 1852. Later he was rector of various churches, but was chiefly engaged in literary work. He translated Guizot's "History of Civilization" and other works from the French and was the author of several works, including "Compendium of Christian Antiquities" (1837), "Social Welfare and Human Progress" (1860), and "Satan as a Moral Philosopher. (1877).
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Herman Rosenthal Herman Rosenthal (October 6, 1843 – 1917) was an American author, editor, and librarian.
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Elbert H. Smith Elbert H. Smith was the author of the best selling epic poem "Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak" in 1839.