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An Index of Authors in "Autography"
This list includes all of the authors treated in Poe's "Autography" series, comprised of the following installments:
"Autography" (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February and August 1836)
"A Chapter on Autography" (
Graham's Magazine
, November and December 1841)
"An Appendix of Autographs" (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842)
Authors in "Autography"
The authors are listed alphabetically by last name.
Adams, John Quincy
(1767-1848) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Allston, Washington
(1779-1843) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Anthon, Professor Charles
(1797-1867) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Arthur, Timothy Shay
(1809-1885) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Benjamin, Park
(1809-1864) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Bird, Robert Montgomery
(1806-1854) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says he was born in 1803)
Brooks, James
(1810-1873) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Brooks, Nathan Covington
(1809-1898) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Brown, David Paul
(1795-1872) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Brownson, Orestes Augustus
(1803-1876) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Bryan, Daniel
(@1790-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Bryant, William Cullen
(1794-1878) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
);
Burton, William Evans
(1802-1860) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Calvert, George Henry
(1803-1889) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
) (one source says he was born Jan. 2, 1802)
Carey, Mathew
(1760-1839) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
)
Cass, Lewis
(1782-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Chandler, Joseph Ripley
(1792-1880) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Channing, William Ellery
(1780-1842) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Chivers, Thomas Holley
(1807-1858) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Cist, Lewis Jacob
(1818-1885) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Conrad, Judge Robert Taylor
(1810-1858) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Cooke, Phillip Pendleton
(1816-1850) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Cooper, James Fenimore
(1789-1851) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Cutter, William
(1801-1867) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
) (one source says he was G. William Cutter, and died Dec 24, 1865)
Dana, Richard Henry
(1787-1879) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Dawes, Rufus
(1803-1859) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Dew, Thomas Roderick
(1802-1846) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Doane, Bishop George Washington
(1799-1859) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
) (one source says he was born on May 27, 1797)
Dow, Jesse Erskine
(1809-1850) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Downing, Jack
(pseudonym) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Du Solle, John Stephenson
(@1810-1876) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Earle, Pliny
(1809-1892) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth Frieze (or Fries)
(1818-1877) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Embury, Mrs. Emma Catherine
(1806-1863) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
(1803-1882) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Emmons, William
(1792-????) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
)
Esling, Miss
(see Waterman, C. H.)
Everett, Edward
(1794-1865) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Fay, Theodore Sedgwick
(1807-1898) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Flint, Reverend Timothy
(1780-1840) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
)
Forrester, Frank
(see Herbert, W. H.)
Foster, George G.
(@1815-1856) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
French, James Strange
(1807-1886) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Frost, John
(1800-1859) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Gallagher, William Davis
(1808-1894) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Godey, Louis Antoine
(1804-1878) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Gould, Miss Hannah Flagg
(1789-1865) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Graham, George Rex
(1813-1894) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Greeley, Horace
(1811-1872) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot
(1815-1857) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Hale, Sarah Josepha
(1788-1879) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says she was born on Oct. 24, 1782)
Halleck, Fitz-Greene
(1790-1867) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Hawks, Francis Lister
(1798-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says born on Jun 10, 1788)
Heath, James Ewell
(1792-1862) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Henry, Caleb Sprague
(1804-1884) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Herbert, Henry William
(1807-1858) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Hoffman, Charles Fenno
(1806-1884) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Hoffman, David
(1784-1854) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Holden, Ezra
(1803-1846) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
(1809-1894) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Hopkinson, Joseph
(1770-1842) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Ingraham, Joseph Holt
(1809-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says he died in Dec. 1860)
Irving, Washington
(1783-1859) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Jones, John Beauchamp
(1810-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Kennedy, John Pendleton
(1795-1870) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Langtree, Samuel Daly
(@1811-1842) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Landor, William
(see Wallace, H. B.)
Lieber, Francis
(1800-1872) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Legare, Hugh Swinton
(1797-1843) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Leslie, Miss Eliza
(1787-1858) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says she was born in Nov. 1867)
Locke, Richard Adams
(1800-1871) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
(1807-1882) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Loud, Mrs. Margaret St. Leon
(@1800-1889) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Lowell, James Russell
(1819-1891) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Lunt, George
(1803-1885) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Marshall, Chief Justice John
(1755-1835) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
)
Mathews, Cornelius
(1817-1889) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Matthias, Benjamin
(????-????) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
McCabe, John Collins
(1810-1875) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
McHenry, James
(1785-1845) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
McJilton, John Nelson
(1805-1875) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
McMakin, Andrew
(????-????) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
McMichael, Morton
(1807-1879) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Mellen, Grenville
(1799-1841) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says born June 10, 1779)
Mitchell, John Kearsley
(1793-1858) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
) (one source says he was born in 1825 and died July 9, 1868)
Morris, George Pope
(1802-1864) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Morris, Robert M.
(@1809-1874) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Neal, John
(1793-1876) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says he was born on Aug. 25, 1797)
Neal, Joseph Clay
(1807-1847) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Nichols, Rebecca S. Reed
(1820-1903) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Noah, Mordecai Manuel
(1785-1851) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Otis, James Frederick
(1725-1783) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Palfrey, John Gorham
(1796-1881) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Paulding, James Kirke
(1778-1860) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says he was born Aug. 22, 1779)
Peabody, William Bourn (or Bourne) Oliver
(1799-1847) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
) (one source says he died July 5, 1848)
Peterson, Charles Jacob
s (1819-1887) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Pierpont, Rev. John
(1785-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Pike, Albert
(1809-1891) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Reynolds, Jeremiah N.
(@1799-1858) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Sanderson, John
(1783-1844) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Sargent, Epes
(1813-1880) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
) (one source says he was born on Sept. 27, 1812)
Sedgwick, Catherine Maria
(1789-1867) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia Huntley
(1791-1865) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Simms, William Gilmore
(1806-1870) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Slidell, Lieutenant Alexander
(1802-1848) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
) (one source says he was born on April 6, 1803)
Smith, Richard Penn
(1799-1854) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
) (one source says he was born in March 1789)
Smith, Seba
(1792-1868) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Snodgrass, Joseph Evans
(1813-1880) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Sparks, Jared
(1789-1866) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Spear, Thomas G.
(????-????) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Sprague, Charles
(1791-1875) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Stedman, Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine
(1810-1889) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Stephens, Ann Sophia
(1813-1886) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Stockton, Rev. Thomas Hewlings
(1808-1868) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Stone, William Leete
(1792-1844) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Story, Joseph D.
(1779-1845) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
) (one source says he was born on Sept. 18, 1799)
Street, Alfred Billings
(1811-1881) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Tasistro, Count Louis Fitzgerald
(1808-1868) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Thomas, Frederick William
(1806-1866) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
) (one source says he was born on Oct. 25, 1808)
Thomson, Charles West
(1798-1879) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Tomlin, John
(1806-1850) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly
(1784-1851) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Tuckerman, Henry Theodore
(1813-1871) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin
(1786-1870) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Wallace, Horace Binney
(1817-1852)
- (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Walsh, Robert
(1784-1859) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Ware, Professor Henry
(1764-1845) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
) (one source says Henry Ware, Jr. b. April 21, 1794 died Sept. 22, 1843)
Waterman, Miss Catherine H.
(1812-1897) - (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Weld, Horatio Hastings
(1811-1888) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery
(1798-1876) - (
Graham's Magazine
, January 1842
)
Whittier, John Greenleaf
(1807-1892) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Wilde, Richard Henry
(1789-1847) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Willis, Nathaniel Parker
(1806-1867) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, August 1836
); (
Graham's Magazine
, November 1841
)
Wilmer, Lambert A.
(1805-1863) - (
Graham's Magazine
, December 1841
)
Wirt, William
(1772-1834) - (
Southern Literary Messenger
, February 1836
)
Notes:
Many of these names, although unfamiliar to modern readers, would have been recognized by Poe's contemporaries from contributions to various periodicals of the day.
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