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August 22, 2007 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Margaret Burri Finding aid written in English Benjamin (Walter Romeyn) 1854Papers 1823-1928MS 9 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Carroll Beecheno September 1985 Margaret Burri

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 Descriptive Summary ms009 Benjamin (Walter Romeyn) 1854 Papers 1823-1928 Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections. .2 linear feet English. A collection of letters from contemporary literary figures and publishers. Administrative Information Provenance

The letters were purchased from Walter Romeyn Benjamin in 1935

 Use Restrictions

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

 Preferred Citation

Walter Romeyn Benjamin Collection, MS 9, Special Collections, Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University.

 Biographical Note

Walter Romeyn Benjamin was a New York dealer in rare books and manuscripts. He was the editor of The Collectors, a monthly magazine for autograph and historical collectors.

 Series I.: Letters Series I.: Letters, 1823-1929 1 document case

Letters from literary figures and publishers who were contemporaries of Benjamin.

Arranged alphabetically.

 Box Contents 1 Abbe, Cleveland, June 10, 1879 1 Adam, W., March 5, 1840 1 Baldwin, Lucien E., September 5, 1889 1 Beck, Charles, January 3, 1857 1 Bothe,Ann 1 Childs, George W., n.d. 1 Cobb, Sylvanus August 21, 1860 1 Corson, J, n.d. 1 Cox, S, November 14, 1863 1 Curtis, George WilliamAugust 15, 1887 1 Dahlgren, M, December 5, 1888 1 Dallas, Mary Kyle, x. October 28, 1891 1 Daly, M and Palmer, A,M, November 12, 1888 1 DePeyster, M, October 13, 1888 1 Dickinson, Anna E. and Burr, John M,, May 8, 1864 1 Dole, N, May 28, 1892 1 Elles, C.S., September 14, 1897 1 Elliott, Thomas M., May 16, 1869 1 Fawcett, Edgar, March 26, no year 1 Field, Kate, November 9, 1886 1 Fields, A., March 17, 1898 1 Forney, M., March 26, 1860 1 Fremont, Jesse Benton October 25, n.d. 1 Furness, W, May 1882 1 Gates, Joseph, January 21, 1847 1 Gilder, R.W., October 31, 1896 1 Gilmore, James R., n.d. 1 Godwin, May 5, 1849 1 Gough, John B, September 28, 1885 1 Greenwood, Grace, January 16, 1858 1 Halsted, November 19, 1903 1 Hawthorne, Julian February 11, 1909 1 M., B, 186? 1 Mabbott, Thomas Olive, n.d. 1 MacArthur, C.L., June 5, 1874 1 McAuley, Rachel, May 17, 1887 1 Macauley, Norton, January 12, 1885 1 McClelland, M.G., October 3, 1887 1 Mason, Mary A., November 11, 1889 1 McCann, J. E., September 14, 1896 1 McCardell, Roy L., October 19, 1914 1 McClure, Alex K.,March 10, 1906 1 McClure, S.S., July 26, 1900 1 MacGahan, B,, March 22, 1890 1 McIntosh, M.J., January 24, 1887? 1 Mackenzie, R. Shelton, September 5, 1857 1 McClellan, Isaac,December 10, 1825 1 McClean, Washington, January 13, 1854 1 McManus, Seamus, July 6, 1907 1 McMichael, Morton,December 1845 1 Magruder, Julia, April 8, 1896 1 Mahan, D.H., April 21, 1867 1 Mahin, John Lee, January 7, 1908 1 Mallet, Edmond, May 17, n.d. 1 Marble, n.d. 1 Marcosson, Isaac Frederick,February 15, 1929 1 Margolin, Louis, September 9, 1897 1 Harper and Brothers, September 10, 1897 1 Marie, Christmas 1861 1 Marks, Montague, 1 Marmaduke, W.W., January 16, 1905 1 Marriott, Crittenden, October 22, 1899 1 Marsh, John, January 7, 1859 1 Marsh, George, June 25, 1873 1 Marshall, Edison, March 13, 1936 1 Martin, J.L., July 25, 1845 1 Martin, M.J., January 25, 185 1 Martinez,G.N.R. February 14, 1902 1 Marvin, Frederic Rowland, n.d. 1 Mather, Frederic G., April 18, 1883 1 Matthews, J.N., February 20, 1882 1 Maurice, Arthur B.,November 20, 1917 1 Matthews, Branden, n.d. 1 Mayo, D, February 2, 1850 1 Mead, Leon, December 13, 1899 1 Medbury, James, December 27, 1867 1 Meehan,Thomas, October 14, 1895 1 Meehan, W.E., October 2, 1895 1 Mencken, H.L., November 14, n.d. 1 Meeker, N.C., September 18, 1872 1 Meeser, William, July 17, 1902 1 Merriam, G.C., August 20, 1861 1 Merril, George P.,June 6, 1863 1 Meyer, Annie Nathan, August 12, n.d. 1 Meyers, Robert, August 5, 1915 1 Moulton, Louise Chandler, March 12, n.d. 1 Norton, Charles EliotSeptember 25, 1889 1 Osgood, James R.,May 13, 1871 1 Phillips, Wendell April 1873 1 Randolph, A., n.d. 1 Reed, Henry, December 7, 1846 1 Reid, John C., October 21, 1880 1 Ridering, C., December 12, 1899 1 Rowland, Kate Mason, January 10, 1894 1 Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth PrescottOctober 5, 1889 1 Sullivan, William, February 27, 1823 1 Swimton, J.M., n.d. 1 Thomas, Edith M.n.d.