The Flood of Years, title only, holograph

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The Flood of Years, title only, holograph

Category: Archive

Property: William Cullen Bryant Homestead

Title: The Flood of Years, title only, holograph

Type: Speeches, lectures, sermons, etc.

Description: Paper containing multiple handwritten lines of the phrase, "The Flood of Years," which is the title of an 1876 poem by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878). The holograph is on the back of a letter from an unknown person who is proposing to visit Bryant in Cummington, Massachusetts. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a prominent poet and journalist from Massachusetts. In 1821, Bryant was invited to address the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University's commencement. The poem that he delivered led to the publication of his first collection. Bryant went on to become the editor of The New York Review before joining the New York Evening Post, first as the Assistant Editor and later as its Editor-in-Chief and part owner. The William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington was built by Bryant's grandfather in 1783. The house was sold out of the family in 1835, but Bryant repurchased his childhood home thirty years later. The house and its surrounding landscape served as inspiration for many of his poems.

Creator: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Date: 1876 - 1878

Extent: 1 item (2 pages) : 13 x 11 cm

Object ID: BH.MS.013

Rights: CC BY-NC-ND The William Cullen Bryant Collection is the physical property of The Trustees of Reservations. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.

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BHMS013

2016-10-19

BHMS013-2

2016-10-19