Invoice for lodging at Pigeon Cove, 1842

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Invoice for lodging at Pigeon Cove, 1842

Category: Archive

Property: William Cullen Bryant Homestead

Title: Invoice for lodging at Pigeon Cove, 1842

Type: Financial records

Description: Invoice handwritten on plain paper for a stay at Pigeon Cove in Rockport, Massachusetts. The invoice is made out to the proprietor, John W. Wheeler, but was written out by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) for "3 weeks board for self and wife and daughter." Wheeler has signed at the bottom in acknowledgement that he received payment. 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: 1842

Extent: 1 item (1 page) : 13 x 20 cm

Object ID: BH.MS.012

People: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Subjects: Travel

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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