Mantel linked to Poe’s Raven donated to Columbia
Brooklyn collector William Hemstreet presented to Columbia University a carved mantel from the Brennan farm house in Bloomingdale said to have hosted Edgar Allan Poe while composing The Raven. He provided documents and a bill of sale, noting the Yale of authenticating witnesses and Butler’s pledge to properly display the relic.
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Brennan Toombhouse
West Eighty-fourth Street
Fine Farms
Columbia University
William Hemstreet
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Hemstreet
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Edgar Allan Poe
Butler
G. A. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Hemstreet
Dr. Butler
Edgar A. Poe
A. Vistarion
Patrick
Ennan
Bloomingdale
Seers
O' Beirne
Patrick Brennan
Patrick Fogarty
Poe
Stevenson’s First Work Sells as Rare 16 Year Old Manuscript
An auction listing for George M. Williamson’s collection includes Robert Louis Stevenson’s first book The Pentland Rising, written when he was 16. The 1866 edition copies, once scarce, now fetch 25 to 75 dollars. a Foote provenance copy includes a letter from Stevenson at Vailima, noting his age and linking to Samoan years.
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George M. Williamson
Robert Louis
Charles B. Foote
Stevenson
Foote
Vailima
Robert Louis Stevenson
Signature Lines Found in Scratched Mantel Coatings
A university receives a mantel today believed to bear lines of a poet’s scratched signature. The item will arrive at the campus tomorrow for examination and potential verification of the signature.
Poe Letter Auctioned Copy of Early Tales of the Grotesque
A letter by Edgar Allan Poe dated December 6 1839 from Philadelphia to John C Cox is offered for sale next Friday. The note accompanies a two volume edition of Tales of the Gro tesque and Arabesque issued by Lea and Blanchard. Copies of this first edition have sold for 300 to 400 dollars in past sales.
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Edgar Allan Poe
William E. Burton
Gentleman’s Magazine
Philadelphia
John C.cox
Poe
Mess
Lea & Blanchard
Lea É&. Blanchard
Leo Blanchard
Lean Blanchard
Pierce
Morocco
Appleton
Jenkins Trust Receiver Hearing Delayed Again
Kingston court adjourns the request to make permanent John Marshall’s appointment as receiver for Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn. Hearing now set for next Saturday in Albany. Clark Williams, State Superintendent of Banks, expects report completion.
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Jenkins Trust
Kingston
N.W. A
John Marshall
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Albany
Clark Williams
Ex Telephone Girl Sues Rich Husband Over Alimony
White Plains New York January 4 in the Supreme Court Mrs Mary Bogardus Tower a former Poughkeepsie telephone girl pressed to force alimony of 1800 a month from her wealthy husband Albert Edward Tower a Poughkeepsie iron founder The suit claims desertion and grounds for separation and cites charges against Tower including a yacht trip with a Mrs Weiss The husband denies all charges calling the suit a bid for his fortune and asserts the plaintiff and her sister plotted to ruin him
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Hudson River
Supreme Court
Charles Morschauser
Mary Bogardus Tower
Poughkeepsie Exchange
Isaac N. Mills
Albert Edward Tower
Poughkeepsie
Morschauser
Tower
Manhatan
le Barbie
Hvel
Cupid's Half Day Sees 92 Marriage Licenses In Oneane Half Day
Yesterday the new marriage license bureau set a record with 92 licenses issued by noon, bringing the total under the new law to 624 as the system ran smoothly with little waiting. Harold S Hodgdon and Mary Fran cis Healy of Bridgeport Conn were among the couples. Hodgdon is an assistant superintendent at Metropolitan Life in Bridgeport and Healy is a cashier there. They planned to marry in the city and return to Bridgeport.
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Harold Sheldon Hodgdon
Mary Francis Healy
Bridgeport
Conn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Wealthy Worcester businessman weds ex-wife of another
Harry Thrasher Gray, a rich Worcester head of the Jordan Company, marries Mrs. Bessie May Edwards Jordan, former wife of Frederick B. Jordan, amid a pending $10,000 alienation suit. The ceremony at Park Avenue parsonage was performed by Rev. I N Packard with siblings as attendants.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mann
Harry Thrasher Gray
Bessie May
Edwards) Jordon
Frederick B. Jordon
Wellington Rifles
Gray
Jordon
Park Avenue Parsonage
I. N. Packard
Robert W. Edwards
Marion Gray
Mr. Gray
Jordan Company
South Bridge Street
Harry T. Gray
Old cruiser Marion Burned in San Francisco Bay
The old cruiser Marion was burned to the water's edge yesterday in Visitation Bay three miles south of Hunter's Point in San Francisco Bay. Launched in 1875 to perpetuate the sloop Marion, she served on the China station and was given to the Naval Reserve in 1896 as a training ship.
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San Francisco
Marion
Visitation Bay
Hunter’s Point
San Francisco Bay
China Station
Naval Reserve
Lady Yarmouth Keeps Her Money in Private Trusts
Pittsburg dispatch reports Frank Semple Jr says Countess of Yarmouth controls her fortune and did not squander it. A large portion was placed in private trust for crown use and remains under her control with funds sent from America as needed. The Earl’s monthly allowance continues under the marriage settlement. Mrs Thaw's rheumatism keeps her from attending the trial opening. Semple notes her awareness of her daughter's marital trouble and divorce plans.
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Pittsburg
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Frank Semple, Jr
Thaw
America
Semple
William Thaw
New York
Harry Kaw
Mr. Semple
Yarmouth Suit to Nullify Marriage Opens in Divorce Court
The Earl of Yarmouth's solicitors announce defense of a suit by his wife, the former Miss Alice C. Thaw, seeking nullification of the marriage. The action, distinct from divorce, will be heard in the English divorce court starting Jan 11, with 156 defended cases ahead on the calendar. the Countess is represented by the firm Lewis & Lewis led by Sir George Lewis. Grounds include insanity prior to marriage or nonsummation of the marriage relation.
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London
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice C. Thaw
Pittsburg
Yarmouth
Severa
Lewis & Lewis
George Lewis
England
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Raven
Nicholas
Murray Butler
Ironmaker
Con
Cupid
Astrachan
West Thirty-fourth Street
H. T. Gray
F. B. Jordan
Lady Yarmouth
Earl
Mrs. Thaw
Tism
le Boutitlier Brothers
India
Belfast
Ireland
Wm. Liddell & Co
Morley
le Boutillier Brothers
Twenty-third Street
MR. James I. Raymond
A. A. Vantine & Co
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
Silo
Fifth Avenue
Corner 45Th Street
James P. Silo
Trousseau
Dresden
Lord & Taylor
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