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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 17: writers on American history, 1783-1850 (search)
through the period of the Continental Congress. Van Buren agreed, and Congress passed the necessary act, but at the last moment the new secretary of state, Edward Livingston, made the contract with Frank P. Blair. Livingston blandly admitted that Sparks should have had the appointment but said that Blair's selection was demandeLivingston blandly admitted that Sparks should have had the appointment but said that Blair's selection was demanded by the politicians. The writings of Washington now occupied Sparks's time, but before they began to appear he brought out The life of Gouverneur Morris (1832), in three volumes. In 1834 appeared Volume II of The life and writings of George Washington, and the rest of the twelve volumes followed regularly until the series wasForce and Clarke for the publication of a documentary history of the American Revolution, provided it did not cost more proportionally than Sparks's work. Edward Livingston was then secretary of state. His contemporaries considered him an impractical man, and the contract he now made goes far to support their view. It was agre
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
e, 162 Literary Recreations and miscellanies, 52 Literary Varieties, 213 Literati, the, 60 Littell's living age, 165 Litterature du Midi, 125 Little boy blue, 243 Little Drummer, the, 281 Little Frenchman and his water Lots, the, 152 Little Giffen of Tennessee, 291, 301, 304, 306, 348 Little Jane, 262 n. Little Jerry, 243 Little men, 402 Little Pepper books, 402 Little Prudy books, 402 Little while I Fain would Linger yet, a, 311 Little women, 402 Livingston, Edward, 116, 119 Living writers of the South, 302 Livy, 128 Locke, David Ross, 151, 157, 158, 97 Locker-Lampson, F., 239 Locksley Hall, 14 Log cabin, the, 191 London, Jack, 391, 392, 393 London fun, 387 London magazine, the, 161 Lone Sentry, the, 307 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 19, 32-41, 49, 50, 54, 63, 64, 165, 167, 173, 174, 197, 209, 228, 241, 246, 249, 275, 276, 282, 312, 362, 381, 409 Longfellow, Samuel, 197 Long Island Democrat, 261 Long Islander, the,