Poetry

Holograph manuscript, dated March 13, 1862, of Clement C. Moore's famous Christmas poem "A visit from St. Nicholas," originally composed around 1822 and written out by the author on this occasion at the suggestion of New-York Historical librarian George H. Moore, who wished to add a holograph copy of the poem to the library collection. The three page manuscript is accompanied by a cover letter addressed to George Moore by Thomas W.C. Moore, presenting the enclosed manuscript and briefly discussing the circumstances of the poem's original composition forty years earlier.

Holograph manuscript, dated March 13, 1862, of Clement C. Moore's famous Christmas poem "A visit from St. Nicholas," originally composed around 1822 and written out by the author on this occasion at the suggestion of New-York Historical librarian George H. Moore, who wished to add a holograph copy of the poem to the library collection. The three page manuscript is accompanied by a cover letter addressed to George Moore by Thomas W.C. Moore, presenting the enclosed manuscript and briefly discussing the circumstances of the poem's original composition forty years earlier.

Holograph manuscript, dated March 13, 1862, of Clement C. Moore's famous Christmas poem "A visit from St. Nicholas," originally composed around 1822 and written out by the author on this occasion at the suggestion of New-York Historical librarian George H. Moore, who wished to add a holograph copy of the poem to the library collection. The three page manuscript is accompanied by a cover letter addressed to George Moore by Thomas W.C. Moore, presenting the enclosed manuscript and briefly discussing the circumstances of the poem's original composition forty years earlier.

Unsigned and undated poem addressed "to the Rev. W. McLain," [probably Rev. William McLain, Secretary of the American Colonization Society] on the subject of slavery.

Poem entitled "On the death of an African Slave" signed "Elihu." Addressed to Mr. Alden Spooner of Brooklyn [New York] for publication in the Long Island Star newspaper.