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Title: James Linen letters,
Date (inclusive): 1866
Collection number: MS-M044
Creator:
Linen, James, 1808-1873
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of two holograph letters that were tipped into a book purchased for Special Collections in 1974:
Linen, James, The Golden Gate (San Francisco: Edward Bosqui and Co., 1869). Both letters are written by Linen and addressed
to his friend "Hiram." The letter dated March 1866 concerns reviews of Linen's book, The poetical and prose writings of James
Linen (New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1866). The letter dated June 19, 1866 concerns Linen's travels and a statement made about
him by his friend Hiram in an article.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
James Linen Letters. MS-M044. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquired, 1974.
Processed by Andre Ambrus in 2002.
James Linen, poet, was born in Scotland in 1808. He emigrated to the United States, and for many years carried on a large
book-binding establishment in New York City. Later he spent some years in California, where he was an active member of the
Scottish benevolent societies. His last years were passed in New York City. He contributed poems, mostly in the Scotch dialect,
to the Knickerbocker Magazine, the Scottish-American and other newspapers, and published a collection of them under the title
of Songs of the Seasons and other Poems (New York, 1852). A large collection of his Poetical and Prose Writings (San Francisco,
1865) was followed by a smaller one (New York, 1866) of the same title. He also published The Golden Gate (1869). James Linen
died in New York City on November 20, 1873.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of two holograph letters that were tipped into a book purchased for Special Collections in 1974:
Linen, James, The Golden Gate (San Francisco: Edward Bosqui and Co., 1869). Both letters are written by Linen and addressed
to his friend "Hiram." The letter dated March 1866 concerns reviews of Linen's book The poetical and prose writings of James
Linen (New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1866). The letter dated June 19, 1866 concerns Linen's travels and a statement made about
him by his friend Hiram in an article.
Two books by James Linen, The Golden Gate and The poetical and prose writings of James Linen, are cataloged separately in
Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Linen, James, 1808-1873 -- Correspondence.
Linen, James, 1808-1873 -- Archives.
Letters -- 19th century.
Authors.