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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008143
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of Richard Henry Wilde, U.S. representative from Georgia, lawyer, and poet were given to the Library of Congress by Emily Wilde in 1917. An additional item was purchased in 1995.
The papers of Richard Henry Wilde were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Richard Henry Wilde is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Richard Henry Wilde Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date | Event |
| 1789 Sept. 24 | Born, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1797 | Immigrated to United States with parents and settled in Baltimore, Md. |
| 1809 | Began law practice, Augusta, Ga. |
| 1815-1817 | United States representative, Georgia |
| 1819 | Married Caroline Buckle |
| 1825 | United States representative, Georgia |
| 1827-1835 | United States representative, Georgia |
| 1835-1840 | Engaged in literary pursuits while traveling in Europe |
| 1843 | Resumed law practice, New Orleans, La. |
| 1847 | Professor of constitutional law, University of Louisiana (later Tulane University), New Orleans, La. |
| 1847, Sept. 10 | Died, New Orleans, La. |
The papers of Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) span the years 1807-1867. The papers are in English, Italian, German, and Latin. The correspondence relates chiefly to national politics, but the bulk of the material consists of writings by Wilde, including drafts of his poem Hesperia, unpublished works entitled "The Italian Lyric Poets" and "The Life and Times of Dante" as well as other poems, essays, and notes.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1 | Correspondence, 1828-1846 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Writings | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Hesperia, 1867 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | "The Italian Lyric Poets," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Vol. I | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Vol. II | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | "The Life and Times of Dante," undated | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | (2 folders) | ||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Miscellany, 1835, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Unidentified poetry, 1807-1842 | ||||||||||||
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