Winter in Roslyn: Recollection of Stewart W. Donaldson
In 1968, Stewart Donaldson (1907-1994) wrote of boyhood memories of winter fun in Roslyn in the early decades of the twentieth century:...
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The Bryant Room Blog
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
Another Side of William Cullen Bryant
When William Cullen Bryant and his wife, Frances, purchased the Roslyn Harbor property that would become Cedarmere in 1843, they became...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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Bryant Congratulates Abraham Lincoln
In this current presidential election year it is fitting to recall another significant American election. In 1860, noted journalist and...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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Edgar Allan Poe Reviews the Poetry of William Cullen Bryant
Excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe’s April 1846 lengthy analysis of the publication of The Complete Poetical Works of W. C. Bryant, the...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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Recalling the Bryant Legacy in Roslyn
Born November 3, 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts, William Cullen Bryant had been practicing law, writing poetry and reviews in...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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The Snow Shower: A Poem by William Cullen Bryant
November 3, 2019 marks the 225th birthday of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), our Library’s namesake. In 1875, Bryant built a “Reading...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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A Description of Cedarmere in 1902
In February 1843, journalist and poet, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) wrote to his brother, “Congratulate me! There is a probability...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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Letters to His Daughter
Following their return from Europe in September of 1836, Mrs. Frances Bryant and her two daughters, Frances (1822-1893) and Julia...
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
Parke Godwin on William Cullen Bryant
In late 1836, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), noted poet and editor of the New York Evening Post newspaper, invited a young lawyer to...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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The Groves Were God’s First Temples
The Groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them - ere he...
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- Jan 3, 2022
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“We found you!”: The Salem A.M.E. Cemetery
Researcher Carolyn Brown has been on a journey since the mid 1990’s and made an epic find last week, just in time for the holidays. A...
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