About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville

Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville

More Details Cite This Item

57559705
300px
760px
All download options
Original Scan
Art Print

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Manuscripts and Archives Division

  • Francis Stanfell papers
  • Robert E. Lee engineering notebook
  • George Endicott diary
  • United States District Court of New York proceedings
  • George Washington notebook as a Virginia colonel
  • Compendio historico del los indios de Peru
  • James Maury letters
  • Daniel Phoenix, Jr. receipt book
  • Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
  • Adolph Philipse estate records
  • Title of executors & administrators by the Honbl. Tapping Reeve, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • New York State Comptroller memorandum book
  • Reports of the Board of Treasury
  • New York City Court of Aldermen records
  • Gouverneur & Kemble letter book
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Augusta Melville papers

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Melville, Herman

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Letters received

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville
Names
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 (Addressee)
Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861 (Author)
Collection

Augusta Melville papers

Melville, Herman

Letters received

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1852-11-03
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 24415
Topics
Melville family
Genres
Correspondence
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21572615
MSS Unit ID: 24415
Archives EAD ID: 3045175
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9c9feab0-41b2-0136-1941-051a61ac846c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1852: Created
  • 1891: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d15fb5d0-4bd4-0136-5ed9-0cdf06073f73

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d15fb5d0-4bd4-0136-5ed9-0cdf06073f73

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1852). Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d15fb5d0-4bd4-0136-5ed9-0cdf06073f73

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d15fb5d0-4bd4-0136-5ed9-0cdf06073f73 | title= (text) Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville, (1852)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 26, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Letter from John Wakefield Francis to Herman Melville