Oliver Wendell Withington Commonplace Book

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 7

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf194

Staff Only

Commonplace book of poems by Withington and others and original pen and ink drawings by unidentified persons. Poets include Lord Byron, James Gates Percival and George Bancroft. Written in two different hands. Manuscript, paper covered boards, leather spine, one cover loose. 9 1/2 x 8" 96 pages

Dates

Creation: 1832-1833

Creator

Withington, O. W. (Oliver Wendell), -1853 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Oliver Wendell Withington (July 16, 1809 – March 31, 1853) was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ebenezer Withington, a Unitarian clergyman, and Elizabeth Perkins. He attended Harvard College (circa 1820). Withington wrote a number of poems and musical scores including “The Pilgrim. A Poem: Delivered Before the Associate Alumni of the University of Vermont, at the Annual Commencement, August, 1849,” “Hymn” (1838), “I Love the Snow: A Song,” and “A Smile for the Many Who Smile On Us: A Song.”