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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.225 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1850 |
| Title | Presentation page of a Richard Twiss document |
| Date | ca. 1850 |
| Author | Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870) |
| Additional authors | Twiss, Richard (1747-1821) |
| Document Type | Book; Miscellany |
| Content Description | Presentation page of "Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773," by Richard Twiss, including signed note by William Gilmore Simms. Consists of first blank endpaper of the book which has apparently been torn out; includes an autograph presentation signed by Twiss, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. William Dick and dated 28 March 1775. Includes a quoted excerpt from Samuel Johnson's critique of the work (called "Twiss' Travels in Spain" by Johnson) in an unknown hand. On the same page is a note by William Gilmore Simms signed "W.G.S." Note includes bibliographic information about the travelogue (which Simms refers to as "March through Portugal and Spain"). Also includes three collateral newspaper clippings. |
| Subjects | Travel Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Twiss, Richard (1747-1821) Dick, William (fl. 1775) Dick, William, Mrs. (fl. 1775) Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870) Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Twiss was a British travel-writer and author of several volumes. Simms was a novelist, essayist, and poet laureate of South Carolina. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |