Ian Brabner, Bookseller
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Knickerbocker Junior minute book
Collection
Identifier: MS-0601
Scope and Contents
Humor and an eclectic literary style pervade this satirical manuscript which presents itself in the form of the "minutes" of a meeting of The Knickerbocker Junior, a New York City literary society.
Beginning with a humorous roll-call from a list possibly based on a few real people, the supposed minutes follows a series of literary compositions or declamations including a poem in iambic hexameter, a possibly original, humorous patriotic song, a backwoods tale of "Vermount" (Vermont?), and...
Dates:
1835 March 3
Found in:
Special Collections