WorkCornelius Mathews

John Smith, a Convicted Felon, upon the Copyright' in Arcturus

John Smith, a Convicted Felon, upon the Copyright' in Arcturus (April 1842), Inferred

Cornelius Mathews (1817–1889) · April 1842

InferredFuller's judgment that "the letter is good" demonstrates she has read and approved of Mathews's "John Smith, a Convicted Felon, upon the Copyright," identified by Hudspeth as appearing in *Arcturus* (April 1842) Catalogue note: a standalone essay or article rather than a book; retained under the author's record but excluded from the book titles list.

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Documented 1846

Letters

Selected engagements, in chronological order.

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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

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Confirmed reading

Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

undated(poem on the journalist's vocation)Demonstrated
“A worthy account of the vocation and duties of the journalist, is given by Cornelius Mathews... As shakes the canvass of a thousand ships”
Papers on Literature and Art
Substantial ~41-line verbatim quotation of a Mathews poem on the journalist's vocation.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe1record

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Letter to Evert A. Duyckinck

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“Mr Greeley is not willing to insert the letter on copyright. It is long and the paper much crowded, beside he does not incline to publish what has appeared previously in other journals.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.

Inferred Fuller's judgment that "the letter is good" demonstrates she has read and approved of Mathews's "John Smith, a Convicted Felon, upon the Copyright," identified by Hudspeth as appearing in Arcturus (April 1842) Catalogue note: a standalone essay or article rather than a book; retained under the author's record but excluded from the book titles list.