WorkBarthold Georg Niebuhr
Römische Geschichte [History of Rome] (1811-1812, expanded 1828)
Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776–1831) · 1811-1812, expanded 1828
InferredFuller names Niebuhr in the context of studying Roman history while in Rome
ReadMentioned
Documented 1848–1849
Letters
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
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 →
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.
“I am again reading Nieb[uh]r this winter and if I get time shall read [ ] also.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Rome, 7th Deer 1848; I am again reading Niebuhr this winter
"I am again reading Nieb[uh]r this winter" is an explicit present-tense reading statement.
“I am again reading Nieb[uh]r this winter and if I get time shall read [ ] also.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Hudspeth identified him: 'Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776-1831), a German historian and statesman, had been Prussian ambassador to Rome from 1816 to 1823.
“I study sometimes Niebuhr, and other books about Rome, but not to any great profit.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Fuller names Niebuhr in the context of studying Roman history while in Rome