EDMUND QUINCY and R. C. WATERSTON, Memoirs of Charles Sprague

Memoirs of Charles Sprague

EDMUND QUINCY (1808–77), Memoir of Charles Sprague, Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1875

R. C. WATERSTON (1812–93), Remarks Upon the Life and Works of Charles Sprague, Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1875

These memoirs demonstrate that Charles Sprague was highly regarded at the time of his death in 1875. Quincy, for example, insists that Sprague’s poems “will always keep his name fresh” and that “all who value American literature are indebted to Charles Sprague for the contributions he has made to it.”

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