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| 1897 |
Life of Clement C. Moore, LL,D. |
Winthrop S. Pelletreau |
Never knew Henry existed |
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| 29 Dec 1899 |
Authorship of The Night Before Christmas |
Simon W. Cooper |
1st Public Questioning of Authorship |
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| 4 Aug 1920 |
79 MILE to N. YORK |
Winthrop P. Tryon |
Argument for Henry |
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| 19 Dec 1920 |
Out on Long Island |
Simon W. Cooper |
Statement of Family Belief |
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| 1920 |
Who Wrote "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" |
Henry Litchfield West |
Neutral |
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| 27 Dec 1923 |
The Scranton Republican |
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Neutral, tilting Moore |
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| 1924 |
"Famous Single Poems" |
Burton E. Stevenson |
Argument against Henry; annotated |
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| 24 Dec 1927 |
"Whose Santa Claus" |
James Thurber |
Neutral |
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| 24 Dec 1929 |
Two Sections of Manhattan Claim Christmas Shrine |
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Argument for Moore |
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| 23 Dec 1933 |
In New York" |
Paul Harrison |
Neutral |
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| 24 Dec 1933 |
Merry Xmas To All And To All a Good Night" |
James H. Street |
Neutral |
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| 24 Dec 1936 |
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas" |
James Livingston Denig |
Argument for Henry |
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| 1942 |
Editorial Notes on the Writing of Henry Livingston, Jr." |
Helen Wilkinson Reynolds |
Tilts toward Henry |
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| 15 Dec 1948 |
The Daily Republican |
Clark Kinnaird |
Neutral |
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| 6 Dec 1949 |
Indiana Gazette Cartoon |
What you should know about Christmas |
Widely published cartoon saying might be Livingston rather than Moore |
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| 1956 |
The Claims for Henry Livingston, Jr. |
Samuel W. Patterson |
Argument against Henry; author of Moore biography |
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| 1958 |
Blithe Dutchess |
Henry N. MacCracken |
Argument for Henry |
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| 22 Dec 1963 |
Many Credit a Poughkeepsian |
Helen Meyers |
Argument for Henry |
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| 23 Dec 1966 |
Kokomo Morning Times |
Russell Kirk |
Argument against Henry |
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| 23 Dec 1968 |
The Kansas City Time |
James Aldredge |
Argument for Henry |
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| 1973 |
Illustrated Book of Christmas Folklore |
Tristram Potter Coffin |
Argument for Henry |
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| 5 Dec 1975 |
The Americans Who Gave Us Santa Claus |
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Argument for Moore AND Henry |
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| 24 Dec 1975 |
"Will the Real Xmas Poet Please Stand Up" |
Richard Pritchett |
Argument for Henry |
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| 24 Dec 1976 |
Doubt is cast about author of noted Christmas poem |
Jack Cavanaugh |
Argument for Henry |
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| 10 Nov 1977 |
Who Does "The Night Before Christmas" Belong To? |
W. Stephen Thomas |
Argument for Henry |
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| 1982 |
Clement Moore Revisited |
Peter Christoph |
Dunder/Blixem rhyme analysis |
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| 2000 |
Author Unknown |
Don Foster |
Analysis of authorship of Livingston, Moore, and author of Christmas poem; Argument for Henry |
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| 26 Dec 2000 |
Writing sleuth investigates 'fingerprints' of authors |
Michael Hill |
Neutral |
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| 2000 |
There Arose Such a Clatter
Who Really Wrote "The Night before Christmas"? (And Why Does It Matter?) |
Stephen Nissenbaum |
Argument against Henry |
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| 2000 |
The Authorship of The Night Before Christmas |
Seth Kaller Inc. website |
Argument against Henry Is this from the Nichell "Manuscript" article? |
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| 6 Dec 2003 |
Collection of Christmas books displayed |
Judy Lin |
Tilts Moore |
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| 27 Nov 2005 |
Museum puts a new spin on Santa |
Randall Chase |
Neutral |
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| 2005 |
Christmas Poem Sale Stirs Plagiarism Feud |
ABC News |
Identifies Nichell as hired by Seth Kaller to write article |
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| 2005 |
All About "A Visit from St. Nicholas" |
Paul J Schacht |
Presenting both sides with great numbers of errors |
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2006 2006 |
Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? Part One Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"? Part Two |
Postscripts |
Argument for Henry; gives details about Kaller mss sale |
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| bef. 1904 |
Old Livingston Mansion |
Poughkeepsie paper |
Henry Sr. house and family | |
| Jun 1911 |
Livingston Cemetery |
Poughkeepsie paper |
list of who is buried there | |
| 1919 |
Henry Livingston (Jr.) |
Dr. William S. Thomas |
general | |
| 1921 |
Sketches of a Few Gentlemen of Ye Old Colonial Days |
Cornelia Griswold Goodrich |
Description of Henry's house | |
| 1938 |
Dutchess Co Men of the Revolutionary Period Henry Livingston (Sr.) |
J. Wilson Poucher |
mostly pre-revolution politics | |
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First Families |
New York American |
Livingston history; Clarence Pell wedding | |
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Silverware |
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Weathervane
Silver Service |
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Punchbowl |
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Adriance Library |
Poughkeepsie NY |
Henry's 1819 Carrier Address; letters between Henry's father and granduncle, Henry Beekman; extensive collection of microfilm of early Poughkeepsie newspapers |
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American Antiquarian Society |
Worcester MA |
Early New York State newspapers and magazines, in volumes and microfilm | |
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Carnegie-Mellon University Library |
Pittsburgh PA |
Anne Haight Lyons collection of Night Before Christmas material WONDERFUL Librarians |
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Dutchess County Historical Society |
Poughkeepsie NY |
Massive information on Henry and Poughkeepsie | |
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Illinois State Archives |
Springfield IL |
Letters by Henry to his first wife, and to his grandson, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Sidney Breese |
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Locust Grove |
Poughkeepsie NY |
Property originally belonging to Henry Livingston, Jr., later purchased by
S.F.B. Morse, the husband of Henry's granddaughter and the half-nephew of Henry's son-in-law |
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Museum of the City of New York |
NYC |
Extensive Moore collection, including poetry | |
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New York Historical Society |
NYC |
Henry Livingston's Day Book; William S. Thomas Collection (limited utility); extensive Moore collection | |
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New York Public Library |
NYC |
Gilbert Livingston Collection - surveys, and letters by Henry and his brother Gilbert | |
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New York State Archives |
Albany NY |
Surveys and letters by Henry, including his work as agent for James Jacob Astor | |
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