![]() ![]() "It was kept in the collection, so obviously it was valued. ![]() "There is that family connection, so we're quite certain that she must have written it down," Little said. The Odell manuscript indicates that as early as 1824, friends of Moore were aware of the poem and believed that he was the author.īut Mary's source for her copy remains a mystery. The family of Henry Livingston Jr., a poet and farmer from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has asserted since the 19th century Livingstone is the true author and claims that Moore fraudulently took credit for the famous work. That the poem was published anonymously - and that Moore long refused to confirm or deny writing it - has led some to dispute his authorship of A Visit from St. In the early 19th century, before printing technology was widespread in the colonies, it was common for avid readers to "copy literature like this and circulate it, and keep journals of literature." Grandy said. ![]() Nicholas (more commonly known today as Twas the Night Before Christmas). The seminary was developed on land donated by Moore and. "Maybe it came through in letters, or someone passed it along and she chose to write it out herself." Clement Clarke Moore, (J July 10, 1863), is best known as the credited author of A Visit From St. Clement Clarke Moore (J July 10, 1863) was an American writer and Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City. Jonathan Odell of Fredericton from Clement Moore, who is widely considered to be the author of Twas the Night Before Christmas. ![]()
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