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Letter to Editor
November 7, 1836
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A letter comments on two newspaper articles: one on domestic manufactures, crediting Huguenot emigration for England's industrial rise with 100,000 emigrants in two years; the other on American literature, praising Charles Brockden Brown's novels like Edgar Huntly for their intellectual quality. Dated November 5, 1836.
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COMMUNICATED.
I was struck with two pieces which I read in your paper of this morning—Domestic Manufactures and American Literature. England would not have the name she now bears of being the greatest and most ingenious manufacturing nation on earth, if the Hugenots had not been forced by persecution to leave the shores of their nativity. In two years, one hundred thousand emigrated to England, carrying with them the fruits of their intelligence and toil.—
On the subject of American Literature, Brown's Novels are hardly known, and yet I think they contain some of as fine touches of intellectual endowment as can be found in more modern favorites—read Edgar Huntley, for example.
Nov. 5, 1836.
D.
I was struck with two pieces which I read in your paper of this morning—Domestic Manufactures and American Literature. England would not have the name she now bears of being the greatest and most ingenious manufacturing nation on earth, if the Hugenots had not been forced by persecution to leave the shores of their nativity. In two years, one hundred thousand emigrated to England, carrying with them the fruits of their intelligence and toil.—
On the subject of American Literature, Brown's Novels are hardly known, and yet I think they contain some of as fine touches of intellectual endowment as can be found in more modern favorites—read Edgar Huntley, for example.
Nov. 5, 1836.
D.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Historical
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
Education
What keywords are associated?
Huguenots
Emigration
Domestic Manufactures
American Literature
Browns Novels
Edgar Huntley
What entities or persons were involved?
D.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
D.
Main Argument
the letter highlights the huguenots' emigration as key to england's manufacturing prominence and argues that charles brockden brown's novels, such as edgar huntly, deserve more recognition for their intellectual merits in american literature.
Notable Details
Huguenots Forced By Persecution, 100,000 Emigrated To England In Two Years
Recommends Reading Edgar Huntley By Brown