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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber was born in New Hampshire and emigrated to Boston to pursue a career in journalism. He worked for the Boston Daily Post and the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. Shillaber achieved some literary fame through humorous works written under the pen name "Mrs. Ruth Partington."

Works in the EAF Collection

Knitting-Works: A Web of Many Textures, Wrought by Ruth Partington (1859)

Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family edited by B. P. Shillaber (1854)

EAF Manuscript Materials

Manuscript: Quotation from Ruth Partington (April 6, 1859)

Manuscript: Quotation from Ruth Partington (April 5, 1890)

Letter: Shillaber to Frederick E. Partington (June 24, 1874)

Letter: Shillaber to Frederick E. Partington (October 20, 1874)

Letter: Shillaber to "my dear young friend" (September 17, 1887)

Letter: Shillaber to W. P. Young (January 28, 1889)

Letter: Shillaber to "My dear friend" (July 3, 1889)

Photo: B. P. Shillaber, standing

Photo: B. P. Shillaber, seated

Contemporary Biographies

From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)

From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)

Other Resources

Guides to Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-a

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-b

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-c

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-d

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-e

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-f

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhollow.: #7493-g