EAF Author: Rufus Dawes (1803-1859)
Works in the Collection Biographies Other Resources
A native of Massachusetts, Rufus Dawes's major works include The Valley of the Nashaway and other Poems, Athenia of Damascus, Geraldine (a long narrative poem), and Nix's Mate (a historical romance).
Works in the EAF Collection
Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America (1839) [Volume 1] [Volume 2]
Contemporary Biographies
From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)
From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)
From Evert A. Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature (1856)
Other Resources
Guides to Rufus Dawes manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :A Guide to the Rufus Dawes Collection [7177]
A Guide to the Rufus Dawes Collection [7177-a]