Bibliography for George Shepard Burleigh's Work
Books by George S. Burleigh
Some were written anonymously or under pseudonyms, but all are now attested to by internal evidence.
[Burleigh, George Shepard.] The Descent from the Cross: A Poem. Delivered in Hartford, October 28, 1841, by Lucian Burleigh . Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Burnham.
Despite the fact that Lucian Burleigh's name is on the title page, it is NOT his poem! Evidence from letters, George Burleigh's own papers at Brown university, and frankly the poetic skills evident in the work, all mitigate against this being a first-time effort from Lucian. George had a shy temperament, and had just turned twenty when this work was finished. The confusion about the authorship is continued in major catalogues world-wide. Correcting it will be a new mission for the Burleigh team!
E. D. H. [George Shepard Burleigh]. Temperance Poems, No. I & II. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1844.
The text for Volume II is accessible online at HathiTrust.
Burleigh, George S. Elegiac Poem on the Death of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Hartford: The Charter Oak Office, 1846.
This text is accessible online at HathiTrust.
S.C. Merrick [psuedonym of George Shepard Burleigh, misspelled!]. Mason Hodges: A Tale of Our Village. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1848.
A Temperance tale. Available online from Center for Research Libraries.
Mason Hodges: A Tale of Our Village
Title page of 1848 Temperance story, Mason Hodges. Note that George Shepard Burleigh's pseudonym is here misspelled, which is odd, since it is an imagined name! It is supposed to be Merrigate. Fortunately someone in the know came and added Burleigh's name to this title page.
Burleigh, George Shepard. The Maniac and Other Poems. Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1849.
This text is accessible online at HathiTrust.
[Burleigh, George Shepard]. Signal Fires on the Trail of the Pathfinder. New York: Dayton and Burdick, 1856.
This text is accessible online at HathiTrust.
John C. Frémont 1856 Campaign poster
George S. Burleigh's poems contributed to the remarkable showing by the Frémont campaign in 1856, the first Republican national presidential campaign. The strength of Frémont's returns, though he ultimately lost to the non-entity (and, until the 21st century, our consensus worst president), James Buchanan, set the stage for Lincoln's success against a divided field in 1860.
Anthologies
The Poets of Connecticut, edited by Rev. Charles W. Everest. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Burnham, 1843. The following poems by George Shepard Burleigh are included: "Nunketunk" (463-466); "Grief's Blessing" (467-468); "Hospitality" (468). This last poem closes the entire volume, which went through many editions across the heart of the nineteenth-century.
Bicentennial Committee, ed. Plainfield Bicentennial: A Souvenir Volume Comprising the Speeches, Historical Papers, Poems, and General Exercises at the Observance of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the Town of Plainfield, Conn., Aug. 31st, 1899. Norwich: The Bulletin Company, 1899.
This volume contains a poem written by George S. Burleigh, who at the time was living in Providence, RI. It was read at the ceremony by his grandniece, Agnes Burleigh Allen. The poem, "To Plainfield, Conn. on her Two-Hundredth Anniversary," is on pages 61-62 (and in this project, at the link).
This text is accessible online at HathiTrust.
The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology, ed. George Willis Cooke. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. It is significant that George S. Burleigh was included in this anthology, issued the year of his death. The book is accessible on line through Internet Archive.
Translations
Victor Hugo, The Legend of the Centuries. translated by George S. Burleigh. New York: n.p., 1867.
