American poet
Elise Justine Bayard Cutting (August 16, 1823
[1] – 1853
[2] ) was an American poet from
New York .
[3]
Early life
Elise Justine Bayard was born in
Fishkill, New York ,
[4] Bayard was the daughter of Robert Bayard (1797–1878) and Elizabeth McEvers,
[5]
[6] both members of old New York families.
[7] Her father, along with her uncle,
Robert Fulton , were partners in the ferry from Brooklyn to New York. Another uncle was
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV , the last patroon of the
Manor of Rensselaerswyck . Her paternal grandfather,
William Bayard Jr. (1761–1826), was a prominent New York City banker who was a close friend to
Alexander Hamilton , who died at Bayard's home after
his famous duel with
Aaron Burr .
[8]
Career
Bayard Cutting penned what scholars have called "unremarkable" verse about common subjects. She published frequently in
The Knickerbocker and the
Literary World and was identified as a promising young author in a column written by
Sarah Josepha Hale .
[9] It is difficult to definitively assign many poems to her as they were often unsigned or only initialed with her maiden initials, E.J.B. , or her married ones, E.B.C. .
[4]
[10]
An example of her
sonnet is:
[11]
Sprung from the arid rock devoid of soil, In vig'rous life I saw one blade of wheat, Bearing its precious grain, full-lobed and sweet, Remote from eye of him whose lusty toil In other harvest recompense hath found; And it seemed good to me that labour should Beyond its aim or asking thus abound, While reaping to itself its purchased food: So, too, from him, who the prolific thought Sows in the cultured field of intellect, A wandering breath its course may intersect, And bear an embryo with rich promise fraught Within some barren soul to germinate, And fill with fruitful life what else were desolate.
[11]
Personal life
On February 13, 1849, she married
Fulton Cutting (1816–1875), the son of William Cutting (1773–1820) and Gertrude Livingston (1778–1864).
[12] Her husband, Fulton, a lawyer and vestryman at
Trinity Church ,
[13]
[14]
[15] was the younger brother of
Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804–1870), a
U.S. Representative from New York, the nephew of
Henry Walter Livingston (1768–1810), and the grandson of
Walter Livingston (1740–1797), and their sons were:
[16]
She died in New York.
[20]
[21] Elise's papers are in the library of the
New York Historical Society .
[22]
References
^ William Smith Pelletreau (1907).
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York . Lewis Publishing Company. p.
111 . Retrieved 18 February 2013 .
^
"George Augustus Baker (1821–1880) | Elise Justine Bayard" . collections.mcny.org .
Museum of the City of New York . Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"Elise Justine Bayard - Poetry & Biography of the Famous poet - All Poetry" . allpoetry.com . Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
a
b Zilboorg, Caroline. (1979). "Elise Justine Bayard". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present . Vol. 1. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 125–6.
^
Columbia University Quarterly . Columbia University Press. 1912. pp. 286–. Retrieved 18 February 2013 .
^ Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1919).
A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: And the Descent of the Bolton Family from Assheton, Byron and Hulton of Hulton Park, by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch ... Washington, D.C.: James H. Dony, printer. Retrieved 9 November 2016 .
^ Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1853).
The Female Poets of America . H.C. Baird. p.
357 . Retrieved 30 April 2017 . Elise Justine Bayard.
^ Pelletreau, William Smith (1907).
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York . New York: Lewis Publishing Company. Retrieved 9 November 2016 . Justine Bayard Joseph Blackwell.
^
The Literary World . Osgood & Company. 1849. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^ Cushing, William (1885).
Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises . T. Y. Crowell & Company. p.
347 . Retrieved 30 April 2017 . Elise Justine Bayard.
^
a
b
"19th Century Women's Poetry | Elise Justine Bayard (1815?-1850?)" . www.lehigh.edu .
Lehigh University . Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"Fulton Cutting's Estate" .
The New York Times . 6 March 1880. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"Decisions – Supreme Court Chambers June 9 – By Justice Ingraham – Motions Granted" .
The New York Times . 10 June 1865. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"Oyer and Terminer – A Grand Jury Impanneled Thirty Murder and Homicide Cases – Important Charge of the Judge – General Sessions – United States District Court Sept. 29. – Before Judge Betts – Fraud on the Revenue – Singular Suit for a Lost Draft – Rights of Married Women Separate Estates – The Stadt Theatre Case – Decisions" .
The New York Times . 2 October 1860. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"Easter Elections – Trinity Church" .
The New York Times . 11 April 1860. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . James T. White & Co. 1916. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
"W.B. Cutting Dies on Train" .
The New York Times . 2 Mar 1912. p. 1. Retrieved February 18, 2013 .
^
"Fulton Cutting, N. Y. Real Estate Head Dies at 82" .
Chicago Tribune . September 22, 1934. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^ Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (December 20, 2000).
Historical Dictionary of Liberia . Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
9781461659310 . Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^
Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations: Consisting of Beautiful Thoughts, Choice Extracts and Sayings, of the Most Eminent Writers of All Nations, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Together with a Comprehensive Biographical Index of Authors, and an Alphabetical List of Subjects Quoted . International Printing and Publishing Office. 1884. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^ Allibone, S. Austin (1874).
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors . Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
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