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Skipwith Cannell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (262 words) |
 | Skipwith Cannell (1887 - 1957) was an American poet associated with the Imagist group. |
| Cannell studied at the University of Virginia and was enthusiastic about the work of Edgar Allan Poe and the free verse of The King James Version of The Bible. |
| He was briefly married to Kathleen Eaton Cannell, whom was generally known as 'Kitty'. |
| Guide Introduction: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations–Series L: (3336 words) |
| Sir Peyton Skipwith (1740-1808) was born at Blandford in Prince George County, Virginia, the son of Sir William and Elizabeth (Smith) Skipwith. |
| The eldest son, Sir Grey Skipwith, born in 1771, inherited the English estate and property, and was the only member of the family to permanently return to England. |
| A scrapbook, 1883, of Annie L. Skipwith is in Box 24, Folder 3, with clippings of poems, articles on conduct, riddles, and pictures pasted over a letterbook of John Hill as agent for Sir Peyton Skipwith, including a poem, "Dull Times" signed by John Hill, Mason County, Kentucky, 1797. |
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