Lamar Literary Journal Contents
Mirabeau Lamar's journal includes poems, stories and editorials. Most were written by him, but some were written by others and carefully copied by his own hand for keeping in this leather bound journal.
Below is a table of contents with links to PDF documents (will open in a separate tab/window) of each piece in the journal:
Front half of journal
(01) Cover | Journal page: 1 (PDF 592 KB)
(02) Poem | Sally Riley | Journal pages: 2 – 10 (PDF 2.12 MB)
(03) Story | The Invisible Avenger | Journal pages: 11 – 32 (PDF 6.07 MB)
(04) Editorial | From the Columbus Enquirer Volume I, Number 1 | Journal pages: 33 – 53 (PDF 5.47 MB)
(05) Poem | Monody | Journal pages: 54 – 56 (PDF 651 KB)
(06) Poem | Stanzas | Journal page: 57 (PDF 241 KB)
(07) Poems | Apology and The Envious Rose | Journal pages: 58 – 59 (PDF 547 KB)
(08) Poem | The Seasons | Journal page: 60 (PDF 244 KB)
(09) Poem | Grieve Not for Me | Journal pages: 61 – 62 (PDF 500 KB)
(10) Poem | To My Daughter | Journal pages: 63 – 64 (PDF 446 KB)
(11) Poem | To a Lady | Journal pages: 65 – 66 (PDF 406 KB)
(12) Poem | Missionary Hymn | Journal pages: 67 – 68 (PDF 414 KB)
(13) Poem | Song of an Antiquated Beau | Journal pages: 69 (PDF 250 KB)
(14) Poem | Compliment | Journal page: 70 (PDF 243 KB)
(15) Poem | My Gem of Delight | Journal pages: 71 – 72 (PDF 477 KB)
(16) Poem | Mary Ann, Written at Velasco | Journal pages: 73 – 76 (PDF 788 KB)
(17) Poem | Song | Journal page: 77 (PDF 237 KB)
(18) Poem | Song | Journal page: 78 (PDF 216 KB)
(19) Poems | Love and Marriage and Woman | Journal pages: 79 – 81 (PDF 652 KB)
(20) Poem | Sally Riley (2) | Journal pages: 82 – 91 (PDF 2.48 MB)
(21) Poem | To Miss ________ | Journal page: 92 (PDF 243 KB)
(22) Poem | To Mary ________ | Journal pages: 93 – 94 (PDF 423 KB) *
(23) Torn | Torn page/crossed out stanza | Journal page: 95 (PDF 223 KB) *
(24) Torn | Torn out page | Journal page: 96 (PDF 221 KB) *
(25) Poem | Lines In reply to some received from The Rev.d Edward Fontaine, Pontotoc Mississippi | Journal pages: 97 – 102 (PDF 1.17 MB)
(26) Torn | Torn out page | Journal pages: 103 (PDF 259 KB) *
(27) Poem | Untitled poem with four crossed over stanzas | Journal page: 104 (PDF 256 KB)
Back half of journal
(28) Cover | Inside of the back cover | Journal pages: 105 – 106 (PDF 396 KB)
(29) Article | Rights of the People by Patrick Henry | Journal pages: 107 – 134 (PDF 9.67 MB)
(30) Poem | Modest Petition of a Newspaper Editor To Samuel Houston, President 1841 | Journal pages: 135 – 140 (PDF 1.2 MB)
(31) Poem | One Song More for the Daily Bullitin | Journal page: 141 (PDF 237 KB)
* Lamar wrote in his journal from the first page through page 104, then he turned the book around and upside down to start at the back cover and wrote pages 105 through 141. About two-thirds of page 94/95 (front and back of a single page) is torn out, leaving one final stanza to the poem ‘To Mary ___’ at the top of page 94 and one stanza that has been crossed out on page 95; pages 96 and 103 are both torn out leaving about an inch of paper from the spine – the torn page 96 has no writing on it and page 103 shows part of the first letter in several of the lines but offers no discernible text. Pages 96 and 103 are included as separate documents here to maintain the integrity of the journal’s pagination.