Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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John Gorham Palfrey was a Unitarian minister, professor at Harvard Divinity School, editor of the North American Review, congressman from Massachusetts (1847-1849), postmaster of Boston (1861-1867), and historian, best known for his multi-volume History of New England.

From the description of Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 77703801
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referencedIn Chase family. Papers, c. 1787-c. 1915. Gadsden Public Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter, 1847 March 12. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861. Correspondence, 1832-1861. Gadsden Public Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. John G. Palfrey letter, 1851 Sept. 30. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Papers of Edward Everett, 1811-1864. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Carver, 1833-1906. Papers. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. Papers, 1765-1935 (bulk 1830-1899) Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Election statistics : manuscript, [after 1840] Houghton Library
creatorOf Phillips, Willard, 1784-1873. Papers, 1759-1875 Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Smith, Amos, 1816-1887. Amos Smith. Papers, 1840-1842. Harvard University, Divinity School Library
creatorOf Cushing family. Papers, 1695-1893. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Autograph letter signed : to L. Mariotti, [no year] Dec. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Nelson, William, 1847-1914. Manuscript collection, 1690-1875 New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Correspondence of Benjamin Perley Poore, 1845-1847. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876. Papers, 1837-1875 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Lowell-Gay papers, 1846-1871. Houghton Library
referencedIn Howe family papers, 1819-1910. Houghton Library
referencedIn Society for the Promotion of Christianity in India. Records, 1825-1849 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
creatorOf Church in Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.). Letters, [ca. 1820-1862]. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
creatorOf Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844. Personal and family papers, 1817-1913. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. Houghton Library
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn American literary collection, 1805-1930. New Hampshire Historical Society Library
creatorOf Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853. Papers, 1792-1853. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Folsom, Charles, 1794-1872. Papers, 1732-1871; bulk: 1816-1871 Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Nichols, George, 1809-1882. Correspondence, 1827-1885 Houghton Library
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creatorOf Shattuck, Lemuel, 1793-1859. Lemuel Shattuck papers, 1676-1909; bulk: 1805-1867 Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Society for the Promotion of Theological Education at Harvard University. Records of the Society for the Promotion of Theological Education at Harvard University, 1788-1853 (inclusive), 1816-1853 (bulk). Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter to E. [Train?]. Cambridge. 1853 June 21. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Hoadley, Charles J., 1828-1900, and Hoadley, George E.,1837-1922. Autograph collection, 1648-1925 Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Edward Everett Collection, 1811-1864 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Deane, Charles, 1813-1889. Correspondence, 1602-1889, bulk: 1844-1889. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Calendar of New England papers, 1689-1761. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884 Smithsonian Institution Archives
creatorOf Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Perry-Clarke Collection, 1761-1923. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Papers, 1822-1930 (bulk: 1830-1877). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. John Gorham Palfrey letters, 1842-1857. New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. Correspondence, 1724-1909 (bulk 1836-1892) Houghton Library
creatorOf Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Papers of Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1835-1866. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers, 1788-1941, (bulk 1820-1856) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1854-1897. Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, D, 1586-1975. Houghton Library
referencedIn John Thomas Codman Brook Farm collection, 1840-1901. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIe. 1845-1865. American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891) Houghton Library
referencedIn Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876. Papers, 1837-1875. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864, and Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899. Papers, 1839-1899 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889. Letters received, 1866-1874. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Collection of autograph letters, ca. 1829-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection, 1835-1863 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Story, Joseph, 1779-1845. [Letter] 1835 Jan. 12 [to] the Revd. Dr. Palfrey / Joseph Story. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Holmes family papers, 1711-1938 Houghton Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Letterbooks, 1789-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915 Houghton Library
referencedIn Society for Promoting Theological Education. Records, 1815-1977 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Robert Carter letters from various correspondents, 1851-1898 (inclusive), 1851-1862 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Personal papers, 1808-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard University. Mathematical theses, 1782-1839 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Papers, 1828-1919 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc, 1826-1836 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Emerson family correspondence, ca. 1725-1900. Houghton Library
referencedIn Batchelder family papers, 1806-1902 Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter to Rev. William Henry Furness, 1858. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. Papers, 1826-1924; bulk: 1847-1889 Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Papers of John G. Palfrey, 1846-1855. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter signed : Boston, to Albert L. Fernald, 1866 Mar. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Greenleaf, Simon. Simon Greenleaf Papers. 1792-1853. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Thomas Wentworth Higginson correspondence Houghton Library
referencedIn Hemenway, Amy. Collection of autographs, 1791-1873 Houghton Library
referencedIn Records of the Harvard Club, and, 1855-1858, 1933 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924) William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Papers of John G. Palfrey [manuscript], 1858-1868. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881) Houghton Library
creatorOf Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884. [New England]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1850-1895 (inclusive), 1852-1878 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. John Howard Payne papers, 1813-1852. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, M Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Notice of Nathan Dane; being part of a sermon preached in the chapel of the University of Cambridge..., February 22, 1835. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Harvard Divinity School. Records of the Office of the Dean, 1816-1976 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. Letters received 1837-1859 [bulk 1857-1859]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter, 1862 Sept. 10, Boston. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. X.includes:f. 1 Henry O'Neill: Letter to J. Hunter: 1852. ff. 3, 4, 6, 7 George Ormerod: Letters to J. Hunter: 1845-1856. f. 8 Thomas Osler: Letter to J. Hunter: 1813. f. 10 William Overend: Letter to J. Hunter: 1853. f. 11 Reverend John Gor..., 1800-1860 British Library
referencedIn Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887) Houghton Library
creatorOf Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Papers of William Hickling Prescott [manuscript], 1836-1858. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881,. Letters : concerning Isaac Nordheimer's Hebrew grammar : 1837. Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, E, 1564-1961. Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. [Letters, 1861-1872]. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. [Letter, 1864]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872. Papers, 1805-1896 (bulk 1814-1863) Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard, Houghton Library. John Gorham Palfrey Collection.
referencedIn Charles Eliot Norton papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. Harvard University, Wadsworth House
creatorOf Gardiner, William Howard, 1797-1882. Papers, 1708-1893, bulk: 1816-1882. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn G. Vinal and Sons. G. Vinal and Sons account book, 1838-1843. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn James Freeman Clarke correspondence, 1845-1872. Houghton Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution Annual Report. 1848.0.
creatorOf Crouzet, Pierre, 1753-1811. [French pamphlets] Houghton Library
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891. Group portrait of The Club Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Hall, Henry W., 1839-1864. Papers, 1851-1876 (bulk: 1851-1864). Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Correspondence, 1808-1913. Houghton Library
referencedIn Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit. Autographs of American authors and statesmen collection, ca.1770-1865. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Autograph File, A, 1518-2002. Houghton Library
referencedIn North American Review papers, 1831-1843 Houghton Library
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letter to "My dear Eloise [manuscript]," 1854 June 26. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Peabody, Ephraim, 1807-1856. Autograph Book, 1717-1849. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Autograph letter signed : to J.H. Payne, 1849 01 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn James Freeman Clarke additional papers, 1806-1936. Houghton Library
creatorOf Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Papers III, 1829-1839 Massachusetts Historical Society
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creatorOf Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. Harvard Law School Library Digital Suite. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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