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North American Review papers, 1831-1843

Title: North American Review papers, 1831-1843

These papers are primarily manuscripts of, and materials relating to, articles published in the magazine during the editorship of John Gorham Palfrey. North American Review

ArchivalResource: 7 linear feet (20 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00073/catalog View

National and local historic figures, 1638-1980.

Title: National and local historic figures, 1638-1980.

Correspondence, diaries, and business and personal papers, of 139 individuals associated with the history of New Haven, or national figures represented by items relating to New Haven, including Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Coit Gilman, George Washington, and Eli Whitney. Other persons represented by twenty or more items include Reuben Allen (1815-1874), Hezekiah Augur (1791-1858), Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), Dr. Lucius N. Beardsley (1814-1880), Isaac Beers (1742?-1813), Dwight Bowers (1866-1907), Eli Bradley (1781?-1816), William Campbell (d. 1779), Frederick Croswell (1813-1863), Rev. Soloman J. Douglas (1834-1921), Aaron Forbes (1760-1831), Caleb Gilbert (1733-1801), Chauncey Allen Goodrich (1790-1860), Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), Daniel Greene (1765-1817) and family, Dennis Kimberly (1790-1862), Dr. James Gates Percival (1795-1856), Lucius A. Thomas (1806-1879), Gilbert Totten (1760 or 61-1839), and Charles W. Whittlesey.

ArchivalResource: 4 ft. (2,000 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774715864 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to Dr. George Hayward. New Haven, CT. 1827 July 10.

Title: Letter to Dr. George Hayward. New Haven, CT. 1827 July 10.

Concerning his literary labors and their compensation; with unfavorable comments on Cooper.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122504094 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Papers of James Gates Percival [manuscript], 1827-1855 [manuscript].

Title: Papers of James Gates Percival [manuscript], 1827-1855 [manuscript].

The papers contain a poem "Home" and an agreement for payment for his edition of Malte-Brun's book on geography. Letters concern his edition of Malte-Brun and his work as a geologist including his geological survey of Wisconsin. He mentions Governor Edwards of Connecticut and Governor Marcy of New York and translates three Dutch proverbs.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833961 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. [Pamphlets by and about James G. Percival].

Title: [Pamphlets by and about James G. Percival].

ArchivalResource: v. 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701747866 View

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960)

Title: Lewis Gannett papers, 1681-1966 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk).

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, journals, notebooks, legal and business papers, memorabilia, photos, and other papers, together with Gannett family papers. Includes correspondence of Gannett's grandfather and father, Unitarian clergymen Ezra Stiles Gannett of Boston and William Channing Gannett; 91 letters, 1796-1817, from Gannett's great-grandfather Caleb Gannett to John Mico Gannett, and journals of his grandmother Anna Tilden Gannett.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00670/catalog View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Clio. No. 3 : preface, [182-?].

Title: Clio. No. 3 : preface, [182-?].

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49521684 View

Sheet music - American composers, 1790-1940.

Title: Sheet music - American composers, 1790-1940.

Collection of sheet music by American composers including Thomas A. Beckett, Irving Berlin, William Bradbury, Benjamin Carr, Dan Emmett, Stephen Foster, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Ned Harrigan, Charles K. Harris, Victor Herbert, Al Jolson, Lewis Lambert, James Gates Percival, William Tossiter, John Phillip Sousa, Hattie Starr, Leslie Stuart, James Thornton, George James Webb, Septimus Winner (Alice Hawthorne), and Henry C. Work.

ArchivalResource: ca. 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155510654 View

Lawson, James, 1799-1880. Papers of James Lawson, 1821-1878.

Title: Papers of James Lawson, 1821-1878.

The collection contains a commonplace book of miscellaneous writings by Lawson, correspondence, and miscellaneous family papers including legal and financial papers and correspondence. Correspondence includes twelve letters from Scottish author and publisher John Mennons concerning his interest in American literature and his desire to bring it to the British public in his "Literary Coronal." He is especially interested in the works of Fitz-Greene Halleck, James Gordon Brooks, James Gates Percival, and Washington Irving. He discusses the exchange of books and newspapers with Lawson, and mentions the coronation and travels of George IV, a duel involving London Magazine editor John Scott, and business and political crises. Family correspondence includes eleven letters from Edward and Lawson Sandford to their mother Mrs. Thomas S. Sandford. Lawson describes his experiences in California aboard the "McArthur" and the Haggin system of irrigation in Bakersfield. A letter from Jon W.C. Alexander to James Lawson, 1878 July 22, discusses financial matters. The collection also contains a stock certificate of the New York Gas Regulator Company, 1853; a deed of sale for Lawson's house, 1863; and four checks signed by him.

ArchivalResource: 39 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50421326 View

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich [manuscript], 1822-1856.

Title: Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich [manuscript], 1822-1856.

Letters from Goodrich primarily concerning publishing. His letter to James Gates Percival, dated November 27, 1822, discusses Percival's works and advises him to avoid controversy in his writing. Goodrich urges Franklin Haven to use his influence in promoting subscriptions to "Natural History" in Boston. He sends waste sheets of poems to Rufus Wilmot Griswold to give him some idea of their quality. Letters concerning Goodrich's own writing include a discussion of "Peter Parley's Short Stories for Long Nights;" a contribution to an annual appearing under Eliza Leslie's auspices and his admiration of her works; his purchase of copies of "Pic'l England," "Penny Magazine," and "Penny Cyclopedia" for use in U.S. magazines; and his financial affairs concerning his books. Two letters mention "The Token." Correspondence also includes a letter to Richard L. Pease concerning speaking dates to Whigs in Nantucket and Edgartown, and mentioning L.H. Jenks; two letters concerning autographs; and a letter requesting assistance in locating the designer, Billings, from whom he wants to obtain drawings. Correspondents include James Gates Percival, Allen and Ticknor, Eliza Leslie, Franklin Haven, T.J. Huntington, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Weare C. Little, Richard L. Pease, and Rev. William B. Sprague.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647877815 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Poems : New Haven : autograph copy as sent to the printer, 1841 Apr. 21.

Title: Poems : New Haven : autograph copy as sent to the printer, 1841 Apr. 21.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270629132 View

Townsend family. Papers, 1850-1856.

Title: Papers, 1850-1856.

Letters (1854, May 30-1856, Dec. 19), some with drawings, from journalist, George E. Townsend, in New Haven, Conn., to his cousin, Mary Townsend, in Geneva, N.Y. whom he is courting, describing local customs and people, particularly those from the field of art, literature, and journalism, including Donald G. Mitchell "Ik Marvel" and James G. Percival. Also, journal (1850, July 22-1955, Feb. 16) of Julia Townsend near Geneva, N.Y., chronicling a troubled courtship, social customs in the area, and including several pages of religious notes; and a diary (1853, Jan 1-1856, Nov. 6) of Samuel Henry Townsend (b. 1839) her brother, recounting a trip to Illinois and the Nebraska Territory in 1856. References are made to the "water-cure" located in Geneva, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16016624 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to G[eorge] Ticknor. [s.l.]. [18--]

Title: Letter to G[eorge] Ticknor. [s.l.]. [18--]

Asking for an opinion about beginning a new literary periodical, for the purpose of securing for himself permanent literary employment.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313647756 View

MacDougall, R. Bruce. The dead at Paoli : an American Revolutionary elegy : for S.A.T.B. chorus with English horn (or clarinet) solo obbligato / musical setting by R. Bruce MacDougall ; text, James G. Percival.

Title: The dead at Paoli : an American Revolutionary elegy : for S.A.T.B. chorus with English horn (or clarinet) solo obbligato / musical setting by R. Bruce MacDougall ; text, James G. Percival. c1976.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (5 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20657735 View

Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q.

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990120831020203941/catalog View

Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844. Letters : New York, [N.Y.], 1819-1841.

Title: Letters : New York, [N.Y.], 1819-1841.

Three letters written by Leete to: James Tallmadge, a New York congressman (1819 Apr. 19), regarding Tallmadge's Missouri slavery amendment and New York Politics; James G. Percival, a poet and geologist (1825 July 21), regarding the acceptance of a position; and John Canfield Spencer, secretary of war (1841 Dec. 22), soliciting the War Department's advertising for his paper.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 folders) ; 26 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40337076 View

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1822-1856.

Title: Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1822-1856.

Letters from Goodrich primarily concerning publishing. His letter to James Gates Percival, dated November 27, 1822, discusses Percival's works and advises him to avoid controversy in his writing. Goodrich urges Franklin Haven to use his influence in promoting subscriptions to "Natural History" in Boston. He sends waste sheets of poems to Rufus Wilmot Griswold to give him some idea of their quality. Letters concerning Goodrich's own writing include a discussion of "Peter Parley's Short Stories for Long Nights;" a contribution to an annual appearing under Eliza Leslie's auspices and his admiration of her works; his purchase of copies of "Pic'l England," "Penny Magazine, " and "Penny Cyclopedia" for use in U.S. magazines; and his financial affairs concerning his books. Two letters mention "The Token." Correspondence also includes a letter to Richard L. Pease concerning speaking dates to Whigs in Nantucket and Edgartown, and mentioning L.H. Jenks; two letters concerning autographs; and a letter requesting assistance in locating the designer, Billings, from whom he wants to obtain drawings. Correspondents include James Gates Percival, Allen and Ticknor, Eliza Leslie, Franklin Haven, T.J. Huntington, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Weare C. Little, Richard L. Pease, and Rev. William B. Sprague.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34689934 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Papers concerning James Gates Percival, 1847-1968.

Title: Papers concerning James Gates Percival, 1847-1968.

Documents, letters, and clippings concerning James Gates Percival, eccentric poet, linguist, and state geologist of Wisconsin, many of them collected by Sylvia Chandler, Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145789598 View

Titus, William A., 1868-1951. Papers, 1835-1951.

Title: Papers, 1835-1951.

Papers of Titus, a Fond du Lac, Wis., businessman, historian, author, and Republican politician, of which business papers comprise the largest segment. Included are correspondence, minutes, and financial records of the Standard Lime and Stone Company, which Titus founded in Fond du Lac. Many other letters and financial papers pertain to his other investments: the Copper Belt Mines Company in Wyoming, mining property in Ontario, and real estate in Milwaukee, Chicago, and the northern lakes region of Wisconsin.

ArchivalResource: 5.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and91 negatives.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173702922 View

Cranston, W. H. Letter, 1841, November 21, Newport, R.I., to James G. Percival.

Title: Letter, 1841, November 21, Newport, R.I., to James G. Percival.

Requests biographical information for sketch of Percival which he will publish in The Laurel, a small literary paper.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122545710 View

Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. Letter to James G. Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Sept. 8.

Title: Letter to James G. Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Sept. 8.

Concerning his willingness to agree to Percival's terms for writing occasional articles for the Knickerbocker.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122371620 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letters, 1831 May 9-1843 December 9, New Haven, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Title: Letters, 1831 May 9-1843 December 9, New Haven, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Has received a job offer to do editorial work in Washington, asks Ticknor's opinion. Attempts to publish a poetry magazine has failed; questions him about the poem "Der arme Heinrich". Difficulties in finding literary employment.

ArchivalResource: 6 items. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3909163 View

Samuel Griswold Goodrich Collection, 1822-1852

Title: Samuel Griswold Goodrich Collection 1822-1852

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00563.xml View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. James G. Percival outline of explorations in relation to mines, 1795-1856.

Title: James G. Percival outline of explorations in relation to mines, 1795-1856.

Outline of explorations in relation to mines, particularly of copper. Also includes two small manuscript sheets and six sketch maps.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741354390 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to E[dward] C[laudius] Herrick. Galena, IL. 1853 May 22.

Title: Letter to E[dward] C[laudius] Herrick. Galena, IL. 1853 May 22.

Describing his trip to Galena from New Haven.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122371639 View

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Journal : manuscript, 1839 and undated.

Title: Journal : manuscript, 1839 and undated.

Journal, including financial accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (62 leaves) ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612802779 View

Delaney, Alfred. Dirge sung at the consecration of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19th, 1863 / words by Jas. G. Percival ; composed & arranged for four voices by Alfred Delaney.

Title: Dirge sung at the consecration of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19th, 1863 / words by Jas. G. Percival ; composed & arranged for four voices by Alfred Delaney. [19--]

ArchivalResource: 1 score ([3] leaves) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34822880 View

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Papers relating to Noah Webster, 1785-1856 [microform].

Title: Papers relating to Noah Webster, 1785-1856 [microform].

Benjamin Franklin papers ; J.G. Percival personal misc. ; George Washington papers ; Oliver Wolcott, Jr. misc. letters and documents, Jersey observer article (5 Sept. 1931).

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19500959 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828. Autograph letter signed Dugald Stewart to Dr. Percival January 20, [s.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed Dugald Stewart to Dr. Percival January 20, [s.d.].

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817365 View

Fowler family. Fowler family papers, 1707-1870 (inclusive).

Title: Fowler family papers, 1707-1870 (inclusive).

Correspondence (1806-1870), deeds (1707-1857) to property in Connecticut, and miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the correspondence is that of William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881), an educator. Principal correspondents include George Sewall Boutwell, Lewis Cass, Salmon Portland Chase, Rufus Choate, Schuyler Colfax, Horace Mann, Gideon Algernon Mantell, and Truman Smith. Also in the papers is an account book (1854-1866) of Crampton and Fowler, manufacturers and farmers of Northford, Connecticut and a collection of autographs, including one of John Quincy Adams.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702169136 View

Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. Letter to James Gates Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Nov. 5.

Title: Letter to James Gates Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Nov. 5.

Accepting Percival's work for publication in the Dec. issue [Knickerbocker 1834, no. 4, p. 487, "Sonnet".] along with works by Paulding, Knowles, Verplank, Kemble, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122610031 View

Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

Title: Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01439/catalog View