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Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1901,. Members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party [photograph], 1850.

Title: Members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party [photograph], 1850.

Whole plate daguerreotype in wooden frame of members of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party who formed the welcoming committee for Hungarian Revolution leader Lajos Kossuth's visit to Boston in 1850. Depicted left to right are Henry Wilson, Anson Burlingame, Erastus Hopkins, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, and George S. Boutwell. The photograph was taken in 1850 by Josiah Johnson Hawes of Boston, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible image 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm. (whole plate), in frame 26 x 20 1/2 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51720217 View

[Erastus Hopkins, biographical materials]

Title: [Erastus Hopkins, biographical materials] [19--]-

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22191098 View

Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. Papers, 1826-1924; bulk: 1847-1889

Title: Francis William Bird papers, 1826-1924 (inclusive), 1847-1889 (bulk).

Papers of American antislavery leader, state legislator and paper manufacturer Francis William Bird. The bulk of the collection is letters to Bird from his political colleagues in the Free-Soil and antislavery movements, about two thirds of them written before or during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01325/catalog View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letters, 1852 Dec. 8-1863 July 6.

Title: Letters, 1852 Dec. 8-1863 July 6.

Includes: Letter, 1852 Dec. 8, Washington, D.C., to Erastus Hopkins, discussing Whitney's report and attacks of the Free Soilers on him; letter, 1856 Aug. 2, Washington, D.C., to John Weiss, regarding Eliot's move to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act; letter, 1860 Nov. 11, Boston, to John Weiss, regarding letters of [Theodore?] Parker; 1863 July 6, Washington, D.C., to John Weiss, concerning England - "As if a declaration of neutrality in this conflict was not a declaration of infamy."

ArchivalResource: 4 items, in folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/425823782 View

Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875

Title: Chauncey Wright Papers 1850-1875

A philosopher, metaphysician, and mathematician, Chauncey Wright graduated from Harvard in 1852 and taught occasionally at the College while employed as a "computer" with the . A positivist and empiricist in the British tradition, he exerted an influence on the development of American Pragmatism through his younger friends William James, Charles S. Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, but is perhaps best remembered as one of the earliest and most able defenders of Darwinism and Darwinian natural selection. The bulk of the 137 items in the Wright Papers is comprised of personal letters addressed to Wright during the adult years of his brief life. From the typical letters of a college student, the correspondence branches out to touch upon philosophy, mathematics, and Wright's meeting with Darwin in 1872. Among the more prominent correspondents are C. S. Peirce, Charles Eliot Norton, Francis Bowen, Susan and J. Peter Lesley, and James Bradley Thayer and William Sydney Thayer. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.W933-ead.xml View

Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

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: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872. Erastus Hopkins correspondence, 1834-1838.

Title: Erastus Hopkins correspondence, 1834-1838.

Correspondence includes a letter (1835) from Beech Island Presbyterian Church asking him to become minister; letters (1834-1835) to and from Sarah Bennett, his future wife in Charleston (S.C.); philosophical letters (1835-1837) from Thomas Napier, his uncle; letters (1835-1836) concerning Sarah's confinement and the birth of a son, furnishing the parsonage, and family matters; letter (1835) about a fire in Charleston and the destruction of homes; and letters (1838) of condolence on Sarah's death. Letters are to Hopkins at Hamburg (S.C.), Augusta (Ga.), Charleston (S.C.), and Troy (N.Y.). Letters are to Hopkins at Hamburg (S.C.), Augusta (Ga.), Charleston (S.C.), and Troy (N.Y.).

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141247 View

Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872. Rev. Erastus Hopkins papers, ca. 1841-1985.

Title: Rev. Erastus Hopkins papers, ca. 1841-1985.

Correspondence, genealogical papers, clippings, engravings, poems, and miscellaneous papers relating to Hopkins and his family.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225865428 View

Hoar, George Frisbie. 1826-1904. Autograph collection, 1598-1945

Title: George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection, 1598-1945

Autograph collection of Massachusetts Republican Senator George Frisbie Hoar.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00676/catalog View

Letters from various correspondents, 1850-1895 (inclusive), 1852-1878 (bulk).

Title: Letters from various correspondents, 1850-1895 (inclusive),1852-1878 (bulk).

Letters from various correspondents to American lawyer and politician Edward LilliePierce.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01271/catalog View