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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

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Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Business records, 1799-1919 (bulk: 1870-1919)

Title: Henry Lee Higginson business records, 1799-1919 (inclusive), 1870-1919 (bulk)

Correspondence and other papers relating to Higginson's investments, philanthropic interests and political interests. Investments in which Mr. Higginson was interested, and for which there are records, include: Ecuador Coal Company, Gage Company, Ecuador Trading Company, Cherry River Land Association, Reynolds Chocolate Company, New Metals Process Associates, Jones Step Process Trust, John T. Jones Holding Company, Burn-Boston Battery, Submarine Signal Company, Standard Lessee Corporation, Standard Alcohol Company, St. Louis Cable and Western Railway Company, and St. Louis and Suburban Railway Company. Higginson's interests in Harvard, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Institute, and in properties such as Sheldon Farm and Split Rock Forest are also represented. Business correspondents include Alexander Agassiz, Charles Fairchild, John M. Forbes, Henry Lee, Charles E. Perkins, Samuel G. Ward, and Charles W. Wetmore; political correspondents include Henry Cabot Lodge, James M. Curley, John F. Fitzgerald, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. A ledger and journal, 1856-1865, of James J. Higginson; an account book, 1799, of Salisbury and Higginson; and various estate papers and family correspondence are also in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear ft. (30 v., 49 boxes, 23 cases)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak01102/catalog View

Vol. CCXIII (ff. 309). Feb. 1779.includes:ff. 1, 9 Moodhojee Bhonsalah, Rajah of Berar: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1778-1780.: Transl. f. 9 Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Letter to Moodhojee Bhonsolah: 1779.: Copy. ff. 25, 30 Lem...

Title: Vol. CCXIII (ff. 309). Feb. 1779.includes:ff. 1, 9 Moodhojee Bhonsalah, Rajah of Berar: Correspondence with W. Hastings: 1778-1780.: Transl. f. 9 Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Letter to Moodhojee Bhonsolah: 1779.: Copy. ff. 25, 30 Lem... Feb 1779

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Letters from colleagues and friends to American Transcendentalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00123/catalog View

Caxton Club. Letter and list : Chicago, to James W. Ellsworth, 1896 Jan. 30.

Title: Letter and list : Chicago, to James W. Ellsworth, 1896 Jan. 30.

A letter from the club secretary, George Higginson, regarding the upcoming meeting of the Caxton Club and the group's elections and finances. Accompanied by a list of members under consideration for the Council election.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; 26 cm.

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