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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1848 Mar. 24 : Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.

Title: ALS, 1848 Mar. 24 : Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.

In reply to a request for genealogical information, Abraham Lincoln had written to Solomon Lincoln what he knew of his family back to his great-great-grandfather. In this letter he answers some of Solomon's questions based on that account, and suggests further lines of inquiry.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) in case ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122645440 View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1848 Mar. 6 : Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.

Title: ALS, 1848 Mar. 6 : Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.

Lincoln, in response to an inquiry from Solomon Lincoln of Massachusetts, tells what he knows of his family's history back to his great-grandfather.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) in case ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122417405 View

Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881. ALS, 1848 Mar. 2, Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale.

Title: ALS, 1848 Mar. 2, Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale.

Solomon Lincoln asks Hale to forward a request for genealogical information to his fellow congressman Abraham Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) in case ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490151 View

Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881. Letter : Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale, n.p., 1848 Mar. 2.

Title: Letter : Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale, n.p., 1848 Mar. 2.

Autograph letter signed. Solomon Lincoln seeks information about Abraham Lincoln's ancestors who may have lived in Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53204426 View

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881)

Title: Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of American abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes (17.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00497/catalog View

Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881. Letter : Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale, n.p., 1848 Mar. 2.

Title: Letter : Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale, n.p., 1848 Mar. 2.

Autograph letter signed. Solomon Lincoln seeks information about Abraham Lincoln's ancestors who may have lived in Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78602027 View

Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877. Alexis Caswell papers, 1824-1877 (bulk 1860-1877).

Title: Alexis Caswell papers, 1824-1877 (bulk 1860-1877).

Consists primarily of correspondence and also includes a commonplace book (1824-1826), lists of library books and classroom instruments, and invitations. The bulk of the material relates to Caswell's work as a faculty member and President of Brown University. Subjects documented in the collection include faculty positions; classroom equipment, especially scientific instruments; the curriculum for physics, natural history, astronomy, and mathematics; and candidates for honorary degrees. Many of the letters are written to Solomon Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 277 items (.4 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86167730 View

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.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Hingham (Mass.). Records, 1637-1931.

Title: Records, 1637-1931.

Correspondence, writs, warrants, reports, contracts, deeds, petitions, maps, military rolls, financial records, and other papers, relating to Hingham, Mass., chiefly 1860-90; together with correspondence, diaries, legal papers, genealogies, commonplace books, account ledgers, and other papers of Hingham families, especially the Lincoln family, including George Lincoln and Solomon Lincoln, who collected historical data on Hingham. Includes material on Capt. Lyman B. Whiton's command of the 3rd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery at Ft. Berry and Ft. Richardson, Va., and the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864-66). Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Caleb Cushing, Rufus Choate, Sydney Howard Gay, John Davis Long, Frederick Law Olmsted, the Rev. Joseph Richardson, minister of the First Parish, Hingham, Adj. Gen. William Schouler, and John Langdon Sibley.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes, 23 v., and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16828108 View

Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894

Title: Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents

Letters sent to Oliver Wendell Holmes by various correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (10 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01350/catalog View

Horace Mann family papers, Mann (Horace) family papers, (bulk 1829-1856), 1819-1856

Title: Horace Mann family papers Mann (Horace) family papers (bulk 1829-1856) 1819-1856

These papers consist primarily of correspondence dating from 1829 to 1856. Letters discuss topics of teacher institutes, women’s issues, and Mann’s work in the House of Representatives. The majority of the letters were written by Horace Mann, Charlotte Messer Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, and James Stuart Holmes.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms-1u-m1&view=title View

Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881,. Solomon and George Lincoln collection, 1636-1980.

Title: Solomon and George Lincoln collection, 1636-1980.

Papers relate to Hingham histories, businesses and institutions, churches, clubs and societies, military histories, individuals and families and miscellaneous subjects including cemeteries.

ArchivalResource: 2000+ items in 4 legal file drawers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62295956 View

Harvard College Class of 1864 Class album, 1864

Title: Harvard College Class of 1864 Class album, 1864.

This volume is part of a series of Harvard class photograph albums, which may be considered the nineteenth-century counterpart to yearbooks. This volume contains photographs of instructors and administrators, class members, the campus and environs, and a few other individuals who drew the notice of the album's compiler.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 cubic feet (1 volume)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua11003/catalog View