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Thomson, Charles West, 1798-1879. Charles West Thomson papers, 1817-1877.

Title: Charles West Thomson papers, 1817-1877.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts of his poems, and other miscellaneous papers, 1817-1877. His correspondence is mostly personal letters from friends, many of whom were clergymen, although there are a few letters from his printer, David Allinson, about the publication of Thomson's book The Limner. Letters from friends pertain to their many mutual interests, personal affairs, literature, various matters of general cultural interest, religion, church-related topics, parish matters, news of friends, Thomson's conversion from Quakerism to the Protestant Episcopal Church, preparation for the ministry, and publication of his poems. Included are 218 letters from the author and poet John Houston Mifflin, as well as groups of letters from Lloyd Mifflin, N.C. Brooks, George W. Childs, Robert Heysham, Jr., Alfred H. Love, Daniel Pittman, Joseph G. Rosengarten, Michael Peter Small, John W. Lawrence, Alonzo Lewis, William Wetmore Story, Samuel E. Appleton, Edward W. Appleton, Bishop Thomas Bowman, A.J. Barrow, Henry H. Bean, Samuel A. Clark, Francis J. Clerc, Benjamin T. Douglass, E.A. Dalrymple, J.C. Eccleston, Dwight E. Lyman, James May, Bishop Alonzo Potter, Joshua Peterkin, Robert J. Parvin, Lewis H. Redner, J. Rambo, Theodore S. Rumney, Barclay A. Smith, H. Tullidge, George Herbert Walsh, and others. A letter from Edward Whelen, dated 1835, describes Montevideo and Buenos Aires, while an unsigned letter dated December 18, 1817 describes a reception at the White House. The diaries, May 1818 - November 1819, June 1820 - November 1843 (entries only occasional from 1824 on), include travel diaries of a trip through the eastern part of Pennsylvania in 1820, and a trip to Saratoga Springs, the Catskills, and New York City in 1824. Most of the diaries relate to his social life in and about Philadelphia, his activities, friends, personal sentiments, and thoughts. He also includes many lengthy critiques of novels and other books he read, with frequent reference to Scott's Waverley novels, mentions the deaths (many unexpected) of his friends and acquaintances, marriages, regular attendance at Quaker services, meetings of the Franklin Association till its dissolution in 1820, the second anniversary celebration of the Belles Lettres Association, the first appearance of David Paul Brown before the bar of Philadelphia, a lecture of Joseph Lancaster, comments on an exhibit of the panoramic painting "Battle of Waterloo," a public meeting of citizens of Philadelphia on November 23, 1819 in opposition to the introduction of slavery in new states, a trip to York Springs in 1820, theatre and other entertainments, a stay at Pine Cottage in 1821, visits to Bloomsdale, and Bristol in 1822, and the opening of his school in 1825. Among the many friends he mentions often are: Richard P. Bowdle, P.K. Hubbs, J.M. Vanharlingen, John J. Newbold, Joesph Tatum, G.H. Coggeshall, and Charles Holmes. The papers also contain a holograph munuscript of "The Limner," numerous manuscripts of Thomson's poems and juvenilia, including one dated 1831 entitle "Memoranda of my early aquaintance with James Adams Knox," and a manuscript of a dramatization of Byron's "Siege of Corinth," by J.J. [or T.J.] White, with a drawing and some letters by White describing his performance in an amateur production. Thre are also papers related to the Franklin Association of Philadelphi, the Philadelphia Literary Association, and the Washington Association of Philadelphia (for Federal Republicans). There is also a copyright certificate issued to E. Littell in 1822, for the publication of Thomson's "The phantom barge."

ArchivalResource: 2.0 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Londonderry. Letter. June 22, [ca. 1815, Ireland] to Joseph Lancaster, Belfast.

Title: Letter. June 22, [ca. 1815, Ireland] to Joseph Lancaster, Belfast.

Writes in support of Lancaster's educational system.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Bedford, John Russell,. Letter. August 8th, 1810, (place?), to [Joseph] Lancaster, London.

Title: Letter. August 8th, 1810, (place?), to [Joseph] Lancaster, London.

Duke astonished by Lancaster's peremptory proposal to a teacher at Woburn that he resign.

ArchivalResource: [3] p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838. Papers, 1796-1840.

Title: Papers, 1796-1840.

Most of the collection is correspondence to Lancaster, either the original letters or transcripts of the letters made by Joseph Burlingham in preparation for his unfinished biography of Lancaster. The materials in the first three manuscript boxes are arranged in the order in which Burlingham planned to use them for his book and an index to this arrangement is in Box 3. Most of the letters concern education and schools but there are some personal letters from family members and friends. The rest of the collection includes lecture notes, school notes, essays, autobiographical sketches, printed announcements, and annotated pamphlets. There are some items pertaining to Lancaster's experience as Superintendent of National Education in Caracas, Venezuela--a position to which he was appointed by Simón Bolívar. In addition to the transcripts of correspondence, Burlingham also copied school reports, notes, lecture outlines, etc. Many of these transcripts appear to have been copied on the back of school papers and school reports. The collection also includes twenty-six chapters of the manuscript draft of Lancaster's autobiography which details his career to 1808. The remaining miscellaneous manuscripts have been divided into three categories: dated, undated, and titled. The box of undated materials includes testimonials to Lancaster and a small collection of poems, a few of which were composed in Lancaster's honor. The other poems may have been collected by Lancaster. The box of dated manuscripts includes a folder of broadsides, many of them announcements of lectures by Lancaster and proposals for the establishment of schools. The titled manuscripts are primarily Lancaster's lectures and reports written by him for publication. There is a list of these items in Box 16. Some of the manuscripts on that list could not be located, but those that are included in Boxes 16 & 17 are designated with a check.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes.2 folders ; oversize.

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Vaux family. Vaux family papers, 1684-1923, bulk 1795-1890.

Title: Vaux family papers, 1684-1923, bulk 1795-1890.

This collection primarily contains materials related to Roberts and Richard (1816-1895) Vaux. Their papers consist of correspondence, personal journals, scrapbooks, financial records, legal papers, speeches, and other miscellaneous materials that chronicle not only their own lives, but also the histories of many charitable and political organizations of Philadelphia, most specifically the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Common Schools, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Democratic Party. Some miscellaneous items for Robert J. Evans and C. C. Burton are also included; the Vauxes were executors of their estates. In addition there are papers of several of Roberts and Richard's immediate family members which record not only the family's origins as merchants, but also the religious and business activities of female members of the family. Other family members most represented in this collection are Richard Vaux (1751-1790), Ann Vaux, Susanna Vaux, Margaret Vaux, and Thomas Wistar Vaux. Their materials consist of correspondence, deeds, diaries, and miscellaneous materials.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

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Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828. Caroline Lamb letter to Jos. Lancaster, 1815.

Title: Caroline Lamb letter to Jos. Lancaster, 1815.

Lady Caroline Lamb writes to Lancaster, 1815, asking that he bring "thy Grecian" to visit, and commenting on Emperor Alexander of Russia and royalty's influence on money and fashion.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838. Autograph letter signed : "Free School, Borough Road," to Lady Teignmouth, 1804 Dec. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Free School, Borough Road," to Lady Teignmouth, 1804 Dec. 26.

Asking the support of the "Ladies Committee" in a new venture to produce "Leghorn Hats," arguing the economic and social advantages.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 22.6 cm.

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Gratz, Simon. Alphabetical collection, 1677-1910.

Title: Alphabetical collection, 1677-1910.

The alphabetical collection is particularly rich in papers of Protestant American clergymen. Letters, 1795-1820, of American Presbyterian clergy addressed to William Wallace Woodward, a Philadelphia bookseller. Manuscript sermons of such clergymen as Abiel Abbot, Lyman Beecher, Nathaniel Chauncey, Timothy Edwards, Ashbel Green, Levi Hart, Alexander Murray, James Muir, William B. Sprague, Solomon Stoddard, Samuel Willard, and others. The collection includes letters and portraits of many other prominent Americans and Europeans: Theodosia Burr Alston; Governor Edmund Andros, 1677; General John Armstrong, 1769; Susanna Anthony, 1770; John Jacob Astor, 1842; John Bradford, 1720; Governor Jonathan Belcher; George Bryan; George Clinton; George Clymer; DeWitt Clinton, 1822; John Dickinson; William Dearborn, 1808; William Duer, 1786; Edward Everett, 1827; Benjamin Eastburn, 1734; William Eaton, 1805; Albert Gallatin, 1801-1811; Joseph Galloway, 1769; Adolphus W. Greely; Jonathan Greenleaf, 1843; Alexander Hamilton; Samuel Hopkins, 1770; William Harrison, 1786; Patrick Henry; Jared Ingersoll; John Jay, 1822; Washington Irving; Dyre Kearney, 1787; James Kent; Francis Scott Key; John Laurens, 1778; Gouverneur Morris, 1806; John P. Montgomery, 1776; Thomas Mifflin, 1791; John Nicholson, 1795; Isaac Morris; Samuel Otis, 1789; Richard and Thomas Penn, 1755; Edmund Pendleton; James Parker, 1793; Colonel James Rodney, 1764; Joseph Reed, 1812; Peyton Randolph; J. Bayard Smith, 1778; Jonathan D. Sergeant, 1784; Henry De Saussure, 1787; Theodore Sedgwick, 1799; William Tweed, 1871; John Tyler, Jr., 1842; James Wadsworth, 1780; John F. Zubley, 1767; and others. Other miscellaneous items are: manuscripts of James Monroe, 1794-1828, on the French Revolution; instructions to James Monroe by Edmund Randolph, 1794-1796; Aaron Burr letters, 1775-1811; Erick Bollmann, 1810; William Eaton, 1802; Joseph Bonaparte correspondence, 1815-1827; parchment deeds, 1691-1786, of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Judge John Cleves Symmes to Captain Dayton on settlements west of Ohio and on the Miami, 1789; papers relating to Indian affairs, 1789-1806; Irish Revolution papers, 1806-1813; Mexico and South America, 1785-1843; United States Bank, 1805; Bank of North America, 1813-1814; Canadian Rebellion, 1837-1838; political relations between France and America, 1783-1793; letters of writers, artists, scholars, scientists, physicians, apothecaries, penologists, reformers, etc., ca. 1711-1910, including Joseph Lancaster's voluminous correspondence on education, James Rumsey's manuscripts and printed material, 1788, concerning his invention of the first steam vessel, and other papers bearing on intellectual trends.

ArchivalResource: 100 linear ft.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838. Letter : Washington, to Elizabeth Lancaster, Philadelphia, [1818?].

Title: Letter : Washington, to Elizabeth Lancaster, Philadelphia, [1818?].

Holograph signed. Describes his lectures in Baltimore and his intention to lecture in Congress in Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 33 cm.

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866

Title: Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 .

Documents copied or collected by American historian and president of Harvard Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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Fingall, earl of, fl. 1815. Letters. March 10th and May 20th, 1815, [Ireland] to Joseph Lancaster, Dublin.

Title: Letters. March 10th and May 20th, 1815, [Ireland] to Joseph Lancaster, Dublin.

Wishes him success in his efforts, offers his support of Lancaster's educational principles.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 23 x 18 cm.

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Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887. Autograph collection, 1766-1888.

Title: E. B. Washburne autograph collection, 1766-1888.

Autographs of American and French historical figures collected by American politician and diplomat Elihu Benjamin Washburne.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828. Letter Richmond, Va., to Joseph Lancaster, Baltimore, 1820 February 19 [manuscript].

Title: Letter Richmond, Va., to Joseph Lancaster, Baltimore, 1820 February 19 [manuscript].

Randolph writes to the noted educator that he will "seek publication approval" for a "cheap elementary Work, explaining the principles upon which his plan of Universal Instruction is founded."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838. Letter : Borough Road [London], to David [Hall?], 1811 Sept. 15.

Title: Letter : Borough Road [London], to David [Hall?], 1811 Sept. 15.

Holograph signed. Mentions the poor condition of his aged father; expresses confidence in his ability to inspire his students.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 24 cm.

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Knight, Edgar Wallace, 1885-1953. Edgar Wallace Knight materials relating to education in the South before 1860, 1634-1950 [manuscript].

Title: Edgar Wallace Knight materials relating to education in the South before 1860, 1634-1950 [manuscript].

Source material from various repositories collected by Knight in preparation for "A Documentary History of Education in the South before 1860" (1949-1954). Papers include letters, wills, petitions; trustees' minutes of schools and colleges; personal diaries; and other selected materials concerning education and related cultural and social aspects of the antebellum South. Institutions represented include the University of Alabama, the University of Georgia, Davidson College, South Carolina College, the University of Tenneseee, and the Texas Military Institute. Persons and organizations represented include Henry Harrisse, Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, Joseph Lancaster, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and Dr. Thomas Bray's Associates.

ArchivalResource: 7,000 items (8.5 linear feet).

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Free School of Alexandria Board of Guardians Records, 1815; 1829-1834

Title: Free School of Alexandria Board of Guardians Records, 1815; 1829-1834

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Harrowby, fl. 1816. Letter. 13 May, 1816, [London, Eng.] to Joseph Lancaster.

Title: Letter. 13 May, 1816, [London, Eng.] to Joseph Lancaster.

Communicates time at which Lancaster may meet with Mr. Peel.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828. Letter : Richmond, Va., to Joseph Lancaster, Baltimore, 1820 February 19.

Title: Letter : Richmond, Va., to Joseph Lancaster, Baltimore, 1820 February 19.

Randolph writes to the noted educator that he will "seek publication approval" for a "cheap elementary Work, explaining the principles upon which his plan of Universal Instruction is founded."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Education manuscripts, [ca. 1682-1983].

Title: Education manuscripts, [ca. 1682-1983].

Individual 17th through 20th century letters, essays, poems, speeches, sermons, reports, school records, legal documents, and miscellaneous documents relating to education. Writers of note include Henry Barnard, Henry Boyd Bode, Grace Dodge, August Hermann Francke, Frederick Froebel, Thomas Gage, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William James, Joseph Lancaster, Henry Laurens, Horace Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, Cotton Mather, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Booker T. Washington, Noah Webster, and Woodrow Wilson. Also of note are letters and documents by Revolutionary War era figures including John Adams, John Burgoyne, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Robert Morris, and others.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1 cubic ft.

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Nevin, fl. 1804. Letter. December 10, 1804, [s.ℓ., s.n.] to [Joseph] Lancaster, Southwark, [Eng.].

Title: Letter. December 10, 1804, [s.ℓ., s.n.] to [Joseph] Lancaster, Southwark, [Eng.].

Has sent Lancaster's letter to a society from which he is awaiting action; recommends a correspondent.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838. Letter : Washington, to William Darlington, 1821 Feb. 26.

Title: Letter : Washington, to William Darlington, 1821 Feb. 26.

Holograph signed. Sends copies of his books.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 32 cm.

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Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817. Letter. 12th July 1811, Almwich castle to [Joseph] Lancaster, London.

Title: Letter. 12th July 1811, Almwich castle to [Joseph] Lancaster, London.

Has established a school based on the Lancasterian system of education.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4274231 View

Molesworth, viscount, d. 1814. Letter. January, 1814, Columbo, [Ceylon] to [Joseph Lancaster].

Title: Letter. January, 1814, Columbo, [Ceylon] to [Joseph Lancaster].

A.L.S. Tells of schools on the island and background of children who attend them; would like people educated in Lancastrian method to teach there.

ArchivalResource: [3] p. ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1771-1838. Letter, 1825 September 27, Caracas, to an unknown recipient.

Title: Letter, 1825 September 27, Caracas, to an unknown recipient.

Complains about a tax on some books and philosophical instruments he has lately received from England. Expects more by the ship Bolivar.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3612236 View