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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Letters, 1816-1863.

Title: Letters, 1816-1863.

Letters of Edward Everett, Massachusetts Congressman and Governor, Harvard University President, and Minister to the Court of St. James, include several letters to Joseph Gales and William Seaton requesting publication and clarification of statements made by Everett in Congress in their paper the National Intelligencer; a letter concerning the choice of Josiah Quincy and not Alexander H. Everett as Harvard's President in 1829; a letter protesting the Boston Atlas's criticism of Everett's antimasonic stance and his supposed support for the withdrawal of Henry Clay's candidacy for President; a letter agreeing to present to Congress a memorial against the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and letters concerning his lecture tours which benefited the Mt. Vernon preservation fund. Other correspondents are: James Austin, Daniel Dickinson, Horace Holley, Levi Lincoln, George Livermore, William Seward, and Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17727196 View

Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840. Papers, 1819-1825.

Title: Papers, 1819-1825.

This collection is comprised of correspondence and other papers relating to Samuel Constantine Rafinesque's professorship at Transylvania University (1819-1826) and to the Transylvania Botanic Garden Company.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191917679 View

Holley collections, 1797-1890 (bulk 1818-1832)

Title: Holley collections, 1797-1890 (bulk 1818-1832).

These are the collected correspondence and other personal papers of Horace Holley; his wife, Mary Austin Holley; and their daughter, Harriette Williman Holley Brand.

ArchivalResource: 137 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191917666 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Horace Holley, 1825 Apr 5.

Title: Letter to Horace Holley, 1825 Apr 5.

Jefferson writes to Holley, President of Transylvania College, concerning rules for discipline at the University of Virginia, mentioning the opening of the University of Virginia, and expressing hope for the sucess of the University of Transylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53890603 View

Holley, Horace, 1781-1827. Letter, 1824 September 6, Monticello, Va., to Orville Holley, Troy, N.Y.

Title: Letter, 1824 September 6, Monticello, Va., to Orville Holley, Troy, N.Y.

Describes Thomas Jefferson's plans for the architecture, governance, and course of studies at the University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 26 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37439344 View

Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830. Samuel Brown : papers, 1817-1825.

Title: Samuel Brown : papers, 1817-1825.

The Samuel Brown papers contain much information on the medical community in the United States in the early 19th century. Letters from fellow doctors discuss medical news, recent cases, medical research, education, outbreaks of diseases, and opinions and gossip about other doctors. In addition, there is correspondence from family and friends, primarily from Alabama, that relates not only family news but also information regarding plantations, slaves, cotton, weather, education, local and national politics, finances, and the economy. Correspondents include Daniel Drake, Coleman Rogers, Rene LaRoche, Richard Harlan, Benjamin Silliman, John Revere, Henry Miller, Jr., Thomas Cooper, Charles Caldwell, Francois Andre Michaux, Horace Holley, Thomas George Percy, John W. Walker, and Thomas Hill Williams.

ArchivalResource: 0.66 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49235692 View

Holley, I. B. (Irving Brinton), Jr., 1919-2013. Collection of family papers, 1777-2008

Title: Irving B. Holley collection of family papers, 1777-2008

An extensive collection of family papers gathered by I.B. Holley, Jr. in preparation for writing a four-volume family history. Papers represent five generations of the family, most of whom lived in Salisbury or Torrington, Connecticut, and Lyon, New York.

ArchivalResource: 40.5 linear feet (37 boxes and cartons, one oversize volume)

https://chs.waldo.kohalibrary.com/app/work/30909 View

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Additional correspondence, 1787-1886

Title: James Freeman Clarke additional correspondence, 1787-1886

Letters written to the Unitarian clergyman and author James Freeman Clarke and his family.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00934/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

Yandell family. Yandell family added papers, 1837-1919.

Title: Yandell family added papers, 1837-1919.

Includes many letters of regret and sympathy from medical societies and physicians following the deaths of Doctor Lunsford P. Yandell in 1878, and Doctor David W. Yandell in 1898. Correspondence also includes material concerning David Yandell's service as medical director for the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi and letters of introduction and invitations from English doctors during his European tour of 1878. An undated memoranda written by Lunsford P. Yandell provides his early biography and insights into the establishment of the Louisville Medical College. Doctor David Yandell's 1846-1848 diary of travel in the U.S. and Europe highlights his medical education.

ArchivalResource: 105 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49479568 View

Leavy, William A., 1796-. Papers, 1812-1956, bulk 1873-1875.

Title: Papers, 1812-1956, bulk 1873-1875.

Holograph of Leavy's "A memoir of Lexington and its vicinity ..." with working notes, two small notebooks, 1812 scrapbook, holograph letter by Leavy to Dr. Robert Peter concerning Dr. Horace Holley, correspondence, film negative of Leavy's home.

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4619160 View

Kentucky. Governor (1824-1828 : Desha). Governor's correspondence, 1824-1828.

Title: Governor's correspondence, 1824-1828.

These are letters to and from Governor Joseph Desha documenting administrative activities of the chief executive. Significant topics include elections, local officials, fugitives from justice, taverns, robberies, and the penitentiary. Included is a letter to the governor from Horace Holley, president of Transylvania University, regarding conditions at the school. In addition, there are several letters from various people concerning the visit of the Marquis de LaFayette to Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: .4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122562837 View

Kentucky. Governor (1820-1824 : Adair). Governor's correspondence, 1822-1823.

Title: Governor's correspondence, 1822-1823.

These are incoming letters to Governor John Adair which document administrative activities of the chief executive. Included is a report from Horace Holley, President of Transylvania University, to the Board of Trustees, concerning the condition of the school.

ArchivalResource: .1 cubic ft. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122612636 View

Yandell family. Yandell family papers, 1823-1877.

Title: Yandell family papers, 1823-1877.

The papers primarily consist of correspondence, diaries, and medical notes. Most of the letters were written by Wilson Yandell, Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Susan Wendell Yandell, and Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Jr. The letters consist mostly of family news but also contain information relating to a variety of other topics, including medical practice, physicians of Ky., medical politics at Transylvania and the Louisville Medical Institute, state politics and economic conditions in Ky. and Tenn., references to important citizens in Louisville and Lexington, the career of David W. Yandell, disease, slavery, the secession crisis, and the Civil War. In addition to correspondence, the collection also includes lectures of Lunsford P. Yandell, material about his father Wilson Yandell, notes for medical biographies, diaries of Lunsford P. Yandell, and a scrapbook. Correspondents include Elisha Bartlett, Charles Caldwell, Daniel Drake, Austin Flint, Timothy Flint, Samuel D. Gross, Philip Lindsley, Henry Miller, and Benjamin Rush.

ArchivalResource: 2.66 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49492081 View

Holley, Luther, 1751-1826. Papers, 1791-1828.

Title: Papers, 1791-1828.

Correspndence of merchant in Salisbury, Conn., with his sons Myron, Horace and Orville; includes comments on Myron Holley's activities as a member of the New York State legislature and an extract from the blue laws of Connecticut.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (235 items) ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37439321 View

Holley, Horace, 1781-1827. Papers, 1791-1883, bulk 1818-1830.

Title: Papers, 1791-1883, bulk 1818-1830.

128 holograph letters and signed items by Horace Holley, Mary Austin Holley, George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Charles Caldwell, Henry Clay, Edward Everett, Daniel Webester, James Polk, Horace Greeley, James Madison, Dolly Madison, Robert Todd Lincoln and others on a variety of subjects. A scrapbook of printed items concerning Transylvania University beginning in 1818.

ArchivalResource: 137 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4626419 View

Leavy, William A., 1796-1877?. Papers, 1812-1955 (bulk 1873-1877).

Title: Papers, 1812-1955 (bulk 1873-1877).

The papers of William A. Leavy include the handwritten manuscript of his "Memoir of Lexington," and notes related to his historical research and to George W. Ranck's HISTORY OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY (1872). Also included is a letter from Leavy to Robert Peter concerning the Leavy's impressions of Horace Holley, who was president of Transylvania University from 1818 to 1827 (1837); and a list of Transylvania students for the period 1804 to 1811.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191917669 View

Holley, Mary Phelps Austin, 1784-1846. Correspondence, 1821-1846.

Title: Correspondence, 1821-1846.

Letters to her brother-in-law, John M. Holley, request his assistance in compiling the memoirs of her deceased husband, Horace Holley; letters to her daughter, Harriette Brand, comment on Henry Clay and her being present at the final vote on the tariff question in Washington City in 1828, a Whig procession in New Orleans in 1840 and the arrival of Kentucky troops in Texas in July l846; includes a prospectus of W. Wells, for a Boarding School for Young Gentlemen at Cambridge, Mass., in 1827.

ArchivalResource: 25 items ; 28 x 22 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37439347 View

Holley, Horace, 1781-1827. Letter, 1823 Aug. 14, Nashville, Tennessee [to] Luther Holley, Salisbury, Connecticut.

Title: Letter, 1823 Aug. 14, Nashville, Tennessee [to] Luther Holley, Salisbury, Connecticut.

Letter describes a recent visit to Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee. Subjects include Jackson and his wife, the plantation, the upcoming presidential contest, Nashville, Catherine Livingstone Stewart, and Cumberland College.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31272748 View