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Webster family. Webster family papers, 1764-1909 (inclusive), 1831-1873 (bulk).

Title: Webster family papers, 1764-1909 (inclusive), 1831-1873 (bulk).

Principal figures in these papers are Noah Webster, the lexicographer, and his son William Greenleaf Webster. Also included are papers pertaining to the G. C. Merriam Company and the publication of Noah Webster's dictionaries and grammars. Family correspondence includes twenty-two letters written by Noah Webster to his son between 1835 and 1843 while the latter was in Cincinnati, Ohio, and La Fayette, Indiana selling his father's books. The papers of William Greenleaf Webster make up two-thirds of the papers and include extensive correspondence during the Civil War on the death of his sons and his subsequent divorce. The letters of both these sons to their father before the war describes their beginning careers: Eugene as a civil engineer in Maryland and Stuart attempting land speculation and other occupations in Minneapolis. Both sons were killed while serving in the Civil War, Eugene fighting for the Confederacy and Stuart for the Union. The sixty-five letters of Wiliam Greenleaf Webster's second wife, Sara Appleton Webster to Judge Bristol, who was the executor of William G. Webster's estate, describe her attempts to earn a living by copying paintings in Germany (1870-1873). Also in the papers are financial documents, estate papers, a memoir of Noah Webster by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, an essay by William Eugene Webster and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 4.21 linear feet (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167593 View

Boardman. William Whiting, 1794-1871. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William G. Webster, in New Haven, 1840 Dec. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William G. Webster, in New Haven, 1840 Dec. 17.

Concerning his relationship with his club in New Haven while he is in the House of Representatives.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270530801 View

Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863. George Henry Durrie papers, 1838-1866 and ca. 1930.

Title: George Henry Durrie papers, 1838-1866 and ca. 1930.

Correspondence, diary (1845-1846), sketchbook, 5 pencil sketches, newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers, of Durrie; and correspondence of Durrie's wife, Sarah A. (Perkins) Durrie and letter ((ca. 1930) of his daughter, Mary Clarissa Durrie.

ArchivalResource: 5 in. (120 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435646190 View

Ellsworth, Abigail Wolcott, 1756-1818. Ellsworth family papers, 1779-1890.

Title: Ellsworth family papers, 1779-1890.

Letters written to Abigail (Nabby) Ellsworth by her husband Oliver Ellsworth while he was serving in the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, the United States Senate and as commissioner to France. Most of the letters contain questions about his children and statements about missing his family, but they do include occasional political news, as when the British set their American prisoners free in April 1783. Also includes letters written to William Wolcott and Emily (Webster) Ellsworth, primarily by Emily's father, the lexicographer Noah Webster, and by her brother William G. Webster. Among Noah Webster's papers are certificates of deposit or registration at the federal and state level for a number of his books, and contracts awarding publishing rights to certain titles. His papers also include documents relating to the settlement of his estate. Seemingly unrelated are a series of letters acquired with the collection written by J.I. Emmegabback of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians to Mrs. Charles Prindle in 1890.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163570479 View

Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869. William Greenleaf Webster papers, 1820-1865.

Title: William Greenleaf Webster papers, 1820-1865.

Collection consists of correspondence, business papers, diaries, writings, legal documents, family papers, photograph, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear feet (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466647 View

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Autograph letters signed (2) : New York?, to William Greenleaf Webster, 1844 Feb.-1857 Aug.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : New York?, to William Greenleaf Webster, 1844 Feb.-1857 Aug.

Thanking him for a copy of his father's Dictionary and promising an article on it.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588725 View

Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection, 1859 Mar 21

Title: Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection 1859 Mar 21

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00540.xml View

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Letter to William G. Webster, 1859 March 21.

Title: Letter to William G. Webster, 1859 March 21.

Willis discusses his annoyance with an article about a book; saying he is unsatisfied with an explanation from the "General"; wants to make sure that nothing in his newspaper annoyed Webster.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54395044 View

G. & C. Merriam Company archive, 1797-1978, 1830-1892

Title: G. & C. Merriam Company archive 1797-1978 1830-1892

The archive consists of correspondence, documents, writings, printed material, and photographs documenting the history of the G. & C. Merriam Company. The papers provide insight into the business practices of the nineteenth century publishing and bookselling trade, particularly in Massachusetts, and contain much material on lexicography, the development of American English, and the publishing history of Webster's Dictionary. Principal correspondents include Merriam Company editors Chauncey Goodrich, Noah Porter, William G. Webster, William A. Wheeler, and printers H.O. Houghton & Co. There are both legal and financial records, including contracts with agents and publishers, and opinions of lawyers on copyright issues. There are sixty-five letterpress copybooks, as well as numerous account books, daybooks, merchants books, order books, and inventories, documenting the firm's business affairs. Twelve scrapbooks carry examples of the firm's stationery, circulars, advertisements, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 155 (including 40 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: 4 broadsides; Linear Feet: 119.49

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.merriam View

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Noah Webster papers, 1790-1868, bulk 1796-1868 [microform].

Title: Noah Webster papers, 1790-1868, bulk 1796-1868 [microform].

Letters, 1808-1839, including 1 deed dated 1790, 1 facsim. letter dated 16 Feb. 1831.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19174049 View

Webster family papers, Circa 1764-1909, 1831-1873

Title: Webster family papers Circa 1764-1909 1831-1873

Principal figures in these papers are Noah Webster, the lexicographer, and his son William Greenleaf Webster. Also included are papers pertaining to the G. C. Merriam Company and the publication of Noah Webster's dictionaries and grammars. Family correspondence includes twenty-two letters written by Noah Webster to his son between 1835 and 1843 while the latter was in Cincinnati, Ohio, and La Fayette, Indiana, selling his father's books. The papers of William Greenleaf Webster make up two-thirds of the papers and include extensive correspondence during the Civil War on the death of his sons and his subsequent divorce. The letters of both these sons to their father before the war describes their beginning careers: Eugene as a civil engineer in Maryland and Stuart attempting land speculation and other occupations in Minneapolis. Both sons were killed while serving in the Civil War, Eugene fighting for the Confederacy and Stuart for the Union. The sixty-five letters of William Greenleaf Webster's second wife, Sara Appleton Webster to Judge Bristol, who was the executor of William G. Webster's estate, describe her attempts to earn a living by copying paintings in Germany (1870-1873). Also in the papers are financial documents, estate papers, a memoir of Noah Webster by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, an essay by William Eugene Webster, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 4.46 linear feet (8 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0527 View

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Autograph letters signed (18) : New Haven, etc., to his son, William, 1834 Sept. 27-1842 Jul. 6.

Title: Autograph letters signed (18) : New Haven, etc., to his son, William, 1834 Sept. 27-1842 Jul. 6.

On publishing, financial, and family matters.

ArchivalResource: 18 items (22 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588667 View

White, Albert Smith, 1803-1864. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William G. Webster, 1841 Jan. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William G. Webster, 1841 Jan. 6.

Forwarding an enclosure.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588556 View