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Copeland, Benjamin Franklin, 1798-1863. Benjamin Franklin Copeland papers, 1835, 1851-1853.

Title: Benjamin Franklin Copeland papers, 1835, 1851-1853.

Bulk of this collection consists of materials received by Benjamin Franklin Copeland (1798-1863), a Boston merchant and Justice of the Peace for Roxbury, Mass., as Chairman of a Massachusetts political committee promoting the nomination of Daniel Webster for President of the United States in 1851-1852. The most significant items among the papers are letters written by prominent state congressmen, lawyers, and merchants discussing campaign tactics, the growth of the Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, and other political matters. Correspondents include George Ashmun, Alexander Hamilton Bullock, George Ticknor Curtis, Edward Dickinson, Levi Lincoln, and Tappen Wentworth. Also includes petitions gathered from various Mass. towns listing the names of local supporters; lists of delegates selected by the towns to attend a "Webster Convention" held at Boston on November 25, 1851; and notes, memoranda, and receipts.

ArchivalResource: 127 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64434441 View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. Letter to Mr. [George William?] Curtis, 1867 September 7.

Title: Letter to Mr. [George William?] Curtis, 1867 September 7.

Bullock discusses the origin of a famous ode in honor of John Wickliffe which Bullock quoted from memory after hearing Daniel Webster use it. He has also found the quote in Bartlett's [Familiar Quotations] and notes that Wordsworth reused it. He also thanks Curtis for a copy of a speech on women's suffrage.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52883830 View

Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. Papers, 1826-1924; bulk: 1847-1889

Title: Francis William Bird papers, 1826-1924 (inclusive), 1847-1889 (bulk).

Papers of American antislavery leader, state legislator and paper manufacturer Francis William Bird. The bulk of the collection is letters to Bird from his political colleagues in the Free-Soil and antislavery movements, about two thirds of them written before or during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01325/catalog View

Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866

Title: Charles G. Loring papers, 1768-1866

Papers of Boston lawyer and state senator Charles Greely Loring primarily relating to the American Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01452/catalog View

Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891)

Title: William Warland Clapp correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk)

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp Jr. from his friends, colleagues, and family. Also includes some other papers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01878/catalog View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. Letter, 1851 December 23, Worcester [Mass.], to Mr. Webster, Washington.

Title: Letter, 1851 December 23, Worcester [Mass.], to Mr. Webster, Washington.

Thanks Webster for basket of ducks.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2857368 View

Additional letters sent to William Warland Clapp from various correspondents, 1851-1872.

Title: Additional letters sent to William Warland Clapp from various correspondents, 1851-1872.

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp.

ArchivalResource: 31 items (.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00682/catalog View

Ware family. Papers, 1821-1891

Title: Ware family papers, 1821-1891.

Correspondence, journals, deeds, and other papers (1821-1852), of Rev. William Ware (1797-1852), Unitarian clergyman, of New York City and West Cambridge (now Arlington), Mass., relating to his ministry, the publication of his books, and his editorship of the Christian Examiner (1837-52), as well as a diary kept during a trip to Europe (1848-49). Correspondence of Henry Ware (1824-1885) relates to his activities in Washington, D.C., during his official visits in 1864 as secretary to Governor John A. Andrew and while he was in the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Senate in 1868. William Ware’s correspondents include Lewis Gaylord Clark (editor of the Knickerbocker), Charles S. Francis, and Jared Sparks. Henry Ware’s correspondents include Alexander H. Bullock and Orville Dewey.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 1 oversize box.

http://balthazaar.masshist.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?PAGE=sbSearch View

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

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: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01425/catalog View

Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889. Letters received, 1866-1874.

Title: Letters received, 1866-1874.

These letters were received by Chandler after he retired from the bench and consideration of public office due to deafness. Yet, he continued to advise on the law and was consulted on legal and political matters by many including Governor Bullock and Congressman Hooper. In retirement, Chandler pursued other interests. A number of letters comment on his observations on the Authority of the Gospels, by a Layman (Chicago, 1867), a work notably influenced by Swedenborgian doctrines. Born in Maine, Chandler graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834 but maintained his ties to the state, where he owned a summer hotel, and to the school, which awarded him a L.L.D. in 1867. As an influential and respected resident of Boston, Chandler was involved in Back Bay improvements and in the development of the South End as a trustee of Huntington Avenue Lands. Correspondents include E.R. Hoar, John H. Clifford, George W. Blagden, George Otis Shattuck, John Codman Ropes, Rufus Ellis, Samuel Hurd Walley, Charles Wentworth Upham, George Tyler Bigelow, Cyrus Woodman, Alexander H. Bullock, Samuel Hooper, Charles Beecher, Edward Kent, Samuel Bowles, John Gorham Palfrey, George Frisbie Hoar, A.S. Packard, John Appleton, John Ross Key, Issac F. Redfield, Charles G. Greene and Charles Franklin Dunbar.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (ca. 185 items) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39273758 View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. Letters of Alexander H. Bullock, 1866.

Title: Letters of Alexander H. Bullock, 1866.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79452224 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. Papers, 1860s-1870s.

Title: Papers, 1860s-1870s.

The bulk of the collection consists of the manuscript copies of speeches delivered by Bullock, many of which were later printed. Included in the collection of speeches is his famous address, "The Centennial Situation of Women" (1876). Most of the correspondence dates from the 1860s and 1870s and deals with state and national politics, Bullock's speaking engagements, and social functions. There is very little personal correspondence. There are letters and documents from his bankers, and reports concerning Amherst College.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259213 View

Alexander Hamilton Bullock letter to Mr. Henshaw, undated

Title: Alexander Hamilton Bullock letter to Mr. Henshaw undated

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7979 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

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931.

Title: Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931.

Letters toentomologist and Director of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology Samuel Henshawprimarily pertaining to professional and museum matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01112/catalog View

Letters from various correspondents, 1850-1895 (inclusive), 1852-1878 (bulk).

Title: Letters from various correspondents, 1850-1895 (inclusive),1852-1878 (bulk).

Letters from various correspondents to American lawyer and politician Edward LilliePierce.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01271/catalog View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. Letter : Worcester, Mass., to [U.S. Grant], [Washington, D.C.], 1871 Feb. 22.

Title: Letter : Worcester, Mass., to [U.S. Grant], [Washington, D.C.], 1871 Feb. 22.

Autograph letter signed. Letter supporting General George L. Andrew's reappointment as U.S. Marshal.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81718429 View

Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943.

Title: Dickinson family library

Books that were collected by the poet Emily Dickinson and her family.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear feet (591 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00321/catalog View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Appleton, Nathan, 1843-1906. Letters received, ca. 1870-1883.

Title: Letters received, ca. 1870-1883.

Letters received illustrate Appleton's interests in the Panama Canal, the unification of weights, measurements and coinage, the Grand Army of the Republic, the protection of animals, and other local, national and international projects. Correspondents include Édouard Frignet-Despréaux, Alexander H. Bullock, James Thomas, Annie Fields, Parke Godwin, J.E. Hilgard, Abram S. Hewitt, John F.W. Ware, Eben Tourjée, Samuel A. Green, Henry F. French, Hugh O'Brien, Juan Manuel Macías, Alexander Hamilton Rice, Leone Levi, William Wallace Crapo, Henry L. Dawes, William Claffin, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Bergh, George T. Angell, Frederick A.P. Barnard, John W. Forney, Rufus S. Frost, Thomas Wallace Knox, William Barton Rogers, Francis Parkman, Alexander Graham Bell, R.B. Forbes, Edmonia Lewis, James Jackson Jarves, Halsey Cooley Ives, William Maxwell Evarts, Charles William Eliot, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Warren, Frederick O. Prince, F.W. Putnam, Robert C. Winthrop, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 100 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39878773 View

Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882. ALS : Boston, [Mass.], to My Dear Sir, 1848 Feb. 15.

Title: ALS : Boston, [Mass.], to My Dear Sir, 1848 Feb. 15.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([1] leaf) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36448560 View

Plummer, Farnham, 1809-1877. Papers, 1776-1879.

Title: Papers, 1776-1879.

The collection contains a wide variety of items ranging from family correspondence to official documents. Also included are promissory notes and receipts (mainly of Thomas Plummer), copies of deeds, wills, lecture notes, and childhood school papers. There are a number of letters from Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818-1895), Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882), Peleg Whitman Chandler (1816-1889), Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894), Edward Everett (1794-1865), George Lunt (1803-1885), Dioclesian Lewis (1823-1886), and Rufus Choate (1799-1865), concerning the Whig Party, Boston Public Library, and Plummer's duties as Alderman. Also included is a folio volume containing newsclippings on a wide variety of subjects such as reports on the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, satiric poetry and essays, obituaries, and news stories on events concerning Boston. Also included are printed programs and invitations and some handwritten poetry. An early letter of brother-in-law Henry Sawyer ( - ) contains a graphic description of the Battle of Plattsburgh, 1814.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (150 items).1 v. (200 p.) ; folio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259621 View