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Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869. Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

Title: Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard and Roberts Vaux.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166339 View

Landais, Amelia. Amelia Landais Correspondence, 1823-1830.

Title: Amelia Landais Correspondence, 1823-1830.

Consists of correspondence between Landais and several Catholic priests in Boston. The major correspondent is John Cheverus, who served successively as Bishop of Boston, Montaubon and Bordeaux (France). The letters primarily discuss Landais and her family and friends.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33383101 View

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.). Collection, 1817-1952.

Title: Collection, 1817-1952.

Correspondence, including original letters and photostats from the Archdiocesan Archives of Boston and the National Archives. Correspondents include missionary priests Stephen Theodore Badin and John Thayer; Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, first bishop of Boston, and Benedict Joseph Fenwick, second bishop of Boston; and Joseph M. Finotti, collector of Catholic Americana. Also records of the Tabernacle Society of the Convent of Notre-Dame, Berkeley Street, Boston (1898-1906) consisting of correspondence of Lillian Westervelt concerning vestments for churches and priests throughout New England; material concerning Bishop David William Bacon of Portland, Maine; clippings, articles, pamphlets, and pictures.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear inches.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24988042 View

Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Letter, 1818 Oct. 21, Salem, to Bishop Cheverus, Boston.

Title: Letter, 1818 Oct. 21, Salem, to Bishop Cheverus, Boston.

Fragment of a letter warmly inviting Cheverus to visit him in Salem.

ArchivalResource: 1 p., in folder ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174141661 View

Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936

Title: John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936

The collection of about 850 items covers the period from 1782 to c. 1936, with the bulk dating to the 1780s to 1840s. The collection is divided into four series. Series I contains correspondence relating to a wide variety of topics, including French and English politics, business, trade, religious matters, and personal affairs. Many of the items are letters of introduction. There is also information on John Vaughan’s immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and inoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. Also included in this series are 2 boxes with copies of Vaughan correspondence as well as miscellaneous notes by E. W. Madeira, gathered in the course of his research on Vaughan in the 1930s. Series II consists of three volumes. Included are two of Vaughan's commonplace books. One, entitled, "J. Vaughan's book," May 17, 1779 (47 pp., in Latin; 870/L34), includes mostly Latin notations. The other commonplace book, dated 1783 (ca. 66 pp.; B V 462.c), includes comments on several prominent Americans, such as Benjamin Rush and David Rittenhouse, as well as American society generally. The third volume is a copybook with thirty letters spanning the period 1784 to 1801 (B V462.1). Series III includes material relating to Vaughan's administration of the estate of the Philadelphia merchant Samuel Merrick, 1796-1822 (Vaughan-Merrick Papers, B V462.m; 2 boxes). Series IV consists of correspondence between Vaughan and the DuPont Co. for which he served as agent (B V462.4; photocopies of 73 letters).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 850 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.V462-ead.xml View

Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896

Title: Laurent Clerc papers 1811-1896

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers, and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard, and Roberts Vaux.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (1 box)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0140 View

J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Title: J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Correspondence, astronomical observations, geographical and meteorological data, expedition diaries, reports, research material, notes, maps, and other papers relating to Nicollet's explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Documents his exploration of Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Francis A. Chardon's journals from Fort Clark, N.D.; Regis Loisel's account of the upper Missouri River; and excerpts from the diaries of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Correspondents include Jacob Whitman Bailey, Edmund M. Blunt, Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de Cheverus, Pierce Connelly, Louis Régis Deluol, John England, David W. Gobel, J.D. Graham, F.R. Hassler, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Charles T. Jackson, Elias Loomis, Alfred Mordecai, Rush Nutt, Joseph Plympton, Michael Portier, Joseph Rosati, H.H. Sherwood, Gerard Troost, and Sears Cook Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1,500 items.8 containers.1 microfilm reel.3.2 linear feet.

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009278 View

Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869. Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

Title: Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard and Roberts Vaux.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122451871 View

J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Title: J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Correspondence, astronomical observations, geographical and meteorological data, expedition diaries, reports, research material, notes, maps, and other papers relating to Nicollet's explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Documents his exploration of Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Francis A. Chardon's journals from Fort Clark, N.D.; Regis Loisel's account of the upper Missouri River; and excerpts from the diaries of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Correspondents include Jacob Whitman Bailey, Edmund M. Blunt, Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de Cheverus, Pierce Connelly, Louis Régis Deluol, John England, David W. Gobel, J.D. Graham, F.R. Hassler, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Charles T. Jackson, Elias Loomis, Alfred Mordecai, Rush Nutt, Joseph Plympton, Michael Portier, Joseph Rosati, H.H. Sherwood, Gerard Troost, and Sears Cook Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1,500 items.8 containers.1 microfilm reel.3.2 linear feet.

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009278 View

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Baltimore (Md.). Collection, 1717-1960 (bulk 1800-1899).

Title: Collection, 1717-1960 (bulk 1800-1899).

Correspondence and copies of correspondence, including three autographs of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, several autographs of Archbishop John Carroll, and correspondence of Bishop John Cheverus of Boston, Bishop Michael Egan of Philadelphia, Daniel Brent, John Carroll Brent, and Howes Goldborough of Easton, Mayland; diary of Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, 1818-1827; diary and account book of Archbishop James Whitfield, 1827-1828; clippings and related material. Also microfilm of the correspondence of Archbishops John Carroll, Leonard Neale, Ambrose Maréchal, James Whitfield, Samuel Eccleston, Francis Patrick Kenrick, Martin John Spalding, James Roosevelt Bayley, and James Cardinal Gibbons; with letters from Stephen T. Badin, Peter Joseph Lavialle, William George McCloskey, Charles Nerinckx, and John Baptist David.

ArchivalResource: 42 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24950219 View