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George Bancroft papers, 1811-1901.

Title: George Bancroft papers, 1811-1901.

Family and personal papers include correspondence of George Bancroft.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM01262.xml View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Bickford" to "Brassey".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Bickford" to "Brassey".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122493179 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Garlington, John, 1784-1866. John Garlington papers, 1813-1828.

Title: John Garlington papers, 1813-1828.

Chiefly correspondences between Thomas L. Winthrop, Alexander Bliss, George McDuffie, John Hayward, Augustus Peabody, and John Garlington, attorneys for S.C. heirs of estate of Henry Hunter re suit against executor for property mismanagement; including letter, 14 Apr. 1813, from Thomas L. Winthrop, to John J. Burlaw, Boston, Mass., re payments made to executor of Henry Hunter's will; and letter, 21 Sept. 1817, Laurens County, S.C., to T.L. Winthrop, Boston, Mass., re money owed Winthrop. Letter, 10 June 1824, Boston, Mass, from Alexander Bliss, to George McDuffie, Edgefield, S.C., re lawsuit against executor of Henry Hunter's estate, and filing lawsuit in Supreme Court; letter, Columbia, S.C., Richard I[rvine] Manning to Garlington, granting Garlington leave of absence as Laurens County clerk of court; letter, 14 Apr. 1826, Boston, Mass., from [Alexander Bliss], to Garlington, Laurens County, S.C., re settlement of estates of Henry and John Hunter and legal actions taken against Gardner L. Chandler. Also including manuscript, 24 June 1826, Boston, Mass., written by John Hayward, re financial advice; legal document, 24 July 1826, written by John Garlington, re lawsuit against Gardner L. Chandler on behalf of Henry Hunter's heirs; and 2 plats, 4 Feb. 1841 and 5 Mar. 1841, documenting real estate in Laurens District, S.C.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43074706 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

Gordon Lester Ford papers, 1830-1910, 1850-1869

Title: Gordon Lester Ford papers 1830-1910 1850-1869

Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891) was a businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana. He practiced law for much of his life but his main interests were business and real estate investment. He was president of the New London, Willimantic & Palmer Railroad from 1852 to 1856 and director or investor in several other railroads. He also served as U.S. Marshall in southern New York, collector of internal revenue for the third collection district, commissioner of deeds, and business manager of the New York Tribune. In 1863 he helped to found the Brooklyn Daily Union, a newspaper devoted to supporting the Union cause during the Civil War. He also was a founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and of the Brooklyn Art Association. He collected books and manuscripts and assembled what was regarded as one of the largest private collections of Americana. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, legal and business papers and account books. General correspondence, 1842-1893, which includes in-coming letters and drafts and letterbooks of out-going letters, reflects Ford's activities as a lawyer and businessman, his real estate and railroad investments, his government service, and his autograph collecting. Family correspondence, 1830-1910, contains Ford's correspondence with his parents, wife (Emily Ellsworth Ford), brothers and sisters, children, and various members of his mother's family, the Burnhams. Legal papers, 1837-1893, include case records, letterbook, law diaries, and law ledgers. Business papers, 1839-1891, include insurance papers, accounts, bills and receipts, promissory notes, and indentures. Account books, 1844-1892, consist of ledgers reflecting Ford's legal and business transactions and accounts with various people including family members. There are also papers, 1863-1871, concerning his internal revenue position and the Brooklyn Daily Union, in addition to miscellaneous papers which include membership certificates, invitations, calling cards, and printed ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (24 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1040 View

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. George Bancroft papers, 1811-1901.

Title: George Bancroft papers, 1811-1901.

Family and personal papers include correspondence between George Bancroft and his first wife, Sarah Dwight (d.1837), his second wife, Elizabeth Davis Bliss, his father, Aaron Bancroft, his sister, Eliza Bancroft Davis, her husband John Davis, Governor of Massachusetts, his sister, Lucretia Bancroft Farnum, his two sons, George Bancroft, Jr., and John Chandler Bancroft during their school days and their travels abroad; other family letters are from other sisters and brothers, members of the Dwight family, Bancroft's two stepsons, Alexander and William Bliss, nieces, nephews, and other relatives; early deeds, other legal documents, papers pertaining to the settlement of various estates, and considerable genealogical material. Business and professional correspondence includes letters describing his involvement in Dwight family business interests, his stock holdings, and his work for the Bank of Michigan and other private banking ventures; letters and contracts with Little, Brown & Company detail his publication problems; and correspondence with his brokers and with his sons documents his later financial affairs, especially the income from his writings. There are some rough notes for his books and notes from personal interviews with Louis Philippe and Bismark. His political and diplomatic interests are documented by correspondence describing life in Washington, D.C., his career as Collector of the Port of Boston, and his advent as a cabinet official under Polk, as well as the Civil War and Reconstruction. Correspondence documents his appointments as Minister to Great Britain in 1849 and Minister to Berlin, 1849-1867. There is also a series of letters to his wife in 1847 discussing French politics in detail as well as his reaction to French historians and philosophers. In addition, the collection contains a large number of autographed letters from persons prominent in public affairs and the literary world in Europe and America, 1817-1886; albums of photographs of the German royal family and others; bronze plaque honoring Bancroft; 90th birthday scrapbook; guest book, 1894-1899; and two letters, 1941, to Wilder D. Bancroft from the U.S. Navy regarding the launching of a ship named for George Bancroft. Included is correspondence by or about Ann Bancroft, Mary Bancroft, Sarah Bancroft, Thomas Bancroft, Alexander Bliss, William Bliss, T. Hartley Crawford, Jonathan Dwight, Jane Putnam Bancroft Gherardi, D. Goodwin, William Murphy, Henry Schoolcraft, Charles C. Trowbridge, Baxter Witter, and Levi Woodbury.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934138 View

Bancroft-Bliss Families Papers, 1788-1928, (bulk 1815-1875)

Title: Bancroft-Bliss Families Papers 1788-1928 (bulk 1815-1875)

Correspondence, diary, legal and financial papers, article and book galleys, invitations, and printed material of members of the Bliss and Bancroft families, including George Bancroft (1800-1891); his wife, Elizabeth Davis Bancroft (1803-1886), her first husband, Alexander Bliss (1792-1827); and their son, Alexander Bliss (1827-1896).

ArchivalResource: 5,800 items; 20 containers plus 3 oversize; 8.1 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011191 View