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Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records

Records of Houghton Mifflin Company and its predecessors, containing papers relating to both the printing and publishing branches of the business.

ArchivalResource: 64 linear feet (165 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00009/catalog View

Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog 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

Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. Louise Chandler Moulton letters, 1854-1896.

Title: Louise Chandler Moulton letters, 1854-1896.

The collection contains letters from Moulton to Mr. Ford, 26 July (no year), thanking him for payment for two stories and remarking that she has more of a "home feeling [in London] than is usual to my life;" to her cousin Horace P. Chandler, 188-; to Dr. Griffis, Monday [13 Feb. n.y.], inviting him to meet Mr. Von Eltz; to Editor, Who's who, 15 August n.y., returning a proof; at sea to Oswald Crawfurd, 7 Nov. (no year), requesting the true story behind the novel, Grace Tolmar; to Phillips, Sampson & Co., 21 February 1854, about publishing her book, This, that, and the other; to My dear friend, Sunday, 27 August [1893], stating that she has never printed anything unkind about anyone, her ill health, and desire to see Hereford and Tewkesbury; to Mr. Bowen, Wednesday, about the Independent rejecting love poems and noting that several people have written to her about "The Rose She Wore in Winter." Also, to Olea Bull, 3 September 1882, thanking her for her note; a four-line poem, "Why?," inscribed to Olea, 8 January 1884; to Ticknor & Company, 2 May 1887, requesting Carpenter's Liber amoris to review; 27 August 1893, about coming to England for her health, travels, and cutting remarks; to Dr. Ward, 25 February n.y., enclosing her tribute to Stevenson [not included] and the enthusiastic reception of her Sonnet sequence in the Independent; to Ben. W. Austin, 5 November n.y., about her election to an honorary membership in the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society; in Paris to Mrs. Darling, 24 Sept. 1896, accepting her invitation to speak in Boston on 20 Jan. if she is well, and notes her travel plans; to Mr. Bridgman, 2 Feb. n.y., questioning why he does not like her poem; to Mr. Braithwaite, 9 May n.y., thanking him for flowers and hoping he'll visit before she sails to Europe in two weeks if she is well enough.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

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