Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193004

This folder contains materials associated with Boston lawyer (later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. from John F. Kennedy's collection of historical documents. Materials in this folder include letters from Holmes.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...