Evarts family papers 1753-1960
Related Entities
There are 213 Entities related to this resource.
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g5gp7 (person)
William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...
Jay, John, 1745-1829
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hj7b4k (person)
John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d32ppk (person)
Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r60gqx (person)
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6193xw6 (person)
Army officer, statesman, journalist, legislator, and U.S. Secy. of the Interior, of Missouri. From the description of Papers, 1870-1901 (bulk 1870-1890). (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70953302 German-American army officer, author and politician. From the description of Papers of Carl Schurz, 1862-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136358 U.S. cabinet officer, diplomat, and senator from Missouri, Union Ar...
Bigelow, John, 1817-1911
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f9h5q (person)
John Bigelow was born in Malden-on-Hudson, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the New York Evening Post. He was active in the Republican Party and in 1860, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him American Consul in Paris in 1861 and later served as American ambassador to France. After the Civil War's conclusion, he returned to New York, where he assisted Samuel J. Tilden in opposing the corruption that flourished in New ...
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b1x43 (person)
George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm4583 (person)
At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...
McCrary, George W. (George Washington), 1835-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6427n7d (person)
George Washington McCrary served as an Iowa lawyer, judge, and elected official. He established a law practice in Keokuk in 1856. He served in the Iowa House from 1857-1860, the Iowa Senate from 1861-1865, and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869-1877. From 1877-1879, he was Secretary of War under Rutherford B. Hayes. From 1880-1884, he was U.S. Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit and served as general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad from 1884-1890. Among ...
Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6815ssc (person)
Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...
Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs6jfw (person)
Congregational clergyman and president of Yale; b. in Northampton, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976415 Timothy Dwight was born on May 14, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1769 (B.A.) and 1772 (M.A.). He served Yale as tutor (1771-1777), Livingston Professor of Divinity (1795-1817), and President (1795-1817). He died on January 11, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut. From the desc...
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g844rz (person)
Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs6jc0 (person)
Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...
Kingsley, James L. (James Luce), 1778-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j49hjz (person)
Harrington, Joseph
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6863p51 (person)
American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1839 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498702 ...
Gibbs, William C. (William Channing), 1789-1871
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rx9hq0 (person)
Tyler, Joseph W.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw6mht (person)
Knox, Jonathan Day.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68095q6 (person)
Chambers, William Harold, 1894-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z57s6 (person)
Belmont, August, 1813-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d50wbh (person)
American banker and financier, U.S. minister to the Netherlands, and a leading Democratic political leader. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he vigorously supported the Union and helped raise the first German regiment sent from New York City. Daniel Edgar Sickles was a U.S. Representative from the State of New York (1857-1861 and 1893-1895). From the description of August Belmont letter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 711208279 Banker and diplomat. ...
Kerr, Dorcas M.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z93fsf (person)
Yerkes, Stephen.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z58qq (person)
Underwood, Levi.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s3rzj (person)
Lyon, C. Burton Phillips.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1cqv (person)
St. Hilaire, Barthelemy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1cdt (person)
Evarts family.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp8fdq (family)
Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831): author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist; editor of the Panoplist; member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901): lawyer and statesman; Secretary of State under Hayes, U.S. Senator from New York (1885-1891), diplomat. From the description of Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (inclusive), 1798-1901 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153450 ...
Yale University.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r8240t (corporateBody)
Chittenden, S. B. (Simeon Baldwin), 1814-1889
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k6580c (person)
Proctor, John Cleaveland.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb2cf5 (person)
Swann, Roswell Randell.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64211dx (person)
Bissell, Josiah H. (Josiah Hooker), 1845-1901
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6963m25 (person)
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8wmm (person)
Epithet: Assistant Librarian Yale College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0000a2 Franklin B. Dexter: librarian and administrator of Yale University; began work in Yale Library in 1867, remaining until 1912 when he became librarian emeritus; from 1867-1907 responsible for cataloguing the Yale Library; also a historian and genealogist; edited histories of Yale and Connecticut, and Obituary Register of Ya...
Winthrop, Augusta T.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp45pc (person)
Bates, Frances Chapman.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6643s89 (person)
United States. Department of State
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h8157t (corporateBody)
The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...
Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc2tjt (person)
The darling of the capital, Julia Gardiner Tyler was the second wife of the tenth President, John Tyler. She became First Lady from 1844 to 1845 after their secret engagement and wedding. Daughter of Juliana McLachlan and David Gardiner, descendant of prominent and wealthy New York families, Julia was trained from earliest childhood for a life in society; she made her debut at 15. A European tour with her family gave her new glimpses of social splendors. Late in 1842 the Gardiners went to Was...
Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q1pfj (person)
Alvord was born in Rutland, Vermont, where he developed an interest in nature. He attended the United States Military Academy and displayed a talent in mathematics. He graduated in 1833. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. Infantry and participated in the Seminole Wars. He returned to West Point as an assistant professor of mathematics until 1839, when he was again assigned to the 4th Infantry. He spent 21 years of his military career with that regiment. He was on frontier, garrison, and engin...
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s28rxw (person)
Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden is the only individual to win an outright majority of the popular vote in a United States presidential election but lose the election. Tilden was born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York. Attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States. Af...
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c0rvg (person)
Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc2thc (person)
Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...
Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs9gkp (person)
Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ds3jvf (person)
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq7vcc (person)
James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889–1892), one of only two persons to hold the position under three separate presidents (the other being Daniel Webster), and...
Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v8080n (person)
William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 18...
Hamilton, Schuyler, 1822-1903
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6193wr0 (person)
Hamilton was born on July 22, 1822 in New York City. He was the fifth of 14 children born to John Church Hamilton (1792–1882) and Maria Eliza van den Heuvel. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804), a Founding Father of the United States, and Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854). His maternal grandfather was Baron John Cornelius van den Heuvel, the one-time governor of Dutch Guiana. Through his sister, Elizabeth Hamilton (1831–1884), he was the brother-in-law of Gen. Henry Hall...
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck93n8 (person)
Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r8hwj (person)
Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...
Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h1tjn (person)
Thacher, Thomas Anthony, 1815-1886
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c82vzn (person)
Thomas Anthony Thacher was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 11, 1815. He received a B.A. degree from Yale College in 1835 and his M.A. in 1838. From 1838 to 1842, Thacher was a tutor at Yale College. He then advanced to assistant professor of Latin and Greek Languages from 1842 to 1845, assistant professor of Latin Language and Literature from 1845 to 1851, and professor of Latin Language and Literature from 1851 until his death on April 7, 1886. In addition to his teaching duties, Thac...
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1054 (corporateBody)
Organized 1810; incorporated 1812; consists of members of National Council of Congregational Churches in the U.S., and 150 additional members elected by the board in biennial meetings; the foreign missionary arm of Congregational Christian Churches of the U.S.; headquartered in Boston, Mass.; also known as ABCFM. From the description of Records, 1804-1964 (bulk 1900-1960). (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70927016 Organized 1810; incorporated in 181...
Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h425d2 (person)
Hewitt graduated from Columbia in the class of 1842 and became, in turn, an attorney in New York City, a manufacturer of iron and steel, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1875-1879, 1881-1886, and Mayor of New York, 1887-1888. From the description of Abram S.Hewitt papers, n.d. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102421 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Hewitt graduated from Columbia in the class of 1842 and became, in turn, an attorney in New Yo...
Noyes, Edward F. (Edward Follansbee), 1832-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr38h9 (person)
Diplomat and governor of Ohio. From the description of Letter of Edward F. Noyes, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451813 American army officer, governor of Ohio and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to J.M. Dalzell, 1888 Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609888 ...
Sanders, Frank Knight, 1861-1933
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q8d43 (person)
The son of ABCFM missionaries to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Frank Knight Sanders (1861-1933) taught at Jaffna College, Ceylon from 1882 to 1886. He was on the faculty of the Yale Divinity School from 1891 to 1907, serving as Dean from 1901 to 1905. He was President of Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas from 1908 to 1914 and Director of the Board of Missionary Preparation for the Foreign Missions Conference of North America from 1914 to 1927. From the description of Frank Knight Sanders pape...
Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz66gm (person)
Baldwin, Elizabeth Sherman Burr, 1765-1850.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m94ck6 (person)
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx0fqp (person)
U.S. Army officer during the Civil War and public official, New York and New Jersey. From the description of Letters, 1894-1895. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70975832 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Morristown, to an unidentified Senator, [1876?] Feb. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618668 From the description of Autograph telegram signed : [n.p.], to General Morell, Miner...
Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq6b38 (person)
Chancellor of the German Empire. From the description of Papers, 1883. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17662127 ...
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w778qp (person)
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885....
Storrs, Richard Salter, 1763-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g203ht (person)
Spencer, Ambrose, 1765-1848
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2prz (person)
Congressman, jurist. From the description of Ambrose Spencer letter, 1846 February 16. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935138 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Mr. Peter Lansing, 1830 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574413 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Hon. Wm. Jones, Sect. of the Navy, 1813 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574407 P...
St. Hilaire, Barthelemy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r62fhk (person)
Howe, Timothy O. (Timothy Otis), 1816-1883
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr1554 (person)
U.S. senator from Wisconsin, U.S. postmaster general, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Timothy O. Howe, circa 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451050 American political leader. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Green Bay, to the President, 1865 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269525008 ...
Hale, David, 1791-1849
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd77ns (person)
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr30vg (person)
Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...
Harrington, Joseph, 1903-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk56x6 (person)
Evarts, Mehetabel Sherman Barnes, 1774-1851.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032w1t (person)
Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c20rj (person)
Richard Cobden, English textile manufacturer and politician. From the guide to the Richard Cobden manuscript material : 1 item, ca 1843, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Cobden was born in Dunford, Sussex, England on June 3, 1804; became a middle-class manufacturer and MP, advocating free trade, non-intervention in foreign affairs, an end to aristocratic misrule, and a variety of radical political reforms; became intere...
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx652n (person)
James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...
Austin, Samuel, 1760-1830
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b00nmv (person)
Samuel Austin (1760-1830), Congregational minister, was graduated from Yale College in 1783 and was a New-Light disciple of Jonathan Edwards. He first preached at the Fair Haven Church in New Haven, Conn., from 1786 to 1790; from 1790 until his dissociation in 1818, Austin served as minister at the First Congregational Church in Worcester, Mass. From 1815 to 1821, he was president of the University of Vermont, following which he assumed the pulpit of the First Congregational Church in Newport, R...
Dwight, Sereno Edwards, 1786-1850
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m35c6k (person)
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6js9vh6 (person)
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a French actress. From the guide to the Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Actress, sculptor, and painter, Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris, France. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007114 French born actress, artist, and writer. From the description of Sarah Bernhardt Collection, c...
Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959z27 (person)
Lawyer; Assistant Secretary of State under Lincoln; son of William Henry Seward. From the description of Collection, 1864-1906. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50991907 American lawyer and politician who served as the acting secretary of state under the Lincoln, Johnson, and Hayes administrations. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550831 Brother of William H. Seward, Secretary of State for Ab...
Spring, Gardiner, 1785-1873
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb7rsc (person)
Presbyterian clergyman. From the description of Statement of Gardiner Spring, 1824 August 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980512 ...
Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6086qt9 (person)
American lobbyist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1861 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856372 Ward, an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer, was well known in social and political circles in both the U.S. and Europe. Maud Howe Elliott was his niece, and the daughter of reformer Julia Ward Howe. From the guide to the Papers, ca. 1814-1936., (Houghton Library, Harvard...
Maxwell, William, 1784-1857
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63x92p8 (person)
Rice, William W. (William Whitney), 1826-1896
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6572vtn (person)
William Whitney Rice (1826-1896), son of Rev. Benjamin Rice (1784-1847) and Lucy (Whitney) Rice (1799-1893), was born at Deerfield, Mass., on 7 March 1826. He attended Gorham Academy, graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., in 1846, and received from them the degree of LL.D. in 1886. He was a teacher at Leicester Academy, Mass., from 1847 to 1851. He studied law with the Hon. Emory Washburn (1800-1877), was admitted to the bar in 1854, and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass. He was ap...
Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s08x5 (person)
English lawyer. From the description of Autograph letter signed in third person : [London], to Sir Moses Montefiore, 1856 Jun. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521349 ...
Tyler, D. Gardiner (David Gardiner), 1846-1927
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt62sz (person)
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w958tz (person)
Former vice-president of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Letter, 1866 Dec. 26, Crawfordville, Georgia, to Henry Bradley Plant. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 260819402 Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1844-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476996 Lawyer, journalist, governor of Geo...
Bates, Frances Chapman.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j22tc3 (person)
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v129mg (person)
Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...
Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s188hc (person)
Lawyer, of New York, N.Y., U.S. attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain. From the description of Papers of Edwards Pierrepont, 1847-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81338859 A prominent New York lawyer and politician and Democrat who was against secession and supportive of the use of force to protect the Union. President Lincoln appointed him to try the cases of those who had been imprisoned in the North for suspected disloyalty to the Union cause and after the...
Whittelsey, Samuel, 1775-1842
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jx2hsc (person)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2j6f (person)
American educator who served as the president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367566221 President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. From the description of James Burrill Angell papers, 1845-1916. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419061 Editor of Providence Journal, 1860-1866. From the description of Letter, [ca.1860-1866], Providence,...
International Monetary Conference (1881 : Paris, France)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r27p25 (corporateBody)
Coit, Henry Augustus, 1830-1895.[?]
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p567s7 (person)
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n3020k (person)
Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...
Forster, W. E. (William Edward), 1818-1886
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62f7xxv (person)
English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to S. Berget?, 1867 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469099 Epithet: politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000398 ...
Taunton, Henry Labouchere, Baron, 1798-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m32z8c (person)
Henry Labouchere was the Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1855-1858 at the time that Sir James Douglas was Governor of B.C. Ker Baillie Hamilton, soldier and colonial administrator was Governor of Newfoundland (1852-1855), and then Governor of Antigua and the Leeward Islands (1855-1867). C.J. Bayley was Governor of the Bahamas (1857-1864) when he wrote the letters. From the description of Henry Labouchere collection. [1856-1857]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat r...
Young, John Russell, 1840-1899
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx6jsg (person)
Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000334 Irish American journalist, author, diplomat and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young letters [manuscript], 1867-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174958754 Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young paper...
Ross, John, 1790-1866
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk1p47 (person)
Cherokee Chief. From the description of Letter, biography, and publication, 1830-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367389224 Cherokee chief. During the 1813-1814 Creek War, Ross served as adjutant of Gideon Morgan's Cherokee regiment, which fought with Andrew Jackson's militia and regulars against the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and elsewhere. In a long public career, Ross served on the Cherokee national council (1817-1829, president 1819-1829); as c...
Viator, 1818-1874
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj72cg (person)
Sherman, Roger, 1768-1856
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc22g6 (person)
Armstrong, Samuel Turrell, 1784-1850.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w18qzh (person)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h488d (person)
Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...
Jenks, William, 1778-1866
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh48tj (person)
William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1778. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797, an A.M. in 1800 and an S.T.D. in 1842. He also received two degrees from Bowdoin College: an S.T.D. in 1825 and an L.L.D. in 1862. Jenks served as pastor of churches in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bath, Maine before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College as professor of Oriental and English literature. He later returned to Boston, where he founded a mission for seamen and took...
Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk5k09 (person)
Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000105 Washington banker; one of founders of Corcoran & Riggs banking firm. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Joel Munsell, Albany, 1869 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22772919 From the description of Letter : Washington, to W. Stone, Jr., 1861 March 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22777787...
Sherman, David Austin, 1781-1843.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6478f4p (person)
Lane, Ebenezer, 1793-1866
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k64z7d (person)
Lawyer, railroad executive, and chief justice of Ohio Supreme Court; b. in Massachusetts; attended Griswold Law School, Norwich, Conn.; married Maryann Griswold. From the description of Lane collection, [17--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954190 Two generations of the Ebenezer Lane family are represented in this collection. The papers of the first Ebenezer Lane (1793-1866), the son of Capt. Ebenezer Lane and Marion Griswold, daughter of C...
Farrar, Samuel, 1773-1864.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz0v4b (person)
Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c82fm6 (person)
Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...
Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf9czb (person)
Traveler, amateur artist and architect; founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum. From the description of Falls of Niagara, 1806 / by D. Wadsworth. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 179672810 ...
Nash, Stephen P. (Stephen Payne), 1821-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p88f7b (person)
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6650crt (person)
American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh5qp9 (person)
Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...
Yale College (1718-1887). Class of 1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg3czm (corporateBody)
Woods, Leonard, 1774-1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62b9j72 (person)
Leonard Woods (1774-1854) was a Congregational clergyman. From 1808 to 1846, he was professor of theology at the Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Letter, 1836 February 10, Andover, Mass., to Lyman Matthews, Braintree, Mass. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 251870593 Leonard Woods (1774-1854) was an American Congregationalist clergyman and author. A graduate of Harvard University, he taught at Andover Theological Seminary and helped est...
Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv2vh0 (person)
William Henry Hurlbert, journalist, editor and author, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, educated in Harvard, and for a brief time, served as a Unitarian minister. In 1855 he became a writer on the staff of Putnam's, then drama critic for Albion, and later an editor at the New York tribune and the New York world. After 1883, he lived mostly abroad, writing for various English and American publications. He was the author of poems, plays, and a biography of George Brinton McClellan in 1864. ...
Rothery, H. C. (Henry Cadogan), 1817-1888
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b0wsw (person)
Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon, Sir, 1827-1904.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n62qnr (person)
Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w602933h (person)
Billings was a San Francisco lawyer; partners with Archibald Peachy and H.W. Halleck, of the firm Halleck, Peachy and Billings, which specialized in cases involving land titles. From the description of Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128672 Frederick Billings went to California in 1849 and began a law practice in San Francisco. He became a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad in...
Underwood, Levi.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b40kf5 (person)
Eversley, George John Shaw-Lefevre, 1797-1879.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k39xq4 (person)
Lord, Eleazer, 1788-1871.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw1kc7 (person)
Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m3k93 (person)
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, a 1839 graduate of Harvard Law School, was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1849-1855), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1859-1869), served as U.S. Attorney General (1869-1870) and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-1875). From the description of Letters to Joseph Willard and Henry Vose, 1840-1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339043 American jurist. From the de...
Foster, Eleazer, 1778-1819.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r4wb3 (person)
Hallock, William A. (William Allen), 1794-1880
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp5qv6 (person)
Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m91n0r (person)
Cephas Brainerd was a lawyer and prominent leader in the YMCA, serving as director and vice-president of the New York City association during the 1850s, and as secretary general of the YMCA's International Committee from 1865 to 1892. During his tenure he strongly influenced the character of the YMCA, including advocating an evangelic emphasis and a moderate attitude towards race relations. From the description of Cephas Brainerd papers, 1865-1947 (bulk 1880-1890). (University of Min...
Olcott, Thomas W. (Thomas Worth), 1795-1880
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6474xjb (person)
Banker and president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Albany, president of Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad, and civic leader, of Albany, N.Y.; name also found: Thomas W. Olcutt. From the description of Letter from B. F. Butler to Thomas W. Olcutt, 1834 Oct. 6. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 236206507 President of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany, N.Y. Olcott was a prominent figure in New York State politics ...
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6tdm (person)
Lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Joseph Hodges Choate papers, 1745-1929 (bulk 1852-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79700965 Prominent New York lawyer, diplomat, and leader in humanitarian and cultural affairs. From the description of Letter : New York, N.Y., to John H. Stephens, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1916 Apr. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34241616 Choate...
Shipman, William D. (William Davis), 1818-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj35j2 (person)
Hubbard, Samuel, 1785-1847
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6795fnw (person)
Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pr82f9 (person)
Epithet: author and art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000053 Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic, of Boston, Mass. Perkins graduated from Harvard in 1843; studied art in Rome and Paris; promoted art education for the masses; organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
Bingham, Hiram, 1789-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m1gt4 (person)
Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6891bpw (person)
Brown class of 1845; two-term Congressman (1857-61) from Worcester, Massachusetts; played a significant role in the founding and organization of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. From the description of Papers, 1843-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529135 American educator and inventor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Worcester, Mass., to Silas Seymour, [1861 Sept.] and 1861 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...
Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n01757 (person)
Episcopalian bishop. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645260286 Bishop of New York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J.B. Gilder, on the occasion of J.R. Lowell's 70th birthday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618790 From the description of Autograph letters signed (10) : New York, etc., to Dr. Ba...
Randolph, John, 1773-1833
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63779t9 (person)
Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...
Gibbs, Frederick Waymouth, 1821-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n89ccc (person)
Epithet: QC, tutor to Prince of Wales British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000108 ...
Marshall, Henry Rutgers, 1852-1927
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k0g1j (person)
Yale University. Students.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm6hmg (corporateBody)
Evarts family
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn0d8m (family)
Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831): author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist; editor of the Panoplist; member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Jeremiah Evarts, son of James and Sarah Todd Evarts, was born February 3, 1781, in Sunderland, Vermont. The family moved to Georgia, Vermont, six years later. In January, 1798, Jeremiah Evarts went to East Guilford, Connecticut, where he studied with the Rev. John Elliot. In September of the same year, he en...
Bissell, Josiah.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g28qxp (person)
Gardiner, David Lyon, 1817-1892.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f80ftr (person)
Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8n9c (person)
U.S. Senator from Vermont. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to F.T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State, 1883 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743114 Vermont lawyer; state representative, 1854-1859; state senator, 1861-1862; U.S. senator, 1866-1891. From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Charles Devens, 1878 May 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29888341 U.S. senator of Vermont and...
Winthrop, Augusta T.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r051tq (person)
Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1833-1902
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6js9tdf (person)
American-born bookseller and bibliographer in England. From the description of Facsimile of an autograph letter signed, with an appended autograph note signed : London, to J.W. Dean of Boston, librarian and genealogist, 1886 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874706 Machinist and Union soldier serving in the band of the 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers; from Tilton (Belknap Co.), N.H. From the description of Papers, 1861-1879. (Duke University Librar...
Swann, Roswell Randell.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g864d7 (person)
Chambers, William H.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf9nw0 (person)
Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc0z69 (person)
Porter, Noah, 1811-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69029bk (person)
Noah Porter: Congregational clergyman, educator, president of Yale College; B.A., Yale, 1831; studied at the Yale Divinity School with Nathaniel W. Taylor; ordained in 1836; from 1843-1846 pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts; president of Yale from 1871-1886. From the description of Noah Porter papers, 1781-1889 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169079 Congregational minister, metaphysician, author, and president of Yale. ...
Gibbs, William, 1785-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69727b5 (person)
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc064d (person)
Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...
Deĭch, G. M. (Genrikh Markovich)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f2mbg (person)
Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd41bf (person)
American composer and music educator. From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702190298 From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122354720 Lowell Mason (1792-1872), musical educator and hymn writer, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1812 he came to Savannah as a bank clerk. In Savannah, he taught singing, and was the orga...
Webb, Alexander S. (Alexander Stewart), 1835-1911
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t0wn7 (person)
President of City College, 1870-1903. From the description of Papers, 1855-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504204 President of the College of the City of New York. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Ida B. Forbes, 1897 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589007 Alexander S. Webb: joined U.S. Army in 1855; served in Minnesota and Florida, and in 1857 became professor of mathematics at West Point; served in Civil War,...
Kerr, Dorcas M.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd0rxw (person)
Westlake, John, 1828-1913
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk9kzc (person)
Epithet: QC; of Add MS 44459 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00009b ...
Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j10hc8 (person)
Congregational minister, professor at Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1802-1848. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11853721 ...
Chittenden, Simeon Baldwin, 1814-1889.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x6rw1 (person)
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889): merchant in New Haven, 1835-1842; dry-goods merchant in New York City, 1842-; elected to Congress from New York, 1874.William Thompson Lusk (1838-1897): obstetrician; educated in Germany, New York, Scotland, and Austria; member of the New York Infantry Highlanders, 1860-1863; practiced medicine and taught at Long Island College Hospital, 1866-1871; professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1871-1897. From the g...
Tyler, Joseph.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g28qjr (person)
Knox, Jonathan Day.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x18xjx (person)
Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj61kc (person)
American lawyer, jurist, politician. From the guide to the Simeon Baldwin letters and legal documents, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1805, 1812, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
Todd, John, 1800-1873
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ft97k2 (person)
Clergyman. From the description of John Todd correspondence, 1835 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981077 ...
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd6x5d (person)
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...
Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh3j5z (person)
American statesman; Secretary of State. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to Thomas J. Durant, 1870 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Schell, 1890 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526181 American statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Snell, Esq., (18)76 Dec. 19. (Unknown). World...
Worcester, Samuel, 1770-1821
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63x8rgg (person)
Samuel Worcester (1770-1821), corresponding secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Letters to William Jenks, 1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478102 ...
Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gh9znv (person)
American Congregational clergyman; secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1832-66. From the guide to the Rufus Anderson letters and correspondence, 1826-1874, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6892fsv (person)
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir, 1843-1911
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp7wvq (person)
British politician, from London. From the description of Papers, 1875-1904 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122509864 From the description of Papers, 1875-1904. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405887 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, second baronet, English writer and politician. From the description of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke manuscript material : 1 item, 1872 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 17369120...
Boardman, Samuel Ward, 1830-1917
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs2wjj (person)
Smalley, George W. (George Washburn), 1833-1916
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6445xb0 (person)
Civil War correspondent; foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune. From the description of Papers of George Washburn Smalley, 1870-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49241413 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letters (2) : London, to Mr. Reid, 1877 Feb. 3-1877 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664132 From the description of The House of Lords : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the first page of ...
Storrs, Richard S. (Richard Salter), 1787-1873
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6057k3k (person)
Congregational clergyman and editor. From the description of R.S. Storrs note, 1852 Dec. 6. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77575472 ...
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t72j6r (person)
Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mifflin and Company and editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1890-1898). From the description of Papers, 1879-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370549 From the description of Additional papers, 1859-1903. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82251260 From the guide to the Additional papers, 1859-1903., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mi...
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8bvt (person)
The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...
Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6xvp (person)
Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, was born in Cairo, N.Y., on 15 November 1797. He married Catherine Ostrander in 1818. Weed was a leader of the anti-Masonic movement of the 1820's and 30's, a New York assemblyman from 1829-1831, and a key member of the Whig Party and then the Republican Party. From 1824-1826 Weed was the owner and editor of Rochester Telegraph. He published Anti-Masonic Enquirer, and from 1829-1863 he worked as a reporter and editor for the anti-Masons' paper, Albany Eve...
Palmer, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1781-1847
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q903c (person)
Putnam, James O. (James Osborne), 1818-1903
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt6vtt (person)
Born in Attica, N.Y. in 1818. Served as chancellor of the University of Buffalo, deputy postmaster of Buffalo, state senator, and minister to France and the Belgian Court. Also a noted public speaker. From the description of James O. Putnam letter : Buffalo, to R. C. Hill, 1895 Aug. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 76969605 Served as chancellor of the University of Buffalo, deputy postmaster of Buffalo, state senator, and minister to France and the Belgian C...
Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f47t52 (person)
Congregational clergyman of Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Meteorological register of Abiel Holmes, 1795-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069604 American Congregational clergyman and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Noah Webster, 1809 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523484 Congregational clergyman and historian; father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. From the description of Ab...
Edwards, Jonathan, 1841-1886.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv1srb (person)
Merwin, Samuel, 1781-1856.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj0nck (person)
Poor, Daniel, 1789-1855
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s21vx (person)
Daniel Poor was a Congregational missionary. From the description of Daniel Poor letter, 1822. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74898125 ...
Peabody, C. A. (Charles Augustus), 1814-1901
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64m947g (person)
Reeve, Henry, 1813-1895
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk0s46 (person)
English man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Madame [Blaze] de Bury, 1855 Oct. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851994 British author and editor. From the description of Correspondence, 1856-1893. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 28416066 ...
Battell, Joseph, 1774-1841.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg2wtf (person)
Proctor, John Cleaveland.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b698wc (person)
Sherman, Roger M. (Roger Minott), 1773-1844
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g68zk (person)
Sherman was a Connecticut lawyer, judge and state senator; Hitchinson was a New Haven attorney. From the description of Letter to Samuel J. Hitchinson, 3 December 1829. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236088121 Lawyer, state legislator, and judge, of Fairfield, Conn.; nephew of Hon. Roger Sherman, signer of Declaration of Independence. From the description of Papers, 1773-1845. (Fairfield Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70953848...
Voorhees, Daniel W. (Daniel Wolsey), 1827-1897
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p561jm (person)
King, Horatio C.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f4x2t (person)
Union army officer, 1862-1865, and New York City attorney. From the description of Letterbooks, 1862 Sept.-1868 Nov. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759159 Military man and politician. King moved to Brooklyn in 1865 and served on the Brooklyn Board of Education. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1840]-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451560 Biographical Note ...
Cheever, George Barrell, 1807-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj2s7s (person)
American author, clergyman, reformer. From the description of Letters of George Barrell Cheever [manuscript], 1837-1859. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833549 George Barrell Cheever was born into a prosperous family in Maine, and educated at Bowdoin College. He was torn between Unitarian and Congregational beliefs but, influenced by his mother, he joined Andover Theological Seminary and became a minister, eventually embracing Congregationalist principles. H...
Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j6cfm (person)
President of Yale University. From the description of Letter to William C. Welling, 1917 September 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50997891 James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley wa...
Waite, Morrison R. (Morrison Remick), 1816-1888
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w683424g (person)
Waite practised law in Ohio beginning in 1839 and was chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1874-1888. From the description of Letters, 1871-1882. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235163433 Waite gained attention in 1871 as a representative with the U.S. delegation to an international arbitration involving a dispute between the United States and Great Britain over the outfitting of Confederate vessels in British ports. In the settlement, the United St...
Field, David D. (David Dudley), 1781-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c5729 (person)
Congregational clergyman and local historian, Stockbridge, Mass. From the description of Collection of miscellaneous pieces, [1840?-1856?] / David D. Field's book. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58664075 Congregational clergyman and local historian, of East Guilford (now Madison), Conn. From the description of History of the towns of Guilford and Madison, 1827-1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971030 John G.C. Brainard changed the "e" to...
Bingham, Sybil Moseley, 1792-1848
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68q032p (person)
Magnin, Pierre Joseph, 1824-1910.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j42w88 (person)
Phelps, Edward John, 1822-1900
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bv7vt9 (person)
Lawyer, politician, diplomat, and educator, of Burlington, Vt., and New York, N.Y.; born in Middlebury, Vt.; attended Yale Law School (1841-1842) and admitted to the bar in 1843; second comptroller of the U.S. Treasury (1851-1853), U.S. minister to Great Britain (1885-1889), and senior counsel (1893) for the U.S. in the arbitration of the Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy with Great Britain; founder and president (1880) of American Bar Association; taught law at Yale after 1881; died in New Haven,...
National Republican Party (U.S.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f22qqd (corporateBody)
Whiting, Nathan, 1772-1848
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p55txp (person)
Bates, Isaac C. (Isaac Chapman), 1779-1845
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc90b6 (person)
Lawyer and U.S. Senator, of Northampton, Mass. From the description of Letter from Isaac C. Bates to Hon. George Bliss, 1825 June 4. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166427899 U.S. Senator, of Northampton, Mass. From the description of Letter from Isaac C. Bates to Hon. George Bliss, 1825 June 4. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690677 ...
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64b2zq8 (person)
Thomas was a New England printer and bookseller who strongly supported the American Revolution. He was also a founder of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. From the description of ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86160118 Caleb Alexander was born in 1755 in Northfield, Massachusetts, a town founded by his grandfather. He attended Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown Universities, receiving degrees fro...
Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1874
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf1crf (person)
Edward Norris Kirk, clergyman, was born in New York City. He was educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he graduated in 1820. After studying law for eighteen months in New York City, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary and remained there four years, after which he was appointed agent of the Board of foreign missions, and traveled through the south in its behalf. In 1827 he was ordained assistant pastor of the second Presbyterian Church in Albany, and in 182...
Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv238r (person)
Charleston and Pendleton, South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, historian, and politician. From the description of Letters to W.W. Humphries, 1868-1871. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140211 ...
Low, Seth, 1850-1916
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg2wgj (person)
Mayor of Brooklyn, Mayor of New York, and President of Columbia College (later Columbia University), 1890-1901. From the description of Papers, 1870-1930. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482691 President of Columbia University. From the description of Typed letter : New York, to Ida B. Forbes, 1898 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270593321 Mayor of N.Y.C. and President of Columbia University. From...
Yerkes, Stephen.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp0zb4 (person)
Parker, Cortlandt, 1818-1907
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j3brd (person)
Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Cortlandt Parker, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454842 ...
Porter, Ebenezer, 1772-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65721g7 (person)
Ebenezer Porter was appointed professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary in 1812 and became its president in 1827, at which post he remained until his death. Recipient is probably Jedidiah Morse. From the description of Ebenzer Porter letter to Jedidiah Morse, 1812. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 725105293 ...
Wisner, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Blydenburg), 1794-1835
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv3jkb (person)
Congregational minister, secretary, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Sermons, 1823-1831. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 12065513 ...
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs5wjz (person)
Congregational clergyman and geographer of Connecticut and Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1783-1826. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770513 From the description of Account book, 1816-1820. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770209 Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the fir...
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m61j2c (person)
U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349 American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian. From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858 From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). ...
Hay, John, 1838-1905
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t152r6 (person)
Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...
Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r78cxr (person)
American missionary, reformer and activist for the rights of Native Americans and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy; treasurer and corresponding secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Jeremiah Evarts letter to to David Root [manuscript], 1828 March 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781300996 Jeremiah Evarts (February 3, 1781-May 10, 183 1) was a New England lawyer and philanthropist who ab...
Lyon, C. Burton Phillips.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr8r3b (person)
Belmont, August, 1816-1890.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x66xhf (person)
Hill, Henry, 1795-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc0zpk (person)
Henry Hill was a merchant of New York, Liverpool, Peru, and Chile; U.S. consul at St. Salvador, Brazil; Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile; and treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Henry Hill collection, 1808-1839. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 66529902 Henry Hill: merchant of New York, Liverpool, Peru, and Chile; U.S. Consul at Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile, 1818-; treasurer of the American Board of C...
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz35zn (person)
U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. From the description of George Frisbie Hoar letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1894 January 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 694733616 George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a Republican Senator from Massachusetts (1877-1904). From the description of Autograph collection, 1598-1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122405022 From the guide to the George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection, 1598-194...
Kasson, John A.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6222vqn (person)
American diplomat; United States commissioner, Berlin Conference on African Affairs, 1884-1885. From the description of John Adam Kasson letters received, 1884-1886, from American citizens. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867362 Biographical/Historical Note American diplomat; United States commissioner, Berlin Conference on African Affairs, 1884-1885. From the guide to the John Adam Kasson letters received f...
Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1949
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k69100 (corporateBody)
Edwards, Justin, 1787-1853
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m334m9 (person)
Clergyman, reformer, and educator. From the description of Justin Edwards letter, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009892 ...
Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69z9fdf (person)
Grimké served many benevolent causes and specifically peace. Brother of abolitionists Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Thomas Smith Grimké was a jurist and a writer. From the description of ALS, 1825 November, South Carolina to William McDowall Tart. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44929911 Born in Charleston, South Carolina; practiced law and served as a state senator 1826-1830; championed temperance and world peace and supported a religious, utilitarian educa...
Merritt, Edwin A. (Edwin Albert), 1860-1914
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m097c (person)
Tremain, Henry Edwin, 1841-1910
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d7478 (person)
Kellogg, William Pitt, 1831-1918.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t72tk (person)
William Pitt Kellogg was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced law in Canton, Ill. He was collector of the port of New Orleans (1865-1868), U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1868-1872, 1877-1883), governor of Louisiana (1873-1877), and U.S. Representative for Louisiana (1883-1885). From the description of William Pitt Kellogg letter, 1916 June 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 179865130 From the description of William P. Kellogg letter, 1874. (Louisiana Sta...
Bartlett, Shubael, 1778-1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w689924f (person)
Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt01k3 (person)
President of Yale College. From the description of Jeremiah Day letter, 1837 Mar. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 747722580 From the description of Autograph, signed : Yale College, 1838 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535739 Author of Algebra (1814). President of Yale University, 1817-1846. From the description of Letter of recommendation, Connecticut, [18--?]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122529651 ...
