Alexander Stevenson Twombly papers 1843-1907

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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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...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914

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Hincks, Edward Y. (Edward Young), 1844-1927

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Gordon, George Angier, 1853-1929

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George Angier Gordon (born January 2, 1853, Aberdeenshire, Scotland–died October 25, 1929, Brookline, Massachusetts), Protestant clergyman and author. An estate overseer's son, he worked several manual trades before emigrating to America in 1871. He graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary, then from Harvard (1881). From 1884 until his death he was pastor of Old South Church, Boston. His The Christ of Today (1895) expressed a liberal theological doctrine, and he became an important champion of...

Lord, John, 1810-1894

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Twombly, Alexander S. (Alexander Stevenson), 1832-1907

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Clergyman; B.A., Yale, 1854; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1858; ordained in 1859; pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Cherry Valley, N.Y., 1859-1862, State St. Presbyterian Church, Albany, N.Y., 1862-1867, First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Conn., 1867-1872, Winthrop (Congregational) Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1872-1891; in 1894 served four months at Central Union Church in Honolulu, Hawaii; 1896-1898, literary editor for Silver, Burdett, & Co.; author of articles and b...

Carter, George Robert, 1866-1933

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Whiton, James Morris, 1833-1920

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Lambert, Edward Wilberforce, 1831-1904.

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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937

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Charles Franklin Thwing, author and president of Western Reserve University's Adelbert College. Robert Ellis Thompson, educator, editor, and author; editor of Encyclopedia American and lecturer at Harvard and Princeton. Glen Walton Blodgett, autograph seeker. From the description of Letters to Prof. R.E. Thompson and Glen W. Blodgett, 1882 May 20, 1902 November 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55230946 ...

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was one of America's foremost regional writers. She produced novels, stories, and sketches, generally concerned with the lives and traditions of women in the rural areas of coastal New England. Her gentle, well-observed, respectful style transcends the limitations of genre and continue to make her work relevant. From the description of Sarah Orne Jewett letter to Loulie, ca. 1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429003 ...

Alexander, Constance Grosvenor

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Munger, Theodore Thornton, 1830-1910

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Congregational clergyman and author. From the description of Theodore T. Munger letter [manuscript], 1887 April 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 537512406 Theodore Thornton Munger: ordained in 1856, and served in Dorchester, Mass., until 1860; from 1864-1869 served in Haverhill, Mass., then resigned due to conflicts over his liberal theology; from 1869-1871 served in Providence, R. I., and from 1872-1875 in Lawrence, Mass.; moved to San Jose, Cal., in 1875; f...

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....

Duryea, Joseph T. (Joseph Tuthill), 1832-1898

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Weeks, Edwin Lord

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Painter, illustrator, author, photographer, explorer; Paris, France. Born in Boston, Mass. and raised in Newtonville, Mass., Weeks studied in the American public school system and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, with Gerome and Bonnat. He married his cousin Frances Rollins Hale and was a close friend of illustrator Frank T. Merrill. Weeks travelled extensively in Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus and Morocco, maintaining a studio in Paris and frequenting South Berwick, Main...