William Sydney Thayer Papers 1835-1901 (bulk 1835-1895)

ArchivalResource

William Sydney Thayer Papers 1835-1901 (bulk 1835-1895)

Newspaper correspondent, editor, and United States consul general in Egypt. Correspondence, dispatches, journals, essays, addresses, poems, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia dealing primarily with Thayer's activities in Nicaragua and Egypt.

600 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

eng,

Related Entities

There are 12 Entities related to this resource.

Dianese, Francis

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs7g43 (person)

Thayer family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z4qj3 (family)

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 ...

Hale, Charles, 1831-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z71d25 (person)

Charles Hale (1831-1882) was a Boston journalist and politician who graduated from Harvard in 1850. He was junior editor of his father's newspaper, the Boston Daily Advertiser, and in 1852 he founded the Boston literary journal, Today. From 1864 to 1870, Hale was U.S. Consul-General to Egypt, and was active in the development of Egypt's Assembly system. After 1870, he held various Massachusetts political offices. His publications include: All Men Are Born Equal ... (Boston, 1856); Our Houses Are...

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r031bp (person)

Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Thayer, Abijah Wyman, 1796-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx66wm (person)

Thayer family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc37wr (family)

Dainese, Francis

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sz53hg (person)

Thayer, Sarah S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jx7429 (person)

Kinney, Henry Lawrence, 1814-1861 or 1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn551h (person)

Thayer, William Sydney, 1830-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn20h0 (person)

Newspaper correspondent, editor, and U.S. consul general in Egypt. From the description of Letter to Charles Sumner, 1862 March 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994546 From the description of Letter to Charles Sumner [manuscript], 1862 March 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647977903 Consul-General in Egypt, 1861-1863. From the description of Papers of William Sydney Thayer [manuscript] 1835-1895. (University of Virginia...

Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz5dvr (person)

Attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902. Law practice in Boston, 1856-1874. Chairman, Committe on Indian Legislation, 1887-1892. Consultant on Dakota Constitution of 1889. Author of Preliminary Treatise on the Law of Evidence at Common Law (1898), John Marshall (1901), A Western Journey with Emerson (1884). From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1787-1902 (inclusive), 1850-1902 (bulk)...