Henry James letters to various correspondents and other material, 1861-1915.

Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

William James

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Ticknor and Fields

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Ticknor and Fields of Boston, Massachusetts was the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century. Ticknor and Fields originated in the firm of Allen and Ticknor established in 1832. The partners in Ticknor and Fields were William D. Ticknor (one of the partners in Allen and Ticknor) and James T. Fields, who entered the firm as a junior partner in 1843. Fields edited the Atlantic monthly from 1861-1870. Fields was also a wri...

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Fullerton, William Morton, 1865-

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Educated Phillips Academy, Harvard. In 1880 he began working in the Paris office of the London Times. Met Edith Wharton when she moved to France in 1907. Their love affair lasted from 1908-1910. He later joined the staff of Le Figaro. From the description of William Morton Fullerton letter to Mrs. B. M. Fullerton [manuscript], 1907 April 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 278864337 William Morton Fullerton graduated from Harvard in 1886. From the d...

Jocelyn Persse

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Lady Anne Isabella (Thackeray) Ritchie

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Hester R. Fuller.

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Conway, Lady

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Anna (Smith) Balestier

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Horton, Dana

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Dame Ellen Terry

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Wyckoff

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Burgess Noakes.

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Fuller, Hester Thackeray

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Agnes

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Guy du Maurier

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Benjamin Ticknor

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Chatto & Windus (Firm)

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Moreton Frewen

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Edmund Gosse

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Lloyd, ...

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Julie Rosalie Celeste (Allard) Daudet

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Edel, Leon, 1907-1997

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Author, editor and educator. From the description of Papers of Leon Edel, 1855-1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53436427 Author. From the description of Reminiscences of Leon Edel : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737832 ...

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902

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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...

Gwendolyn (Price) du Marurier

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Woollett

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Miss Edith Sichel

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Baron Von Hoffmann

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Eleanor (Emmet) Lapsley

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Sir Frederick? Macmillan

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Grace Norton

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Guy Domville

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Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954

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Poultney Bigelow (b. September 10, 1855, New York City-d. May 28, 1954, Malden-on-Hudson, New York), was the son of John Bigelow, American Ambassador to France under Abraham Lincoln. He grew up in France, and also in Germany, where he became friends with Prince William, later emperor of Germany. Bigelow studied at Yale University, and began practicing law, but was more interested in politics and writing. He is perhaps best remembered as a journalist. He was editor of Outing magazine and later co...

Constance (Lodge) Gardner

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Alice James.

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Frederic Murray Stimson

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Norton, Richard, 1938-

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x000118 ...

James Bain

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Hunter, Ellen

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Stevenson, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1883-

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John? Lapsley

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Sir Edmund Gosse

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Hunter, Grenville

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Clare (Frewen) Sheridan

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Horace Fletcher

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Helen N. Roberts

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Fox, Thomas A.

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Scribners

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Henry James 3rd

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Ibsens, Henrik

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Frederick Sturges

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The Times

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Henry, James.

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James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Maud (Howe) Elliott

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Leslie

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Baldwin, William Warren, 1775-1844

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Welch, ...

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Katharine (Temple) Emmet

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Loring, Katherine

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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Alice Howe (Gibbens) James

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Henry S. Grew, 1965 Oct. 14.

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George Abbott James

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Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Emmet, Grenville T. (Grenville Temple), 1877-1937

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Louisa Loring

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Spence, Edward Fordham, 1860-....

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Mrs. Robinson

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Hueffer.

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Persee, Jocelyn

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Carolyn Elizabeth Jakeman

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Gardiner, John, 1963-

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Dunham, Josephine

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Goldring, Douglas

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Epithet: writer and journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x000297 ...

Aline (Merriam) Harland

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Ford, Madox Ford

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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 ...

Captain) Dacre

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Linton, ...

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Vincent, ...

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Norton, Eliot

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William Heinemann

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Henry Head

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Isobel (Osbourne) Strong Field

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Henry, James, II.

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Persse, Jocelyn

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William James Jr.

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Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902

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Godkin was an editor and political writer. He was founder and first editor of The Nation (founded in 1865) and later also editor of the New York Evening Post. From the description of Edwin Lawrence Godkin papers, 1845-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368182 American journalist and essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, Wednesday 12th. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587330 Edwin Lawrence Godkin was an author, journ...

Asquith, Elizabeth

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Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st viscount Wolseley

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Henry S. Grew

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Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928

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Maurice Bloomfield was a professor of Sanskrit, The Johns Hopkins University, 1881-1891. He received his Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1879. Bloomfield was the author of several books on Vedic language and literature. From the description of Maurice Bloomfield letter, 1880. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49301568 ...

Bay

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