Nation papers, 1865-1893.

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Nation papers, 1865-1893.

Early editorial and business papers of the review, the Includes correspondence of founder and first editor, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, as wellas additional materials related to the journal. Nation

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383243

Houghton Library

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Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907

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Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1865-1906. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365054 Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. His father, William Lloyd Garrison, was a prominent New England abolitionist and editor of the Liberator magazine. His brother Francis Jackson Garrison (1848-1916) was associated with Riverside Press and Houghton Mifflin Company. From the ...

Still, William, 1821-1902

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Abolitionist, writer, and businessman William Still was born near Medford, in Burlington County, N.J. in 1821. He moved to Philadelphia in 1841 and married Letitia George, who became the mother of his four children. In 1847 William Still became a clerk in the office of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. Between 1851 and 1861 he was chairman and corresponding secretary of the Philadelphia branch of the Underground railroad. His accounts of its activities, The Underground railr...

Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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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...

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...

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 ...

Sedgwick, Arthur G. (Arthur George), 1844-1915

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Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930

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Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American poet, critic, and educator. From the description of George Edward Woodberry lectures delivered at Bowdoin College, 1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844136 Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American poet, critic, and educator. He graduated from Harvard College in 1877, was professor of English at the University of Nebraska (1877-1878, 1880-1882) and professor in the Columbia University Dept. of Comparative Literature (1891-19...

Endicott, William, Jr.

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

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 ...

Powers, J. E.

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Albert, William J.

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McKim, James Miller, 1810-1874

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Browne, S B

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White, Samuel S. (Samuel Stockton), 1822-1879

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Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907

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Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1865-1906. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365054 Wendell Phillips Garrison was editor of The Nation. His father, William Lloyd Garrison, was a prominent New England abolitionist and editor of the Liberator magazine. His brother Francis Jackson Garrison (1848-1916) was associated with Riverside Press and Houghton Mifflin Company. From the ...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Chemist; professor at Yale, from 1853. Son of Benjamin Silliman, also a chemist, geologist, and Yale professor, 1802-1852. From the description of Correspondence, 1875-1884. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31440798 This is Benjamin Silliman, Jr., a chemist and professor at Yal...

George Luther Stearns

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N. B. Brown

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Godkin, Katharine (Sands).

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Bliss, Charles M

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Clark, Edward Wm.

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Detmold, Christian Edward, 1810-1887

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Christian Edward Detmold, 1810-1887, was a civil engineer born in Hanover, Germany. After an extensive career in the United States in railroads, iron manufacturing, foundation work on Fort Sumter, and work with the Crystal Palace of New York City in 1853, he spent much time in Europe for his health. While there he engaged in the writings of this collection. From the guide to the Detmold mss., 1874-1882, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly...

Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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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...

Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904

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Wright, James A.

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James A. Wright was born in Illinois between 1838 and 1840. His father came to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1854 and purchased a claim there, but died on the way back to Illinois in the spring of 1854. On April 22, 1855, Amelia (Crews) Wright and her family arrived at the claim and began constructing a home that was destroyed by a storm which also killed the oldest son and youngest daughter. Wright was attending Hamline University (Red Wing) when war was declared, and he and o...

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Jones, C G

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Carter, James C. (James Coolidge), 1827-1905

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Howells, Dana.

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Field, John W.

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Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865)

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The political and cultural review, the Nation , was founded in 1865 by Edwin Lawrence Godkin who also served as the first editor. In 1881 Godkin sold the magazine to the New York Evening Post, where he became editor of the Post and Wendell Phillips Garrison became editor of the Nation. It became a weekly edition of the Post until 1914. Originally it was self-described as "A weekly journal of politics, literature, science and art." Under Godkin, the Nation railed against ...

Clark, Edward W. (Edward Watkin), 1820-1909

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Gleason, Ada M

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Ricketson, John H

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Dodge, W E

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George Cabot Ward

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Chittenden & Hubbard

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S. S. White

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James Miller McKim

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Scudder & Carter

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Hallowell, Richard P. (Richard Price), 1835-1904

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Parker, Abraham.

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Lindsley, J C

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Crawford, Mrs. G M

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Copes, Francis R

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Armstrong, E. (Edward), 1965-

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Epithet: British subject in New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x000234 Edward Armstrong was one of the founders of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, serving as recording secretary (1843-1853) and as editor of volumes 9 and 10 of the Society's papers. From the description of Edward Armstrong papers, 1701-1877 (bulk 1759-1857). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123380330 ...

Connor, Rowland

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Detmold, Christian Edward, 1810-1887

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Christian Edward Detmold, 1810-1887, was a civil engineer born in Hanover, Germany. After an extensive career in the United States in railroads, iron manufacturing, foundation work on Fort Sumter, and work with the Crystal Palace of New York City in 1853, he spent much time in Europe for his health. While there he engaged in the writings of this collection. From the guide to the Detmold mss., 1874-1882, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly...

Edward Atkinson

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Tyson, Jesse.

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Blodgett, William Tilden, 1823-1875.

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Ward, George Cabot, 1824-1887.

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Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867

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American abolitionist. From the description of Letter : Boston, 1864 Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640145429 ...