Ralph Waldo Emerson additional papers, ca.1835-1891.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson additional papers, ca.1835-1891.

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Abstract

Correspondence and compositions of American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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5 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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eng,

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383472

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Emerson, Lidian Jackson, 1802-1892

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Lidian Jackson Emerson (born Lydia Jackson; September 20, 1802 – November 13, 1892) was the second wife of American essayist, lecturer, poet and leader of the nineteenth century Transcendentalism movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and mother of his four children. An intellectual, she was involved in many social issues of her day, advocating for the abolition of slavery, the rights of women and of Native Americans and the welfare of animals, and campaigned for her famous husband to take a public stan...

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Emerson, Ellen Tucker, 1839-1909

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Second child and elder daughter of philosopher, essayist, poet, and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wife Lidian (Lydia Jackson) Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) was a resident of Concord, Massachusetts. She was born at Bush (the Emerson home on the Cambridge Turnpike) and named for her father’s first wife. She attended Elizabeth Sedgwick’s school for girls in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Agassiz School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Frank Sanborn’s school in Concord. Never marri...

Ezra Ripley

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Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-

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Charles C. Emerson

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Emerson, Teresi.

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Mary Russell

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Newcomb, Charles King, 1820-1894

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Hemenway, Mary, 1820-1894

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Lydia Jackson

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William Emerson

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Emerson, Charles Chauncy, 1808-1836

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Storer, Elizabeth Hoar.

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Brooks, M. M.

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Lucy (Cotton) Jackson

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Ansley, Sarah R.

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Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877

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Browne, E. G.

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Horatio Nelson Power

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Ellen Louisa (Tucker) Emerson.

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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...

Keyes, Alicia M. (Alicia Mulliken), 1855-1924

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Whicher, Stephen E. (Stephen Emerson), 1915-1961

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McKeige, Elizabeth.

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Hamlin, Rebecca Emerson.

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Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901

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American poet. From the description of Morrice Lake : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, [1872]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270630812 Channing was a transcendentalist poet and the first biographer of Thoreau. From the description of Notebooks and journals, 1852-ca. 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371953 Concord poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Concord, to James Munroe & Co., 1850 May 6. ...

Emerson's ancestors

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Clarke, Sarah Freeman.

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Emerson, Mary Moody, 1774-1863

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Mary Moody Emerson was the aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a scholar in her own right. She helped raise Emerson after his father died, and had a marked influence on his life, maintaining a constant correspondence with Emerson until her death in 1863. From the description of Mary Moody Emerson letters, 1827-1836. (Middlebury College). WorldCat record id: 682589648 ...

Forbes, Sophia.

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Susan Jackson

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Bliss, B. D.

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Brown, Frank C., 1950-

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Watson, J. F.

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Babbidge, Charles.

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Benjamin B. Wiley

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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...

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Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

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Powers, H. N. (Horatio Nelson), 1826-1890

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Episcopalian clergyman and poet. From the description of Horatio Nelson Powers poem, 1874. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70918686 Horatio Nelson Powers was an American author, educator, and theologian. He published poetry, including several collections, and was president of Griswold College. From the description of H.N. Powers letter to E.C. Stedman, 1885 Jan. 16. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54927053 ...

Stearns, Sarah Theresa.

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Emerson, Edward Waldo, 1844-1930

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Watson, Mary

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Paine, M. O.

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Maguire, Alice.

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Horatio Nelson Powers

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Watson, Sylvia

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Emerson, Robert Bulkeley, 1807-1859

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Searle, S.

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Forbes, Sarah Swain (Hathaway).

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Martha Bartlett

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Snow, Louisa

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Barnard

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Ralph Waldo Emerson additional papers, ca.1835-1891.

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