Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

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...

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Dempster, William R. (William Richardson), 1809-1871

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Grew, Mary, 1813-1896

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Mary Grew (September 1, 1813 – October 10, 1896) was an American abolitionist and suffragist whose career spanned nearly the entire 19th century. She was a leader of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. She was one of eight women delegates who were denied their seats at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840. An editor and journalist, she wrote for abolitionist newspapers and chronicled the work of Philadelphia's abolitionists over more t...

Western Reserve Historical Society

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Manuscripts Relating to the Early History of the Western Reserve, 1795-1869, was the first collection of manuscripts to be assembled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, and its provenance is closely intertwined with the circumstances of the institution's founding. Chiefly responsible for the acquisition of the materials comprising the collection was Charles W. Whittlesey, the Society's first president. According to the Society's second annual report (1869), Whittlesey assembl...

Charles Sumner

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Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901

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Jane Cunningham Croly (December 19, 1829 – December 23, 1901) was a British-born American author and journalist, better known by her pseudonym, Jennie June. She was a pioneer author and editor of women's columns in leading newspapers and magazines in New York. She founded the Sorosis club for women in New York in 1868 and in 1889 expanded it nationwide to the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She also founded the Woman's Press Club of New York City. Jane Cunningham was born in England, the...

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Beecher, Eunice White Bullard, 1813-1897

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Eunice White Bullard born in West Sutton, Massachusetts, 26 August 1812. She was the daughter of Dr. Artemas Bullard, and was educated in Hadley, Massachusetts. When Henry Ward Beecher, a clergyman, settled in his pastorate in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1837, he returned east to marry Eunice, having been engaged to her for over seven years. Beecher was a contributor, chiefly on domestic subjects, to various periodicals, and some of her articles were published in book form. During a long and te...

Dall, Caroline Healey, 1822-1912

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Caroline Wells Healey Dall (June 22, 1822 – December 17, 1912) was an American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer. She was affiliated with the National Women's Rights Convention, the New England Women's Club, and the American Social Science Association. Her associates included Elizabeth Peabody and Margaret Fuller, as well as members of the Transcendentalist movement in Boston. Caroline Healey was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Mark Healey, a merchant and ...

Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904

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Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist. She was born on Beacon Hill, Boston, June 27, 1824; and was educated in private schools in Boston. Cheney served as secretary of the School of Design for Women in Boston from 1851 till 1854. She married portrait artist Seth Wells Cheney on May 19, 1853. His ill-health limited his volume of work and after a winter trip abroad (1854-1855) he died in 1856. They had one child, Mar...

Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921

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Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford (May 6, 1829 — June 2, 1921) was a Christian Universalist minister and biographer who was active in championing universal suffrage and women's rights. She was the first woman ordained as a Universalist minister in New England and the first woman to serve as chaplain to the Connecticut state legislature. Phebe Hanaford was born on May 6, 1829, in Siasconset on Nantucket Island to Phebe Ann (Barnard) Coffin (who died a month later) and George W. Coffin, a shipowner and...

Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 1839-1893

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Dodd, Mead & Company

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In 1839 Moses W. Dodd purchased an interest in a New York publishing firm established by John S. Taylor. The following year he severed his connection with Taylor and continued alone until his retirement in 1870. He was succeeded by his son, Frank H. Dodd, who, with his cousin Edward S. Mead, formed the firm Dodd & Mead. A retail department was added to the firm and in 1876 Bleecker Van Wagnen was taken as a partner. The firm was then renamed Dodd, Mead & Company. From the guide to t...

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Anti-slavery advocate. From the description of Circular and letter, 1848 Jan. 21, Boston, to Rev. Mr. Russell, South Hingham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231311718 Abolitionist and reformer William Lloyd Garrison was founder of the Boston abolitionist paper, The Liberator, and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1873 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007257 Abolitionist and lectur...

Childs, George W. (George William), 1829-1894

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George W. Childs (1829-1894) was the founder and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and a noted philanthropist. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Philadelphia to work for a bookseller at age fourteen and soon went into business for himself at the age of eighteen. In 1849, he became a partner in the publishing firm of R. E. Petersen & Company, and in 1860 he formed a partnership with the influential publisher J. P. Lippincott. In 1864, he purchased the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in which Anth...

Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852-1935

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Nathan Haskell Dole was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. He worked as a teacher and journalist in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and California, and as advisor and editor for the publishing firms Crowell and Appleton. He also wrote poetry, and was a prolific translator of Russian works into English, including Tolstoy's works and numerous songs and lyrical pieces. From the description of Nathan Haskell Dole letter to Dear sir and poem, 1894-1895. (...

Atlantic Monthly

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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) ...

Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country. ...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918

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Charles Follen Adams was a dealer in dry and fancy goods in Boston, Mass., who achieved great popularity as the author of German dialect verse. His most famous piece was "Leedle Yawcob Strauss" (1876). From the guide to the Charles Follen Adams papers, 1857-1917., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Poet. From the description of Leedle Yawcob Strauss : manuscript poem, circa 1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983734 Adams ...

Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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John Gorham Palfrey was a Unitarian minister, professor at Harvard Divinity School, editor of the North American Review, congressman from Massachusetts (1847-1849), postmaster of Boston (1861-1867), and historian, best known for his multi-volume History of New England. From the description of Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 77703801 ...

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

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...

Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943

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Helen “Nellie” Taft was the wife of President William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. During their marriage, she relished travel to Japan, China, and diplomatic missions around the world. As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs. Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in ...

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford’s Theatre. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as “desolate” although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private education. Just...

Grimké, Charlotte Forten, 1837-1914

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Charlotte Forten Grimké, née Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten, (born August 17, 1837, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 23, 1914, Washington, D.C.), American abolitionist and educator best known for the five volumes of diaries she wrote in 1854–64 and 1885–92. They were published posthumously. Forten was born into a prominent free black family in Philadelphia. Her father ran a successful sail-making business. Many members of her family were active in the abolitionist movement. Early in l...

Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress. A gifted speaker at a very young age, she aided the Republican Party in the hard-fought 1863 elections and significantly influenced the distribution of political power in the Union just prior to the Civil War. Dickinson was the first white wo...

Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" – the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Originally a Whig, Wil...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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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 ...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864

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King was a popular Unitarian minister, of Boston, Mass. In 1860, he took over the parish in San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Thomas Starr King sermon notebook : ms, [18??]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145416609 American writer and clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1863 Apr. 29, [San Francisco, to Mr. Swain?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130298 King was a popular Unitarian minister from Boston, Mass., wh...

Mrs. Dennett

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Kingsley, Frances Eliza Grenfell, 1814-1891

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Mrs. Charles Kingsley. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Eversley, to Thomas Longstaff, 1859 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487161 ...

Palmer, Mrs. George A.

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Smith, Samuel F.

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Thurston, Brown, 1814-1900

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Publisher, of Portland, Me. From the description of Brown Thurston letters to Wilbur H. Siebert, 1893-1895. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 227806747 Brown Thurston (1814-1900), Portland, Me., printer and publisher, was born in Winthrop, Me., one of eight children of the Reverend David Thurston (1779-1865) and Prudence Brown Thurston (1786-1871). In 1842, he married Harriet Chapman (1813-1858) of Gilead, Me., by whom he had eight children. In 1859, he...

Lewis, Sarah Anna.

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Dodge, Allen W. (Allen Washington), 1804-1878

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Wendell, Ann E.

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Bartlett, Agnes.

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Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905

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Samuel Adams Drake (1833-1905) was a prolific writer and author of books and articles, primarily dealing with the topics of New England and early American history, American folklore, and the American revolution. From the guide to the Samuel Adams Drake manuscript, 1894, (Brooklyn Historical Society) American historian. From the description of Letter, 1905 Aug. 16, Kennebunkport, to Edward Denham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166330189 American...

Anagnos, Michael, 1837-1906

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Spofford, Dr. J., recipient.

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Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930

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Clergyman. From the description of William Eleazar Barton address, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453232 Minister First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1899-1924; author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Papers, 1920s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 77514474 Congregational clergyman, author. From the guide to the William E. Barton letter to Mr. Graff, 1900, (The New York Publi...

Palmer, James H.

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Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888

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Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888-

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Harold Minot Pitman (1888-1970) was an attorney who became a full-time genealogist, and headed several genealogical societies. From the description of H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980 1932-1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 489089266 From the guide to the H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980, 1932-1967, (The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local Histor...

Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

How, Frances H.

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Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : to the Cosmos Club, 1910 Mar. 31. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122545959 American journalist and author who also wrote under the name David Grayson. From the description of [Notebooks] [microform]. 1880-1946. WorldCat record id: 36820111 American author and journalist. He is also known by the pseudonym David Grayson. Fr...

Abbott, Julia M.

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Tuck, Ida A.

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Pemberton, Anna May.

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Tenney, D. B.

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Cox, Hannah.

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Coffin, Anna L.

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Drinkwater, Frederick.

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Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903

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Born in Philadelphia, humorist Charles Godfrey Leland wrote quality material in a variety of literary forms, but is best remembered for his light comic verse, often written in a German dialect. He graduated from Princeton, and continued his education in Germany and Paris, eventually making contributions as linguist, folklorist, editor, educator, and aesthete. From the description of Charles Godfrey Leland letters and poems, 1854-1866. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldC...

Mifflin, George.

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Richardson, Nellie S. (Nellie Simpson), 1871-

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Walker, Carrie A.

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Dodge, Mary Abigail, 1833-1896

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Mary Abigail Dodge wrote under the name Gail Hamilton. From the description of Mary Abigail Dodge letter to [James] Redpath : Hamilton, Mass., 1886 May 4. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122291010 Author. Wrote under name: Gail Hamilton. From the description of Mary Abigail Dodge papers, 1856-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456046 American writer. From the description of Mary Abigail Dodge letter, 1886 Nov. 24...

Pavey, Darwin C.

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Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897

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Adolph, William

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Wall, Mary Starr.

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Dartt, Morton L.

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Dodge, H. Augusta.

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Massett, Stephen C.

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Epithet: American singer and entertainer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033a ...

Gould, Sarah

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Epithet: Superintendent of Blackrock Convalescent Home, Brighton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x000018 ...

Carter, Caroline

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Rutherford, M

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Lindsey, N. Allen.

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Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897

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Historian and philologist; of Hartford, Conn. From the description of James Hammond Trumbull autograph letters signed, 1868. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71057479 Historian, bibliographer and Indian philologist of Stonington and Hartford, Connecticut. He served as assistant secretary of the state, Secretary of the State, State Librarian, and librarian of the Watkinson Library of Reference at Hartford. From the description of Papers, 167...

T. Franklin Currier's

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Reed, Charles C.

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Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney), 1798-1886

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Comedian, vaudeville star, author. From the description of Letters and a quotation of Marshall Pinckney Wilder, 1891-1898, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 68940856 ...

Herford, Brooke, 1830-1903

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Waring, Thomas

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Routledge, firm, publishers

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Ballou, William Hosea, 1857-1937

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William B. Ballou was born in Winter Hill, Vermont. He arrived traveled to Alaska from San Francisco by schooner, disembarking at Rampart City to search in 1907. Ballou was apparently a part time accountant and he wrote "Jack - a true story of adventure in Alaska." He married and had a son. From the description of William B. Ballou papers, 1898-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42065380 ...

Barr, Amelia E., 1831-1919

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American novelist. From the description of Letter to "Dear Miss Watson" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647804716 Journalist and author of historical fiction, Amelia Barr was the author of dozens of novels, including Remember the Alamo (1888) and The Paper Cap (1918). From the description of Letter, 1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009180 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr was born in England and emigrated to ...

Williamson, W.

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Allerton, Ellen P. (Ellen Palmer), 1835-1893

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Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928

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Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Ina Coolbrith was born as Josephine Donna Smith (niece of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith) in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841or 1842 (accounts differ). Following her father's death, which roughly coincided with the Mormons' expulsion from Illinois, Josephine's mother took her to St. Louis and married William Pickett. In 1850 the family ...

Frankle, Jones.

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Carter, George Francis, 1912-

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Friends, Society of.

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Champlin, Edwin Ross, 1854-1928

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Lilly, Mary J.

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Siner, Lena D. M., recipient.

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Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, duke of, 1823-1900

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George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland, and 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, politician and scientist. From the description of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 80786960 From the guide to the George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collectio...

Thomas, Charlotte

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Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 1832-1911

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Allen was born Elizabeth Anne Chase on October 9, 1832 in Strong, Maine and grew up in Farmington, Maine, where she attended Farmington Academy (later Maine State Teachers College). In 1851 she married her first husband, Marshall Taylor, but the marriage ended soon in divorce. She served as writer and associate editor for the Portland Transcript beginning in 1855, and in the next year published her first volume of poetry, Forest buds from the woods of Maine, under the pseudonym Florence Percy. S...

Bean, M. Dudley.

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Mitchell, Henry, 1830-1902

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Lamoureux, A. J.

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Merrill, Alice K.

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Curson, Mary Russell, 1825-

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Joline, Adrian H. (Adrian Hoffman), 1850-1912

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Adrian H. Joline, a lawyer and and noted book collector, author of Meditations of an Autograph Collector (1902) and Rambles in Autograph Land (1913). His collection was sold at a series of auctions conducted by The Anderson Galleries in 1915. From the description of Adrian H. Joine autograph collection, 1781-1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 449244760 Autograph collector, railroad man, lawyer. From the descri...

Chambers, Robert

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 636 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0002fc Epithet: of the British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000386 Epithet: late Tide- surveyor of Great Yarmouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0002f9 ...

Brainard, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1817-1885

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Brainard (1817-1885) was an historian, print dealer and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1885 he wrote: John Howard Payne, a biographical sketch of the author of "Home , sweet home", ... From the description of Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612811660 Brainard (1817-1885) was an historian, print dealer, and publisher as C.H. Brainard Publishing Co., in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1885 he wrote: John Howard ...

Diamond, Hugh Wright.

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Rice, W. L. P. (Mrs. W. G.)

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Doar, Neal.

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Beattie, William, 1793-1875

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William Beattie, Scottish physician and poet. Beattie counted many famous and influential people among his closest friends, including: Thomas Campbell, for whom he wrote a biography; Samuel Rogers, for whom he was executor; Lady Blessington, to whose Book of Beauty annual he often contributed; and Lady Byron, who reportedly "had imparted to him the true reason of her separation from her husband, and that it was not the one given by Mrs. Stowe.". From the guide to the William Beattie ...

Adamson, Thomas

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Thomas Adamson was a contemporary of the whaler William Penny (1809-1892). In 1850 he corresponded with Penny regarding the fitting out of the Lady Franklin and Sophia for the British Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1851 (led by Penny) From the guide to the Thomas Adamson collection, 1850, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Dix, J. A.

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Strode, K. G. Adderley.

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Spargo, John, 1876-

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Chadwick, John White, 1840-1904

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Pastor at the Second Unitarian Church of Brooklyn from 1864-1904. From the description of Letter, 1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155460263 Unitarian minister, Brooklyn, New York; poet and author. From the description of Letter : to Mr. Garrison, 1890 April 12. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28165709 Clergyman. From the description of John White Chadwick correspondence, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79...

Gage, John S.

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Bagley, George F.

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Lydia L. Dennett

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Macaulay, James.

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Epithet: Minister of the Scottish Church, Edward Street, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x00039d ...

Mrs. Mechar

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Clement, Edward Henry, b. 1843

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Farley, Harriet, 1817-1907

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Publisher/proprietor of "Lowell Offering," a literary magazine. From the description of Harriet Farley letter to Messrs. James Munroe & Co. [manuscript], 1847 May 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 212377343 ...

Samuel Carter Hall

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Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889

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American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My dear Frank", 1882 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488964 American reformer and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My Dear Old Friend" [Jacob Heaton], 1884 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639563106 From the description of Autograph entry signed : Salem, Ohio, 1856 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639578...

Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas), 1828-1915

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Samuel T. Pickard was born in Massachusetts, and worked as a printer, editor, and an author. He served as editor of the Portland Transcript in Maine for some forty years. He married John Greenleaf Whittier's niece, and became Whittier's literary executor, as well as writing several books about him. From the description of S.T. Pickard letter to My dear Mr. Sanborn, 1901 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 62297481 Literary executor of John...

Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...

Plumptre, Harriet Theodosia.

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Wendell, Ann

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Lloyd, Hannah.

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Briggs, Charles W.

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Murchie, R.

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Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., firm, publishers.

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Barbour, John Nath.

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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...

Benton, William E.

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Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887

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Journalist, lawyer, reformer, and New York state legislator. From the description of Henry B. Stanton correspondence, 1852-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980521 Anti-slavery orator; husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. From the description of Letter to Olive Risley Seward, 1871 October 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49944554 ...

Croffut, W. A. (William Augustus), 1835-1915

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Author, editor, and poet. From the description of Papers of W. A. Croffut, 1774-1933 (bulk 1880-1915). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450618 Biographical Note 1835 Born, Redding, Conn. circa 1854 Reporter, New Haven Palladium ci...

Cochrane, W. N.

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Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846

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Abolitionist. From the description of Papers of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, 1838-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015395 Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000e5 ...

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1855-1919

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Luther, Mark Lee, 1872-1951

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Steiner, Bernard C. (Bernard Christian), 1867-1926

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Biographical Note: Bernard Christian Steiner was a native Baltimorean. He received his A.B. from Yale University in 1888. In 1889, he entered the graduate program at The Johns Hopkins University and was granted the Ph. D. in history, 1891. Steiner went on to become the librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (1892-1896) and the dean of the Baltimore Law School, 1900-1904. He died in Baltimore in 1926. From the description of Bernard Christian Steiner notebooks, 1888-1891. (Johns Ho...

Hutchinson, Thomas.

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Thomas Hutchinson, fl. 1910, of Dublin, was a literary critic who specialised in William Wordsworth's poetry From the guide to the Correspondence between Thomas Hutchinson, William Hale White, and others concerning William Wordsworth, 1895-1907, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Epithet: editor of Wordsworth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x0000d9 Epithet: of Egerton MS 2722 ...

Storrs, Mary (Elwell) 1824-1898

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Westlake, William C.

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Stern, Joseph W., 1870-1934

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Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892

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Rose Terry Cooke was born in West Hartford, Conn., graduated from the Hartford Female Seminary in 1843, and married Rollin H. Cooke in 1873. She published her poems, 1860-1886, and wrote humorous short magazine stories mainly describing New England life. From the description of Letters and poem, 1864-1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35059217 Cooke was a life-long opponent of the women's rights movement and women's suffrage. Fro...

Curtis, Susan O.

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Hanson, J. W.

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Earle, Elizabeth Carpenter.

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Tucker, Harvey M.

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Phelps, Harriet N.

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Alfred A. Ordway

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Palmer, Mrs. George Archibald.

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Irons, William J. (William Josiah), 1812-1883

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Epithet: Vicar of Brompton, county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00026c Epithet: DD, Rector of St Mary's Woolnoth London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0001d6 ...

Birnie, David.

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Healy, Joseph, 1776-1861

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Joseph Healy was a contemporary of the Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd (1888-1957) He served as a member of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-1941 (leader Richard Byrd) From the guide to the Joseph Healy collection, 1941, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Barrett, W. F.

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Bates, Albert Carlos, 1865-1954

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Noyes, Edward F. (Edward Follansbee), 1832-1890

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Diplomat and governor of Ohio. From the description of Letter of Edward F. Noyes, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451813 American army officer, governor of Ohio and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to J.M. Dalzell, 1888 Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609888 ...

Bradley, B. S.?

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Batchelder, Charles Edwin.

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Barnes, Anne D.

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Constitutional Centennial Commission (U.S.)

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The Constitutional Centennial Commission was organized in December of 1886. Its purpose was to provide for a celebration of the "Centennial Anniversary of the Framing and Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States." The formal celebration involved plans for: a commemorative oration and poem, a military display, an industrial processional display, and creation of a memorial within the city of Philadelphia reflecting the progress of the Nation since the signing ...

Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

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Allen, Margaret A.

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Coffin, Sarah.

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Thayer, Alexander Wheelock

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Music critic for the New York Tribune; United States consul at Trieste; author of a biography on Beethoven. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1878. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 84691863 From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 84691922 Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descript...

Logan, Mrs. John Alexander.

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Sargent, M. E.

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Wright, Richard R. (Richard Robert), 1878-

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Bishop Richard Robert Wright, the 57th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was born on April 16, 1878 in Cuthbert, Georgia. He received degrees and/or studied at the following institutions: Georgia State University, A.B., 1898; University of Chicago, B.D., 1901 and A.M., 1904; University of Berlin, Germany, 1903; University of Leipzig, 1904 and University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1911. He served as editor of the Christian Recorder, business manager of the A.M.E. Book Concern, presid...

Wiltsie, Charles Hastings, 1859-1935

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Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888

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Mary Howitt, née Botham, English writer and translator. From the description of Mary Howitt manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1828? (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430350254 Writer of children's stories and other works, who often wrote with her husband, William Howitt. From the description of Letters, 1835-1854. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122295254 English author. From the description of Papers, 1832-...

Buckingham, James Silk, 1786-1855

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Epithet: of Add MS 33546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000019 James Silk Buckingham was an English adventurer, publisher, author, and activist. He started his career as a sailor and adventurer, chiefly in the Middle East, then started the Calcutta Journal; after it was suppressed by the government, he received monetary compensation and returned to London. He published books about his travels, started...

Argyll, Elizabeth, Duchess of.

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Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905

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Epithet: junior; of New Barnet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x0003be ...

Porter, Rosalie A. (Mrs. Howard L.)

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Mrs. Thayer

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Barnitz, David Grier

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Davis, Paulina W. (Paulina Wright), 1813-1876

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Feminist, reformer, and suffragist, Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis was born in Bloomfield, N.Y. Her second marriage, in 1849, was to Thomas Davis, manufacturer and state representative; they adopted two daughters. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1873. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007096 Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis was a reformer interested in abolition, temperance, women's rights, and ...

Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899

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American abolitionist and politician. From the description of Autograph entry signed : Salem, Ohio, 1861 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639931630 American abolitionist leader and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to W.W. Belknap, 1871 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491421 ...

Justice, Hilda, 1874-

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Cumings, Mrs. George H.

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Stearns, Frank Preston, 1846-1917

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Grover

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Tappan, J. A.

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Tuke, D. H.

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Smithies, T. B.

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Ricketson, Anna

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Downey, Evelina Bray.

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Friends, Society of. Dublin, recipient.

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Crockett, Samuel Rutherford, 1860-

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Howard, R. H.

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Robinson, William S. (William Stevens), 1818-1876

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Member of the New York Stock Exchange and a partner in Marvin & Robinson: Dealers in Railroad Stocks, Bonds and Gold. From the description of Letter, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462112 William Robinson was an abolitionist, agrarian, and journalist. From the description of ALS, 1868 October 22, Hartford, Conn. to Sanborn / W.S. Robinson. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 37228347 ...

Bell, Charles Dent, 1818-1898

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Epithet: DD, Rector of Cheltenham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0000cb ...

Grimley, O. P.

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Cheney, Elizabeth

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Stedman, Laura, 1881-1939

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Laura Woodworth Stedman was born in 1881, the daughter of Frederick Stuart Stedman and Ellen Montague Douglas Stedman, and the granddaughter of banker, editor, and poet, Edmund Clarence Stedman. She was educated at private schools in New York City, including Arundell Academy and the Brackett School. Stedman served as literary secretary to her grandfather in the decade preceding his death in 1908 and, thereafter, as his literary executor. In 1908 Stedman contributed a bibliography to George M. Go...

Tracy, S. W.

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Taylor, Marie (Hansen) 1829-

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Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas), 1828-1915

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Samuel T. Pickard was born in Massachusetts, and worked as a printer, editor, and an author. He served as editor of the Portland Transcript in Maine for some forty years. He married John Greenleaf Whittier's niece, and became Whittier's literary executor, as well as writing several books about him. From the description of S.T. Pickard letter to My dear Mr. Sanborn, 1901 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 62297481 Literary executor of John...

Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864

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Alonzo Lewis, Joshua Coffin, and William Lloyd Garrison were all involved in the New-England Anti-Slavery Society in various capacities. Coffin and Garrison were two of its founders. In addition to his abolitionist activities, Lewis was an historian, poet, and newspaper editor. From the description of Letters to Alonzo Lewis, 1830-1832. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 554919287 Epithet: sea-captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pe...

Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950

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Collector. From the description of Oliver R. Barrett collection regarding sale of lands by American Indians, 1638-1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456077 Oliver Roger Barrett (1873-1950), lawyer, author, and collector of Chicago, Ill. From the description of Oliver R. Barrett papers, 1925-1929 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 46399346 Epithet: of Cooke, Sullivan and Ricks, Chicago British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pe...

Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896

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William Henry Furness, Unitarian minister, was born 20 Apr. 1802 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1825 Furness was ordained minister of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. He became pastor emeritus of the congregation in 1875 and continued to preach occasionally until his death 30 Jan. 1896 in Philadelphia. Furness published numerous books on the New Testament, translated German poetry, and wrote original hymns. In the years before the Civil War, Furness tried to comprehend a Christian's dut...

Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926

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Durham, Joseph, d. 1877

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McKim, James Miller, 1810-1874

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Mrs. Williams

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Home, D. D. (Daniel Dunglas), 1833-1886

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Stone, M. A. (Margaret A.)

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Boyden, Seth A.

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Black, John S.

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Wilkins, Mary Eleanor, 1852-1930

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Hoit, John, b. 1807

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Gurteen, Daniel.

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Madigan, P. F.

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Cross, George N.

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Morrill, Frank F.

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Cavender, Thomas S.

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Hill, Elizabeth

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Epithet: widow of Robert Hill, alderman of Calais British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x0002d9 Epithet: wife of F Hill, merchant; mother of Abigail, Lady Masham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x0002db Epithet: of Sloane MS 153 British Library Archives and Manuscript...

Law, John, 1946-....

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x00012d ...

Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888-

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Harold Minot Pitman (1888-1970) was an attorney who became a full-time genealogist, and headed several genealogical societies. From the description of H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980 1932-1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 489089266 From the guide to the H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980, 1932-1967, (The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local Histor...

Palmer, Elizabeth

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943

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The daughter of Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe, Richards was the author of more than eighty books, most of them for young people. She and her sister, Maude Howe Elliott, wrote Life and Letters of Julia Ward Howe (1910), which received the first Pulitzer Prize for biography. For additional biographical information, see American Women Writers (1981). From the description of Letter, 1904. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008342 ...

Davis, Christy

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Jones, Sibyl.

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Allinson, William J., 1810-1874

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Kimball, Mrs. Arthur R.

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Fenn, William H. (William Henry), 1834-

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Awtell, N. G.

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Brookings, Clara A.

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Richardson, Benjamin Ward, 1828-1896

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Epithet: MD, FRCP; Knight 1893 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0002a2 British physician and professor of medicine. From the description of Papers, 1887-1893. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35284199 ...

Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...

Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886

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"Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1 Jan. 1830-6 July 1886), poet and man of letters, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and Emily McElhenny, members of families prominent in politics, law, and religion. Two of the elder Hayne's brothers were U.S. senators, one of whom, Robert Young Hayne, was Daniel Webster's redoubtable opponent in the debates on Nullification and young Hayne's guardian after yellow fever caused the early death of his fat...

Robinson, Lydia T.

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Knapp, C. L.

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Tredick, A. R.

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Nixdorff, Henry M. (Henry Morris), 1830-

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Steinthal, S. Alfred

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Sarah Coffin

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Chamberlain, J. L.

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Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960

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Albert Cook Myers (1874-1960) was a Pennsylvania historian, who dedicated his life’s work to the identification, study and organization of William Penn’s published writings and personal papers. Beginning in 1910, after securing an endorsement from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he set out to publish: “The Complete Works of William Penn.” All told, Myers devoted fifty years of his life to this project. Though his publication goals were never realized, he assembled a massive ...

McDermott, James J.

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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...

Morrill, Horace Edwin.

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Doremus, Estelle E.

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Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

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Merchant and antislavery leader. From the description of The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852969 Abolitionist from New York State; assisted the Amistad slaves; among the founders of the American Missionary Association in 1846, which began more than 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest, and after the American Civil War, founded numerous schools and colleges to aid in the educatio...

Bull, Sara Chapman Thorp, 1850-1911

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Sara Chapman Thorpe was born in 1850 in upstate New York. The family moved to Madison, Wis., and became prominent there. Norwegian violinist Ole Bull courted her against her father's wishes, but her mother supported the marriage, and in 1870 took Sara to Europe, where she and Ole were married in secret. She sometimes traveled with her husband on his concert tours, occasionally accompanying him on the piano. In 1879 she moved to Cambridge, Mass., with her daughter and mother, but was with her hus...

Howell, Elizabeth (Lloyd)

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Vincent, John Heyl, 1832-1920

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Methodist bishop and founder of the Chautauqua Assembly. From the description of John Heyl Vincent correspondence, 1876 March 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981275 Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1888-1920. From the description of John Heyl Vincent papers, 1798-1956, bulk 1860-1920. (Southern Methodist University). WorldCat record id: 667267180 The Rev. John Heyl Vincent, S.T.D., LL. D. (1832-1920), was a noted minister, auth...

Patton, Abby Hutchinson, 1829-1892

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Nicholson, Elizabeth

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Washington, Mrs. Booker T.

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Giles, Lewis H.

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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 ...

Higginson, Mary.

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Randolph, Eliza S.

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Gilmore, James R. (James Roberts), 1822-1903

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Author. From the description of Letter of James R. Gilmore, 1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450479 James Roberts Gilmore was a businessman, novelist, and historical writer. He was born in Boston in 1822. He often used the pseudonym "Edmund Kirke". Gilmore edited "Continental Monthly" from 1862-65. In 1890, Gilmore lectured at the Peabody Institute, Baltimore MD. Gilmore was the author of "The Life of James A. Garfield" (1880) and "Personal Rec...

Sedgwick, W. T.

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Katahdin Iron Works

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Poyen, Abby.

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Garrett, Frances S.

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Pullen, Elizabeth (Jones), d. 1926

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Hodgdon, Julia A.

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Beall, Jessie Fremont.

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Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, 1815-1884

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Swisshelm was a journalist, reformer, and women's rights advocate. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007366 Jane Grey Swisshelm was born in Pittsburgh in 1815. She worked as a teacher until her marriage to James Swisshelm. They built a home outside of Wilkinsburg and called it Swissvale. She had a talent for writing and worked for abolition and woomen'...

Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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William Hayes Ward, 1835-1916, born Abington, Mass. Editor, Assyriologist, author. Educated 1856 Amherst, 1859 graduated Andover Seminary, 1885 LLD Amherst. Ordained Congregationalist minister. Associate editor, later editor-in-chief of "The Independent" (New York weekly) between 1868-1913. Director of Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia 1884-85. President of American Oriental Society. Wrote Biography of Sydney Lanier, What I Believe and Why, etc. Samuel Sydney McClure,1857-19...

Merrill, Carrie F.

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Drayson, Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks), 1827-1901

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Chase, Maria

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Knowles, Frederic Lawrence, 1869-1905

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Leggett, Mortimer Dormer, 1831-1896

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Parsons, Sarah Marcia.

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Holt, Hamilton 1872-

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Conwell, Russell H., 1843-1925

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Whittier, Matthew Franklin, 1812-1883

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Elizabeth Whittier Pickard

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Greenwell, Dora, 1821-1882?

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English poet and essayist. From the description of Autograph letters signed and "Thoughts for Mr. Knight" (17) : Durham, York, etc., to W.A. Knight, 1864 Oct. 24-1866 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507633 ...

Bok, William J.

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Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston Highlands, to Mr. Ward, 1872 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659301 American author, Mary Grey Phelps, used her mother's name for her pseudonym. After her marriage in 1888 to Herbert Dickinson Ward, she occasionally used his surname in her publications. Charles Addison Richardson was the managing editor of the Congregationalist for 40 years. From the description of [Letter] 1869 ...

Redpath, James, 1833-1891

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Journalist, educator, and abolitionist. From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861 [microform] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 173183825 From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455130 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Henry C. Bowen, 1871 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616506 James Redpath was a journalist and acti...

Ferris, David

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Cogswell, William, 1838-1895

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American soldier and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson, 1870 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899954 U.S. representative, Union army officer, and lawyer from Massachusetts. From the description of William Cogswell papers, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984123 William Cogswell was a Brigadier General in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Regiment, during the Civ...

Bryant, H. W.

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Tracy, Gilbert A. (Gilbert Avery), 1835-

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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871

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American poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to Horace Greeley, 1868 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133539 Poet. From the description of Papers, 1870. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 42584184 Author Alice Cary was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, to Robert and Elizabeth (Jessup) Cary. She lived with her sister Phoebe, also a writer, in Ohio and New York City. Both women wrote an...

Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937

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Boston lecturer and writer on social and historical topics; Editor of the New England Magazine (1889-1901). From the description of Edwin Doak Mead letter to Mrs. Leland and Christmas card [manuscript], 1911 Dec 19 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 299067309 Epithet: of Boston, Mass., USA; founder of the World Peace Federation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0002fa ...

Keen, J. S.

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Peaslee, Louise B.

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Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

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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)...

Groot, W. L.

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Harriman, ? recipient.

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Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

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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...

Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Susan Lloyd.

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Ward, Dr. recipient.

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Southworth, Richmond J.

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Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859

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American abolitionist. From the description of Gamaliel Bailey letter : to M. R. Robinson, 1837 Oct. 29. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936465 Editor of the National Era newspaper. From the description of Gamaliel Bailey letter, 1853 Apr. 4. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 705069816 ...

Mary Whittier

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Pullen, Elisabeth (Jones) d. 1926

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James Dafforne

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Carpenter, F.B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900

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Artist, best known for painting of Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. Also author of Six Months in the White House with Lincoln. From the description of Letter, February 5, 1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 86077030 From the description of Letters, 1865-1866, 1899. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 86077037 Artist. From the description of F.B. Carpenter correspon...

Sewall, Louisa M.

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Burton, Richard

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000128 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 7526 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0002ff Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0002fd ...

Waterman, Nixon, 1859-

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Lizzie Whittier

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Country life in America.

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Russell, N. D.

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Weill, Félix, 1871-

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S. T. Pickard's

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Dorman, William E. (William Edwin), 1875-

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Bennoch, Francis, 1812-1890

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British poet and businessman. From the description of Correspondence, 1838-1886. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127263 English businessman. From the description of Papers, 1839-1890. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28409538 Francis Bennoch (1818-1890) was a London buisnessman and silk merchant. He was also a patron of the arts and literature. From the description of Letters, 1837-1886. (Huntington L...

Cluff, Mrs. A.

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Curtis, Virginia H.

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Whigby, Joseph.

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Pickard, Addie M.

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Macquoid, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah), 1824-1917

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Epithet: wife of Thomas Robert Macquoid; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002fa ...

Tucker, William Jewett, 1839-1926

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William Jewett Tucker was the ninth president of Dartmouth College; he served in that capacity from 1893 to 1909. He was born in Griswold, Conn. in 1839. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1861 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1866. In 1875 he received his DD. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1878 to 1909. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1926. From the description of Papers, 1893-1909. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122590411 Ministe...

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....

Sewall, Harriet Winslow, 1819-1889

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American poet. From the description of To the unsatisfied : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665089 ...

Smith, H

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Epithet: of Farsley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000381 Epithet: bassoon player British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x000368 ...

Haskell, Samuel.

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Dorlon, William R.

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Martin, Mabel.

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F. D. Stone

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Shedd, John A. (John Augustus), 1859-

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Dorr, Julia C. R. (Julia Caroline Ripley), 1825-1913

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Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr was an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism, contributing to Century and Atlantic monthly among others. A graduate of Middlebury College, she lived most of her life in Vermont. From the description of Julia C.R. Dorr poem, 1878 Nov. 4. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49419327 American novelist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rutland, Vt., to Charles Edwin Hurd, lite...

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Lombard, Herbert Edwin, 1863-1940

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Herbert Edwin Lombard (1863-1940), son of Henry Faulkner and Nellie Callahan Lombard, was born in Sutton, Mass., and graduated from the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1896. He was a pastor of several Congregational churches in Massachusetts and was a member of the Masons. In 1913, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society, because of his interested in bibliographical research, bookplate collection, and American literature. He died in Worcester, Mass. From the descri...

Lothrop, H. M.

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Varnum?, John.

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Wakeman, Stephen H., 1859-1924

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Sawyer, Helen

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Pennypacker, Isaac Rushing, 1852-

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Bensen, George.

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Peterson, Henry, 1818-1891

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Henry Peterson was born and lived most of his life in Philadelphia. He wrote for the Saturday gazette, then in 1848, with partner Edmund Deacon, became publisher and editor of The Saturday evening post. He wrote novels, poems, and plays, but was chiefly an important figure in the magazine world. From the description of Almost there, between 1840 and 1891?. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61113022 Henry Peterson was a Philadelphia, Pa. editor, p...

Burleigh, Margaret J.

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Carter, Mary E.

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Thomas, Mary E. (Smith).

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S. T. Pickard.

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Darlinghurst, Daniel.

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Lee, Electa B., 1824-

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Dinsmoor, Silas.

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Blackburn, Osburn; 1870-

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Pillsbury, Albert E. (Albert Enoch), 1849-1930

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Kelly, Anna

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Epithet: widow of Captain Waldrow Kelly British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0002c6 ...

Brown, Sylvanus.

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Alexander, Lucia Gray (Swett) d. 1916

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Luce, Margaret B.

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Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847

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Bird, Robert, active 1885-1898

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Chase, Salmon P.

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Bombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll), 1828-1906

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Nicholson, Martha

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Mrs. Oliver Dennett

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Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933

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American author and wife of General George A. Custer. From the description of Letter, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486737 Elizabeth Bacon married Gen. George Armstrong Custer in 1864. After her husband's death in 1876, she was instrumental in promoting his legacy as a hero and role-model. In addition to her books about her life with her husband, Elizabeth Bacon Custer supported herself by working as a journalist. From the description of Oberammergau pa...

Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937

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Author; United States ambassador to Italy. From the description of Autograph poem signed, entitled "Rheims", 1814 Sep. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492661 From the description of Autograph poem "The Cost" signed, 1914 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492676 Epithet: Editor 'The Century Magazine' New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000372 Magazine ed...

Russ, John.

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Willard, Mary G. Hill.

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Maggi, Georgia M.

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Cogswell, M. E.

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Fauntleroy, H.

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Oliver Dennett

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Cate, George W.

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Marston, Philip Bourke, 1850-1887

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Philip Bourke Marston (1850-1887) was born in London, England, the son of John Westland Marston (1819-1890), a dramatic poet. When three years old, Philip lost most of his sight and by the end of his life he was totally blind. He published three volumes of poetry and wrote many short stories. The American poet and literary critic, Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) was a close friend of Marston and she acted as his literary executor. After his death she published several collections of hi...

Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910

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William James Rolfe was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1827, the son of John Rolfe and Lydia Davis. After attending Amherst College from 1845-1848, he was principal and master of several high schools in Massachusetts. He later became a prominent Shakespearean scholar and textbook author. He earned master's degrees from Harvard University (1859) and Amherst College (1865). On July 30, 1856, he married Eliza Jane Carew; their three children were John, George, and Charles. Will...

Prince, C. C.

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Lucy Larcom

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Weld, Catherine Elizabeth, 1708?-

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Nelson, J. M.

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Searing, Laura Catherine (Redden) 1840-1923

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Cardozo, H.

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Rogers, Judith.

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Reed, Charles C.

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Clark, Helen P. Bright.

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Schultz, John

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Symington, Andrew James, 1825-....

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British writer and art patron. From the description of Letters received, 1844-1884. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83780523 ...

Clendenin, Gabrielle (Greeley)

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Freeman, Alice E.

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Jones, Richard M

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Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919

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Henry Mills Alden, American writer and editor for 50 years of Harper's Magazine and descendent of John and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower fame, was born in Mount Tabor, Vermont, on November 3, 1836. From the description of Henry Mills Alden papers, 1862-1907. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667714420 American editor and critic; editor, Harper's Monthly, 1869-1919. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metuchen, New Jersey, to F...

Hudgens, Katharine.

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Harney, Will Wallace

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Denny, Lucy W.

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Anthony, A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout), 1835-1906

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American engraver, draftsman, watercolorist and illustrator. From the description of Letter : to Winter, 1891 Nov. 24. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80054319 ...

Maulsby, David Lee

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Emerson scholar. From the description of Letter to "Dear Miss Clark" [manuscript], 1903 September 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810636 ...

Phillips, Mary E.

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Furman, Mary E.

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Moody, S.

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Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. From the description of Letters, 1853 Nov.-1908 Feb. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172709192 American author and editor. From the description of Letters received, 1878 Feb. 25-1902 Mar. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937785 Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. F...

Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900

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Lucius Eugene Chittenden was born on May 24, 1824 in Williston, Vermont. Chittenden served as the Register of the U.S. Treasury during Lincoln's first administration. He was also an author, banker, and attorney. He passed away on July 22, 1900. From the description of Commonplace book and journal, circa 1869. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 754848576 From the description of President Lincoln and his administration at the Com...

Brewster, Martha E.

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Metcalf, Robert F.

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Kempton, Mrs. L. A.

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...

Babbitt, Dean Richmond.

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Bickum, Will L.

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S. Vicente

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Foss, Sam Walter, 1858-1911

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Poet and librarian most know forThe House by the Side of the Road." From the description of Sam Walter Foss papers [manuscript], 1887-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648015527 ...

Powers, Preston.

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Rice, Allen Thorndike, 1851-1889

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Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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American poet and writer of fiction. From the description of Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580777 From the description of High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580825 Spofford was born in Calais, Maine; she was educated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With encouragement from T...

Lawrence, Margaret (Woods) 1813-1901

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Bates, A. G.

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Downing, George T. (George Thomas), 1819-1903

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Businessman and abolitionist active in Newport, R.I., New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, ca. 1840-ca. 1930; (bulk ca. 1860-ca. 1890). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941108 ...

Murray, Hanlie, 1944-

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Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893

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Lucy Larcom wrote poetry about women's factory life in Lowell, Mass. She was a friend and collaborator of John Greenleaf Whittier. From the description of Lucy Larcom letter, poem, and photograph, 1871-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38235776 Poet and writer, from Lowell, Mass. who attended Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. from 1849-1852, and was friends with Henry Spaulding who worked at the Surveyor General's Office in St. Louis. ...

Carpenter, Lilian

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Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897

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American economist and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645501803 Lawyer, educator, and economist. From the description of Francis Amasa Walker papers, 1878-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981602 American publicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Conn., to Mr. We...

Forten, Sarah L.

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Brown, Mary C. (Mrs. Addison).

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Miller, Dewitt, 1857-1911

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This might be J. DeWitt Miller, who was also a correspondent of Horace Howard Furness, Jr. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885389 Dewitt Miller was a book collector, lecturer, and critic. He compiled these scrapbooks about the theatrical production of the novel, Trilby, which became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. The novel's villain, Svengali, is a demonic hyp...

Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wilmington, Del., to [Henry Morrison] Flagler, 1884 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672065 Epithet: American statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000223 Diplomat and statesman; U.S. senator (1869-1885); U.S. secretary of state (1885-1888); of Wilmington, Del. From the descriptio...

Morgan, Anna

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Curson, Margaret Searle, 1787-1877.

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Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919

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American author, lecturer, and biographer. From the description of Letter and clipping, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367557325 Oscar Fay Adams was an American author, editor, and lecturer in literature and architecture. From the description of Dear heart, believe, 1887 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49668864 Adams was founding member and secretary of the Boston Author's Club and the author of many volumes ...

Morse, T. S.

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Sprague, William Dudley.

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Brown, Colin Rae, 1821-1897

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Pitman, Isaac, 1813-1897

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Stewart, J. H.

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Neall, James.

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Celeste E. Bush

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Wason, Jettie Morrill.

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Johnson, William H. E. (William Herman Eckart)

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American educator; university student in the Soviet Union, 1934-1937; visiting professor in Yugoslavia, 1970-1971. From the description of William Herman Eckart Johnson papers, 1958-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872078 Biographical/Historical Note American educator; university student in the Soviet Union, 1934-1937; visiting professor in Yugoslavia, 1970-1971. From the guide to the William Herman Eck...

Pickard, Elizabeth (Whittier), recipient.

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Harriman, Edwin, recipient.

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Carpenter, George Rice, 1863-1909

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Professor of English and Rhetoric, Columbia University, 1893-1909. From the description of George Rice Carpenter letters, 1886-1908, 1893-1908 (bulk). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459552 ...

Coster, George Thomas

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Epithet: Nonconformist minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x0002a0 ...

Phillips, Wendell

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Field, Roswell Martin, 1851-1919

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Downey, Evelina Bray, recipient.

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Osgood, George.

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Lloyd, Elizabeth, 1811-1896

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Chamberlain, J. C.

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Jones, Julia Clinton.

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Street, George Edward, 1835-1903

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Pennock, Lydia E.

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Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889

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Born in New Hampshire, Gage graduated from Harvard in 1853. He was pastor of the Pearl Street Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Papers, 1855-1915. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57616819 Born in New Hampshire, Gage graduated from Harvard in 1853. He was pastor of the Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of William L. Gage papers, 1855-1915. (Hartford Public Library). ...

Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870

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Josiah Forster, prominent British Quaker. He served as presiding officer over the yearly meeting of British Quakers from 1820-1831. He was the brother of William Forster, philanthropist and Quaker minister. From the description of Josiah Forster manuscript material : 1 item, 1819 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 84841146 ...

Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870

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Journalist. From the description of Letters of George D. Prentice, 1831-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449431 In 1830 Prentice founded the Louisville Journal which he edited until 1868. From the description of Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870. Letter. 11 February 1855. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 56781394 From the description of Prentice, George D. (George Denison), 1802-1870 Poem. September 1848. (Filson ...

Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918

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American author and professor of English literature at the Massachussets Institute of Technology. From the description of Letter, envelope, and magazine clipping, 1887-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367406765 ...

Blow, Ernest A.

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Stewart, George, Jr., 1848-

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Kirk, Henry E.

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Collins, Sarah E.

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Anna Maria (Fielding) Hall

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Davies, Maurice

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Stone, Lucy Bradlee.

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Hastings, Julia Sumner.

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Howell, Elizabeth (Lloyd) 1811-1896

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Christie, Robert, 1837-1923

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Hayne, Mary Middleton Michel, 1831-1892.

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Fisk, Clinton Bowen, 1828-1890

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Army officer. From the description of Clinton Bowen Fisk papers, 1862-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980364 General Clinton B. Fisk served in the United States Army during the Civil War. During Reconstruction, he served as assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandon Lands, at Nashville, Tenn. From the description of Clinton B. Fisk letter, 1865. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70781923 ...

Carleton, G. W., recipient.

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Joshua Coffin

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Wright, Ehrin, jr., recipient.

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Merriam, George Spring, 1843-1914

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Nichols, Algernon P.

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Wheelock, J. A.

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Cox, E. W.

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Hawley, Mary K., 1957-

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Wayland, H. L. (Heman Lincoln), 1830-1898

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Pierce, Edward Lillie, 1829-1897

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Supporters of President Grant removed Sumner as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate in 1871. Edward L. Pierce defended the reputation of Sumner after this episode became a matter of fresh historical controversy in 1877. Others involved in the controversy were Lothrop Motley, John Jay, and Hamilton Fish. From the description of Clippings concerning Charles Sumner and President U.S. Grant : album, 1877-1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612815430 ...

Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina Grimké, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...

Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859

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Sturge was very involved in the anti-slavery movement. An account of his trip in the United States in 1841 has been published. From the description of ALS, 1841 September 4 : Birmingham [Eng.] to "My dear Friend." (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25638406 Sturge, an English Quaker, was involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the description of ALS, 1844 February, [Eng.] to [George Armstrong]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44...

Wright, John E.

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Cowley, Charles, 1832-1908

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Charles Cowley (1832-1908) was an American naval officer and attorney from Massachusetts. During the American Civil War he was on Admiral John A. Dahlgren's staff and served as Judge Advocate, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; in 1879 he published a personal history of that group's achievements and experiences during the war, entitled Leaves from a Lawyer's Life Afloat and Ashore. In the introduction, he writes, "Without concealing my predilection for the Cause of the Union, I have sought to t...

Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893

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Horsford (Harvard, A.B., 1847) taught chemistry at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Eben Norton Horsford, ca. 1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972793 Engineer, college professor and industrial chemist; president of Wellesley. From the description of E. N. Horsford letter to a Miss Reid [manuscript], 1884 February 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 713898870 David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister. ...

Norris, Hower, jr.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania was established in 1824 by seven young Philadelphians who were inspired by the patriotic celebrations and renewed civic pride brought on by the Marquis d Lafayette's visit to the United States. The aim of their fledgling organization was to collect and preserve evidence related to history of the commonwealth, to encourage scholarly research, and to stimulate public interest in American history. This mission remains central to the wo...

Lewis, John A

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Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834-1925

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Percy Wyly is a pseud. of Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. From the description of Percy Wyly letter : [London, England] : ms., [18--?]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 55691265 Irish sculptor and writer. From the description of Amuse the crowds : [London] : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511762 Irish sculptor and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London]...

Wendell, Margaret.

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Richards, J. H.

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Gay, Elizabeth

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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....

Gertrude (Whittier) Cartland

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Sampson, William S.

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William Sampson (b. 1878) grew up in the California Mother Lode Country and became an assayer for the North Star Mine in Grass Valley. By the time Sampson was employed in 1901, the North Star Mine had recovered from its decline and was reestablishing its reputation as one of the leading gold producing mines in California. From the description of Letters of William Sampson, 1901-1904. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122369272 ...

Hieronymus, R. E.

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Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883

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Lawyer, and U.S. representative and governor of Maine. From the description of Papers of Israel Washburn, 1838-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131681 Lawyer, U.S. representative (1851-1861), and governor of Maine (1861-1863); b. in Livermore, Me.; lived in Orono. From the description of Israel Washburn correspondence, 1876. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 234305875 American lawyer and politician; Gov. of Me. Fro...

Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905

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Unitarian minister and poet. From the description of Letters and poem, 1863 Aug. 24-1872 Aug. 4. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166329703 Massachusetts clergyman and author. From the description of Note, 1847. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187642 American author. From the description of ALS, [1874 August], North Hampton, N. H., to Mr. Morrell. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935455 Will...

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Wright, John, 1836-1919

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Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936

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Joseph Benson Gilder (1858-1936) was an American editor, author and banker. He was a founder and co-editor of The Critic, a New York literary periodical; editor of its successor Putnam's Magazine; and editor of the New York Times Book Review. He served in the diplomatic service and from 1914 to 1928 was secretary of the Industrial Finance Corporation. From the guide to the Joseph Benson Gilder papers, ca. 1880-1919, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Lister, Ted.

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Stickney, William B. C.

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Owen, Maria L. (Maria Louisa), 1825-1913

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Ross, Alexander

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Epithet: General Surveyor-General of the Ordnance British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x00001c Epithet: Colonel; General 1812 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x000104 Epithet: of Add MS 22900 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x000112 ...

Weld, J. Edward.

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Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

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U.S. secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of William E. Chandler papers, 1863-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982265 U.S. Secretary of the Navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of Papers [microform], 1876-1882. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62739785 William E. Chandler, a Republican, was U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1889-1901, Assistant ...

Graham, John W. (John William), 1859-1932

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Epithet: Principal of Dalton Hall, Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x000184 ...

Ladd-Franklin, Christine, 1847-1930

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Christine Franklin who lectured at Columbia University from 1914 to 1927, was well-known for her method of reducing all syllogisms to a single formula, and for her contributions to knowledge relating to color vision. She was married to Fabian Franklin (1853-1939). From the description of Christine Ladd Franklin and Fabian Franklin papers, ca. 1900-1939. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482650 Christine Ladd (Vassar College Class of 1869) ...

Sazelle, H. M.

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Converse, Harriet Maxwell, 1836-1903

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Converse had been named as a chief of the Six Nations (of the Iroquois). From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892-1897. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226041260 Poet, essayist, and Six Nations advocate born in Elmira, N.Y. Wife of musician Frank Converse; friend of Ely S. Parker. From the description of Harriet Maxwell Converse note : Buffalo, to Mr. Langdon, ca. 1897. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat re...

Sturge, John

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Hudson, Mary R. (Mary Ruth), 1916-

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Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902

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She was born near Lexington, Virginia, the second child of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858) and Elizabeth McDowell (1794–1854). She was born in the home of her mother's father, James McDowell. Her father, Senator Benton, had been wanting a son, but went ahead and named her in honor of his father, Jesse Benton. Jessie was raised in Washington, D.C., more in the manner of a 19th century son than daughter, with her father, who was renowned as the "Great Expansionist," seeing to her early education...

Ring, Charles Augustus, -1903

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George A. Thomas.

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Closson, W. B.

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Allen, Georgiana Stowe.

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G. Bradley?

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Neal, John, 1793-1876

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American author and editor John Neal was born in Maine and raised as a Quaker, although he broke with the church at a young age due to his fighting. A career as a merchant was bankrupted by the War of 1812, and he turned to literature, joining Baltimore's Delphian Club. He served as editor of various journals, and wrote long, complexly-plotted adventure novels, as well as critical essays, always seeking to promote American literature. While living in England, he wrote a long series of articles p...

Penfield, W. T.

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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...

Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, 1851-1935

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Chamberlain was an American author. From the description of Letters, 1901-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79672264 ...

Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916

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Samuel Pennypacker -- governor, jurist and historian -- was born in Phoenixville and educated at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied law. He was called to the bar in 1868 and elected president of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. In 1889, he became judge of the Court of Common Pleas and remained in that post for 20 years. Pennypacker became governor of Penn. in 1902. He built a new capitol building and organized the health and highway departments as well as th...

Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887

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Journalist and author. From the description of Ben Perley Poore commonplace book, 1837-1940. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949739 Author and editor. From the description of Letters of Benjamin Perley Poore, 1852-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449406 Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a newspaper correspondent, editor, and author who lived and worked mainly in Washington, D.C. He was born and raised on "Indian Hi...

Kernahan, Coulson, 1858-1943

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[John] Coulson Kernahan was born in Ilfracombe on August 1st 1858, third of the 8 children (3 sons and 5 daughters) of Rev Dr James and Comfort Kernahan, who were both born in Ireland. Coulson's father was a congregational minister in the West Country, Gloucester and St Albans and also wrote on religious and geological subjects. Coulson was educated at St Albans School and privately by his father. Little is known of Coulson's early career but he worked for the publishers...

Kidder, Martha.

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Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923

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Poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1922. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963863 Edna Dean Proctor was a 19th century American poet and short story writer. She was born in New Hampshire and lived in Framingham, Mass., and wrote patriotic verse and inspirational poetry, often on themes of social change. From the description of Edna Dean Proctor letter to Mr. Butterworth, 1894 Nov. 13. (Pennsylvania State University ...

Matheson, Florence Percy.

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Waterston, R. C. (Robert Cassie), 1812-1893

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Ballock, George W.

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Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893

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Elizabeth Oakes Smith was a notably intelligent, talented, and accomplished 19th century American author. She first published poems in her husband's newspapers, began to write in earnest to alleviate financial concerns, and produced a remarkably capable and diverse body of work including poetry, essays, children's stories, novels, and non-fiction. She became one of the first women lecturers, speaking on women's rights and abolition. She was well-connected and well-respected by her peers, and mai...

Howell, Charles B. (Charles Boynton), 1840-1888

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Rantoul, Robert, jr., recipient.

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Rood, Henry Edward

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Buffum, James N.

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Alexander, John D.

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Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

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Annie Adams Fields was an author and charity worker, the wife of the Boston publisher James T. Fields. From the description of Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86143813 From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Eighteen letters written by Annie Adams Fields between the years 1882 and...

Brown, Addison, 1830-1913

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Addison Brown was U.S. district judge for the southern district of New York state, 1881-1901. From the description of Addison Brown letter : to Benjamin Harris Brewster, 1882 June 6. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936799 ...

Fenn, Harry 1845-1911

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Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...

Nelson, L.H. company

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Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890

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Author, of Portsmouth, N.H.; also wrote under names Mrs. Partington and Ruth Partington. From the description of Letter, 1853 Nov. 22. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70961170 American humorist. From the description of Papers of B. P. Shillaber [manuscript], 1856-1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846046 From the description of To J.T. Fields : autograph poem signed and accompanying autograph letter si...

Palmer, Mrs. George Archibald, recipient.

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Wright, N. S.

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Laughlin, Hattie M.

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Stone, Ellen A. Robbins, 1817-1890

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Ellen A. Stone owned property in East Lexington, Mass., and spent some time in St. Louis, Mo. From the description of Account books, 1864-1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007903 ...

Spofford, R. S.

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Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932

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Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912

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Epithet: newspaper editor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0000aa British journalist, editor, and publisher; founded the periodical Review of reviews in 1890. From the description of W. T. Stead letters : to Mrs. McKinstry, 1898 Apr.-Sept. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 173260187 British journalist; editor of the "Pall Mall Gazette"; founder of "The Review of Reviews"...

Bennett, A. M. (Arthur M.)

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Pickard, Edward L.

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Nicholson, Coleman L.

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Scudder, Winthrop S.

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Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932

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New England journalist and author. From the description of Mary Caroline Crawford letter to Mr. Allen [manuscript], 1911 Dec 13 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174962590 ...

Dudley, Mary

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Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916

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English literary figure, from London. From the description of Letters, 1878-1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270709 From the description of Letters, 1878-1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851387 Biographer of Edgar Allan Poe. From the description of Recollections of Swinburne [manuscript], 1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647832622 ...

Chase, Charles F.

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Kent, Charles A. (Charles Almet), 1867-

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 3007 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0000f8 ...

U. S. Treasury Department.

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Susie E. Sheahan.

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Dix, Miss ?

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Kinney, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Clementine), 1810-1889

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Elizabeth Dodge (1810-1889) was born in New York City to Sarah Cleveland and David Low Dodge, of Cedar Brook, New Jersey. Elizabeth was a writer and poet of some renown, publishing Felicita, a metrical romance; a volume of poems; Bianco Capello, a tragedy in blank verse; and various other magazine publications. Her five-installment article Mrs. Kinney's Italian Reminiscences, published in Neale's Monthly, described her experiences living in Florence, and her friendship there with Elizabeth Barre...

Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888-

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Harold Minot Pitman (1888-1970) was an attorney who became a full-time genealogist, and headed several genealogical societies. From the description of H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980 1932-1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 489089266 From the guide to the H. Minot Pitman genealogical research files, ca. 1932-ca. 1980, 1932-1967, (The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local Histor...

Horne, John

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Epithet: of Louisburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x000016 ...

Perry, Gardner B. (Gardner Braman), 1783-1859

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Neall, Elizabeth.

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Kelly, H. A.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899

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Nineteenth century writer and teacher. From the description of Letters, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55492330 Novelist, of Georgetown (Washington, D.C.). From the description of Papers, 1849-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188549 American novelist. From the description of Papers of Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, 1852-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 3213658...

Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916

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Peirce, Sarah E.

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Loury, M. (S?)

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Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918

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Photograph taken by the journalist William H. Rideing who occasionally visited Holmes at his house in Beverly Farms. From the description of Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms [graphic]. [ca. 1885] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 124051582 Writer, editor of Youth's companion. From the description of Letters, 1886 October 5 and November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994659 From the description of Letters, 1898 May 16, n.d....

Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas), 1828-1915

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Samuel T. Pickard was born in Massachusetts, and worked as a printer, editor, and an author. He served as editor of the Portland Transcript in Maine for some forty years. He married John Greenleaf Whittier's niece, and became Whittier's literary executor, as well as writing several books about him. From the description of S.T. Pickard letter to My dear Mr. Sanborn, 1901 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 62297481 Literary executor of John...

Dafforne, James, -1880

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Saltmarsh, Bertha E.

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Lloyd, Eleanor.

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Epithet: Miss; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0003ac ...

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was born into a prominent Boston family in 1850. Through his mother’s family, the Cabots, Lodge traced his lineage back to the 17th century, with one great-grandfather a leading Federalist during the Revolutionary period. Growing up in both an intellectual and privileged household, "Cabot" took naturally to academic subjects, particularly history and literature. Beyond his early devotion to scholarly pursuits, Lodge also enjoyed numerous sports and the great outdoor...

Bright, John A.

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Guild, Curtis, 1827-1911

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Littlefield, Luther

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Lisbôa, Miguel Maria, 1809-1881

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Sharp, Isaac

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Reed, Charles C.

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Claflin, Mary B. (Mary Bucklin), 1825-1896

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Richardson, H.D.

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Currier, T. Franklin

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Spalding, Sarah I.

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Bierstadt, Eliza.

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Boynton, Mrs. Ellardy M.

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d'Aljescer, Comte.

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Valette, J. B.

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Cissna, N. E.

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Rantoul, Robert

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Whitbeck, Laura E.

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Joseph Cartland

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Douglass, Mrs. Frederick.

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Elizabeth (Lloyd) Howell

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Brooks, Erastus, 1815-1886

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Brooks was an American politician who served in the United States Senate. From the description of Letter and a portrait, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83407709 ...

Thomas, Mary E.

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Richardson, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1851-1913

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Richardson was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1871. He was Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English language and literature at Dartmouth College from 1882 until 1911. From the description of Papers, 1911-1926. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352964 Editor, poet, author, and Dartmouth professor. From the description of Letter to Professor Page [manuscript], 1908 November 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647977909 ...

Boston society of natural history

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Kelley, C. K.

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O'Byrne, George.

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Burnham, Julia E.

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Parkes, Sir Henry, 1815-1896

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Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954

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American educator, author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Greensboro, Vt., 25 July 1904, and Boston, 10 October 1904, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1904 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674901 American educator, essayist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthlyfrom 1899-1909. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Cambridge, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 28 and 1938 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Winter, Lili.

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Annie (Adams) Fields.

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Lewis, C. W.

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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 ...

Britton, Emma Harding.

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Wolcott, Phila Stanton.

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Samuel Pickard

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Collins, John A.

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This John Collins may have been one of the "Sufferers" of the boundary conflict between New York State and the new State of Vermont granted a compensatory lot in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York by the commissioners of the New York State Land Office, as referred to in secondary sources on Chenango County. From the description of Survey map of the boundary line between New York State and Quebec, 1774. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122687843 ...

Sprowl, Lydia Amanda Victorine.

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Waters, Edwin Forbes.

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Smith, A. Russell, 1936-

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Rockwell, Julius, 1805-1888

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U.S. senator and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Julius Rockwell, 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449574 ...

Godwin, George

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Walker, Addie C.

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Cartland, Joseph.

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Kiernan, Elizabeth

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Purington, Charlotte Wells.

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Knowles, Frederic Lawrence, 1869-1905

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Anderson, John, jr.

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Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880

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Minot, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen.

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Miss Averill

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Lloyd, Elizabeth

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Siner, Lena D. M.

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Kercher, Nancy E. Little.

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Gove, Sarah Abbie.

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L. Garrison.

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Downey, William Scott

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Denham, Edward.

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Pickard, Joseph Coffin.

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Page, Annie F.

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Young, James Carleton, 1856-1918

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Candler, John

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Kasson, John A.

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American diplomat; United States commissioner, Berlin Conference on African Affairs, 1884-1885. From the description of John Adam Kasson letters received, 1884-1886, from American citizens. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867362 Biographical/Historical Note American diplomat; United States commissioner, Berlin Conference on African Affairs, 1884-1885. From the guide to the John Adam Kasson letters received f...

REED, T. B.

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Wilcox, Mary Otis.

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Adams, Clara B.

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Smith, S. F

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Bowditch, Olivia Y.

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Fielden, A. & A. H., recipient.

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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 ...

Swanton, J. B.

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Osborn, Thomas T.

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O'Sullivan, John L. (John Louis), 1813-1895

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Nineteenth-century journalist, diplomat, adventurer, O'Sullivan became a defender of slavery, a champion of reforms for women, labor, criminals, and public schools, and ended his life promoting spiritualism. From the description of Letter, July 15, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53167553 ...

Pape, Eric, 1870-1938.

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Smith, Delia T.

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Howard, E. L. B.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Loring, George B. (George Bailey), 1817-1891

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Reder, William F.

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Noah

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Hoey, Frances Sarah (Johnston).

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Daniel J. Wheeler.

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Goyt, A. H.

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Bay, Edith?

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Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914

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Josiah L. Pickard served as the sixth president of the State University of Iowa, from 1878 to 1887. A leading educator and administrator, Pickard assumed the presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president of the State Historical Society of Iowa for nearly 20 years. Pickard, a native of Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844 and served as principal of Platteville (Wisconsin) Academy until 1860. That year, he was ...

Osborn, Cornelia E.

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Woods, Mrs. Romer Wheeler.

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Smith, William Henry

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Epithet: of Add MS 42967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00012e Epithet: civil engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000285 Epithet: newsagent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000287 Epithet: shipowner ...

Chase, Phebe.

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Caldwell, Adelaide G.

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Brewer, F.

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Sparhawk, Frances C., 1847-

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Smith, Mary White

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Austin, Florence

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Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889

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English editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 15 Ashley Place [London], to "My dear Sir", [no year] June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497889 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London], to John Ruskin, [1864] Aug. 25 and Oct 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507258 From the description of Autograph signature to printed card, 1874 Sept 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508801 From the descri...

Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

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Evans was a professor at Tufts College, 1900-1912. From the description of Letter [between 1900 and 1912] Oct. 28, Boston, to Prof. [L.B.] Evans [Medford, Mass.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367729 Louise Chandler Moulton was a minor American poet who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Louise Chandler Moulton letters to and about E.C. and Laura Stedman, 1873-1894. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record ...

Caldwell, J. P.

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Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872

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Bigelow was secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and then mayor of Boston. From the description of John Prescott Bigelow papers, 1805-1896 (inclusive) 1814-1863 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373200 From the guide to the John P. (John Prescott) Bigelow papers, 1805-1896 (inclusive) 1814-1863 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Kilham, Lucy.

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Tredick, Alice R.

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Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902

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Student at University of Michigan, later president of Wellesley College. From the description of Alice Freeman Palmer correspondence, 1874-1900. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419539 ...

Perry, Nora, 1841-1896,

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Bennett, T. J. Wesley.

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U.S. Centennial Commission.

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Tracy, Ann Blaisdell.

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Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894

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New York lawyer and law reformer. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Gideon Welles, 1873 May 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30463384 Field was an attorney involved in many cases touching on significant constitutional issues. He was instrumental in obtaining adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, as well as the drafting of New York codes (1865). From the description of Letters and brief of David Dudley Field, 1...

Julian, John, 1839-1913

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Kelly, Abby.

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Trimble, Cornelia M.

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...

Harrington, Amos Thomson.

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Perry, Preston A.

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Smith, Emily Binney, d. 1928

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Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908

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Charles Aldrich was a pioneer Iowa newspaperman (Hamilton Freeman, Dubuque Daily Times, Marshall Times), chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives (1860, 1862, 1866, 1870) , state legislator representing Hamilton County, Iowa (elected in 1881), first curator of the Iowa State Historical Dept. (1892-1908) and editor of the Annals of Iowa. From the description of Charles Aldrich letters to William Larrabee, 1892 August 8-1906 June 27 [microform]. (State Historical Society of Iow...

Wentworth, B. W.

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Ward, A.C. (Alfred Charles), 1891-

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Winslow, Louisa Maria.

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Purington, J. A.

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Hoffman, Fannie C.

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Isaac Pitman.

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Sturge, H.J.

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W. Oliver Dennett

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Claflin, William, 1818-1905

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Businessman, state legislator, and governor of Massachusetts (1869-1872), of Hopkinton, Mass.; had a summer home in Newton, Mass. From the description of William Claflin family papers and photographs, 1889-1995 (bulk 1889-1905). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960886 ...

Kelly, Clarence E.

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Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885

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American reformer and actuary. From the description of Autograph verses signed "E. Wright," untitled : and apparently addressed to John Pierpont, [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584296 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Harper & Brothers, 1847 Jul. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584294 Elizur Wright was the first commissioner of insurance of Massachusetts (1858-1866), a post created after years of lobbying by Wrig...

Rogers, John, 1829-1904

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John Rogers (1829-1904) was born in Salem, Mass., and received his education in the Boston public schools. While employed in various jobs he began to model in clay during his leisure hours and in 1858-1859 spent time in Rome studying methods of reproducing clay groups in plaster form. On his return, he went to Chicago where he exhibited, for a charity fair, "The Checker Players," a group in clay that attracted much favorable attention. During the Civil War, he modeled small statuette groups, mos...

Pettie, Mabel W.

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Kimball, Ema Adeline 1847-

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Thompson, George, 1804-1878

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George Donisthorpe Thompson, English slavery abolitionist. From the description of George Thompson manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1837?] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 739732839 English abolitionist. From the description of Autograph entry signed : Salem, Ohio, 1864 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639601027 ...

Davis, Rebecca Ingersoll, 1828-

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Rollins, Alice Wellington, 1847-1897

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American writer. From the description of The silent tribute : autograph poem signed, [1884 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645246716 Alice Wellington Rollins (1857-1897). Author, published frequently in the 1880s and 1890s in such magazines as The Century, Harper's and Scribner's, writing both prose and poetry. Samuel Sydney McClure (1857-1949). Editor, publisher, founder McClure's Magazine. From the description of Letter to S.S. Mc...

Youth's Companion.

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Duncan, James Henry, 1793-1869

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Probably a native of Ireland, Duncan enlisted in an Illinois infantry regiment (possibly the 80th) that was organizing at Centralia, Illinois in August 1862. If this is the correct James Duncan, he died November 8, 1862 in Louisville, Kentucky. His parents were James and Mary Ann Duncan, Irish natives, who lived in Perry County, Illinois in 1870 and 1880. From the description of Papers, August 19, 1862, September 24, 1885. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 1...

Taylor, James W. (James Wickes), 1819-1893

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U.S. Treasury agent (1859-1869) and U.S. Consul to Winnipeg (1870-1893). From the description of Papers, 1846, 1851-1893. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17842806 Attorney; author. From the description of Papers, 1849; 1862-1870. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998655 James Wickes Taylor, consular officer, author and journalist, was born in Starkey, New York. He graduated from Hamilton ...

Capper, Samuel James

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Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916

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American author. From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1873-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824809 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1850-1907, bulk 1872-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809956 From the description of Papers of J.T. Trowbridge [manuscript], 1882-1916. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810596 From the description of Autograph l...

Elizabeth Hussey Whittier

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Parmele, Smith L.

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Mellen, William P.

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William S. Mellen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was general manager of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company. He was traveling with his daughter, Gertrude, from Chicago to Washington when their train was trapped in the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Flood on May 31, 1889. From the description of Papers of William S. Mellen, 1889. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122564720 ...

Coffin, Allen.

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Forbes, John M

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Wakeman W. W.

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Wingate, E. C.

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Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Houghton, Mifflin & co.

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Marcus, Alfred A.

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Epithet: of Boston, USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x00038b ...

Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911

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Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson was an author (Loom and Spindle, 1898, etc.), women's suffrage leader, anti-slavery movement supporter, and promoter of women's clubs. She began working in a Lowell mill at the age of 10, and wrote for the Lowell Offering, where one of her poems caught the attention of William Stevens Robinson, an editor at the Lowell Courier. They were married in 1848. For further information see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of Papers, 1847-1872 (i...

Love, John L.

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Abigail Whittier

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Wright, R. R.

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Thompson, Silvanus.

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Wilson, Rufus Rockwell, 1865-1949

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Newspaper journalist and magazine writer; known for books about Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Rufus Rockwell Wilson lettersh[manuscript], 1895. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999168 ...

Clarkson, Helen W.

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Cochrane, W. R. (Warren Robert)

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Allinson, Francis Greenleaf, 1856-1931

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Philologist; professor of classical philology at Brown University. From the description of Francis Greenleaf Allinson papers, 1899-1929. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122587242 ...

Duncan, Florence I.

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Writer and publisher Florence I. Duncan (1849-1906) was born in New York. After the death of her mother when she was seven, her father, John Donlevy, married Harriet Farley (editor of the Lowell Offering). Duncan married Canadian bookseller and printer Thomas Duncan; they had four daughters and lived in Ottawa. After the marriage failed, she moved to Philadelphia in 1876 where she published a society and family journal called Quiz (1880-1884), as well as a number of books including ...

Anthony, M. S.

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Ogilvie, James D. (James Dean), 1866-1949

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Pickard, Charles W.

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E. Cavazza.

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Seal, W. H.

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Smyth, Egbert Coffin, 1829-1904

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Congregational clergyman and educator; professor at Andover Theological Seminary and Bowdoin College. From the description of Letter to H.O. Houghton & Co., 1887 September 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49322036 Congregational minister, professor at Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1851-1903. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11925041 ...

Wells, Amos R. (Amos Russel), 1862-1933

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Emerson, Mary A. H.

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Whittier's

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Rose, Philip

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x000011 ...

Brooks, John, 1752-1825

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Governor of Massachusetts and army officer. From the description of John Brooks papers, 1786-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451608 Physician and Governor of Massachusetts, 1816-1823. From the description of John Brooks documents, 1819-1821, Massachusetts. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34848020 ...

Holmes, John, 1812-1899

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Jewett, Mary Rice, 1847-1930

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Winslow, Harriet

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Biographical Note Little is known about Mrs. Cameron (Harriet) Winslow and her relationship with Nadia Boulanger. From 1956-1964, Winslow, then a resident of Washington, DC, received a variety of programs, clippings, and photographs from Boulanger, most signed and dated with simple messages, such as, "Pour Harriet de tout coeur." These items suggest that the two may have been friends, although reference sources on Boulanger bear no mention of...

Devereux, Antoinette C.

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Burt, Helen.

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Rachel W. Healey.

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Fullerton, John

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Epithet: of Carberry, county Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x00038d ...

Pearson, John C

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Britton, John James.

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Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker), 1779-1861

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Editor, publisher and critic. From the description of Letter to John Rowe Parker, 1821. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63615074 Joseph Tinker Buckingham was an eminent New England journalist and editor, remembered for his bold style and several innovative publications. Born in Windham, Connecticut, to impoverished shoemaker Nehemiah Tinker, he was baptized Joseph Buckingham at the request of a relative. Buckingham apprenticed with a printer in his ...

Pickard, Elizabeth (Whittier), d. 1902

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Rich, Hiram.

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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...

U.S. Congress. House.

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Sheirer, Ann.

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Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey, 1815-1864.

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Howitt family.

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Law, Jonathan, recipient.

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Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917

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Author and journalist. From the description of F.B. Sanborn correspondence and essays, 1852-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163242 Massachusetts journalist. From the description of Song / words by Mr. F.B. Sanborn, music a part of Brignal Banks. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62350218 American journalist and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1889 March 21, Concord, Mass., to E.D. Walker, New York. (Boston Athenaeum). W...

Foley, Margaret F., d. 1877.

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Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll), 1819-1909

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Grace

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Mary Hale Coffin

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Patten, James Horace.

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Prichard, M. S.

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Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

Jubb, W. Walter, recipient.

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Stickney, Charles O.

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Kimball, M. R.

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Congden, Benjamin.

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Kimball, Harriet McEwen, 1834-1917

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New Hampshire poet and hymn writer. From the description of Harriet McEwan Kimball letter to Mr. Butterworth [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964519 ...

Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906

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Abbott, Mrs. J. H.

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Coale, Elizabeth H. 1826-

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Joseph Sturge.

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Oliphant, Rosamond Dale (Owen).

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Sarah Jane Spalding

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French, S. A.

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Clarke, Lilian

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Crosland, Newton, Mrs., 1812-1895

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Jacob Caldwell

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Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1806-1899

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Feminist and abolitionist. Author of "Anti-Slavery Reminiscences." Activist for prison reform, the rights of orphans, peace, and temperance. Wife of Samuel Buffington Chace. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Buffum Chace and her family, [ca. 1801-1900]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122692042 Reformer. From the description of Elizabeth Buffum Chace note, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452928 ...

Libby, Albion C.

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Whitney, L. A.

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Lamson, J. Harry.

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Anna Weld

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Richardson, Abby Sage, 1837-1900

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American actress, author and playwright. From the description of Letters and incomplete manuscript of Abby Sage Richardson [manuscript], 1871-1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647926398 ...

Wood, Francis Ana, b. 1840

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Bryant, John Howard, 1807-1902

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Whitmarsh, C. S.

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Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905

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Economist. From the description of Papers of Edward Atkinson, 1882-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449908 Edward Atkinson was an American economist and underwriter. From the description of Edward Atkinson letters, 1868-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122575952 From the guide to the Edward Atkinson letters, 1868-1898, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American author, industrialist, and economist. ...

Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927

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American historian. From the description of Letters, 1911-1919. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635486 American historian and writer. From the description of Letter, 1905 January 7 : to Mr. Fairbairn thanking him for a book. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853745 Rhodes was an American historian. From the description of [Letter] 1893 Jun. 29, Reservoir Street, Cambridge, [Mass. to] Dr. Thwing / James Ford...

Williams, Mrs. M. L.

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Coffin, Anna.

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Askey, Herbert.

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Rantoul, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1832-1922

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Foley, Patrick Kevin, 1856-1937

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Patrick Kevin Foley (1856-1937) was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1881. He started as a travelling book salesman and later became a general agent for subscription book houses. He developed into a bibliographical expert and a great antiquarian bookseller, starting in business in 1896. His knowledge of New England authors was considerable and in 1897 he published American Authors, 1795-1895. A Bibliography of First and Notable Editions Chronologically Arranged with Notes. Foley ...

Henderson, Frederick.

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Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889

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Secretary of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letter : New York, to John Sartain, Philadelphia, 1846 Feb. 2. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489519 Born in Alexandria, Va., in 1808, John Gadsby Chapman studied painting briefly in Philadelphia before traveling to Europe in 1828, where he spent almost two years in Italy. He returned to Alexandria in 1831 and exhibited paintings in Alexandria, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Boston, and Philadelphi...

Solberg, Thorvald, 1852-

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Tuthill, Charles Julian.

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Mace, Frances L. (Frances Laughton), 1836-1899

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Jane Gurney

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J. G. Whittier.

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Ralston, H. N.

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Nicholson, Caroline H.

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John Jordan, jr.

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Guard, William J.

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Ticknor, firm, publishers.

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Thomas, Mrs. M. E., recipient.

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Hamilton, Gail, pseud.

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Lewis, Alice

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000168 ...

Erskine, Thomas, 1788-1870

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Scottish advocate and theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Linlathen, to W.A. Knight, "Monday". The paper is watermarked 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614654 ...

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

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Newton, S. J.

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Annette.

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Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, 1852-1935

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Morison, Jean Morison Campbell Miller.

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Smith, Mary E. Powers, 1848-1877

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Neall, Hannah Lloyd.

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Burnham, Thomas E.

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Thayer, Sarah S.

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Samuel Thomas

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Hall, Daniel, b. 1832

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The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in 1866 in Hanover, NH. The college moved to Durham, NH in 1893. The college library was first located in Thompson Hall. In 1907 a new library was built and named for Hamilton Smith, a benefactor of the school. The college became the University of New Hampshire in 1923 and the library moved into the Dimond Library in 1958. From the description of Address at the dedication of the New Hampshire College Library :...

Lloyd, Sarah

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Hale, Lucy H.

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Spofford, Mrs. Richard S.

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Wells, R. Osgood.

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Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904

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American author. From the description of Papers of Edgar Fawcett [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825809 Edgar Fawcett was a popular minor American author. Many of his novels explore the pursuits of status and money, which he found counterproductive to American democratic ideals. Although the sheer volume of his output often led to sloppy writing and repetitive plots, Fawcett was among the first to write in a realistic or naturalistic style...

Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928

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William A. Speck, the son of German immigrants, was born in New York City in 1864. A pharmacist by profession, he amassed the largest Goethe collection outside of Germany. In 1913, he and his collection came from Haverstraw, New York to Yale, where he served as curator of the Speck Collection until his death in 1928. For further biographical information on William A. Speck and a general history and description of the Speck Collection, see the finding aid for the William A. Speck Collection of Go...

Mrs. Hall

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Withington, Leonard, 1789-1885

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Leonard Withington (1789-1885) was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and Yale University in 1814, and served as minister of the First Church in Newbury, Massachusetts, from 1816 until his retirement in 1858. He was also the author of various published religious works. From the description of Play, 1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207181961 Clergyman and author. From the description of Letter of Leonard Withington...

Haines, E. W.

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Sinclair, Elizabeth

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Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903

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Son of Samuel Cabot, Jr., brother of Edward Clarke Cabot. Graduated Harvard Law School, 1845. Practiced law with Francis E. Parker, 1847. Accompanied Agassiz on his tour of Lake Superior region in 1848 and upon his return published a narrative journal of the expedition. Worked as architect with E.C. Cabot, 1849-58 and 1862-65. Assisted Emerson in preparing for press his Letters and social aims. Trustee (1857-1885, 1899-1902) and vice-president (1886-1898) of the Boston Athenaeum. Fro...

Morrill, L. O.

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Nield, Theodore.

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Sturge, Sophia.

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Fletcher, Henrietta M.

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Grimley, Isaac R.

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Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886

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Dillwyn Parrish was the son of Joseph and Susanna M. Parrish. He was apprenticed to a druggist and later graduated from the College of Pharmacy (Philadelphia). He was a Quaker and am active philanthropist. From the description of Diary, 1833-1836. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524186 Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1865-1872. From the description of Letter : To Edward Stabler, Jr., 1864 Nov. 15. (Duke University Library). Worl...

Barrows, Mrs. Allen C.

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Thornton, Lady Mary.

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Honigh, C.

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Cartland, Moses Austin, 1805-1863

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Cartland, Gertrude Whittier, 1822-1911

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Douglass, Helen.

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Taylor, Marie (Hanson) b. 1829

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Blanchard, Henry

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Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914

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Editor and publisher. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor, 1595-1935 (bulk 1850-1920). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066489 American publisher. From the description of Letter : Benjamin H. Ticknor to "Fairchild," 1888 November 16 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647824664 ...

Fox, A. M.

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Epithet: of Penjessick, county Cornwall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000372 Epithet: Miss; of Falmouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000371 ...

Fielden, Gertrude French.

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C Farran

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Stone, James Winchell, d. 1889

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Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Charles Stuart Weld.

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