Papers, 1817-1867.

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Papers, 1817-1867.

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Papers, 1817-1867.

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Abstract

Primarily family correspondence of the American clergyman and writer Andrew Bigelow.

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3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383674

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Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

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Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743—November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Higginson attended the common schools before engaging in mercantile pursuits; from 1765 to 1775, he was an active and successful shipmaster. Higginson served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1782 and was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. He took an active part in suppressing Shays' Reb...

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Lawrence, Abbott, 1828-1893

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Bigelow, Tyler

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Lawrence, Katherine Bigelow, 1793-1860

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Cranch, William, 1769-1855

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Chief Justice of the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia, 1805-1855. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Robert G. Harper, Baltimore, 1810 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22218740 From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mrs. D.T. Madison, 1836 July 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22218754 From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to the New North Society of Boston, 1830 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Rogers, John Gray, -1875

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Wales, Mary Anne.

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Rotch, Annie (Lawrence) 1820-

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Louisa A. Bigelow

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Bigelow, Prescott.

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Nichols, Andrew, 1785-1853

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Barrett, Samuel, 1795-1866

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Grant, M.

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Ware, Mary L. (Mary Lovell), 1798-1849

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Brayer, J.

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Bigelow, Andrew, 1795-1877

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Bigelow was a Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Papers, 1817-1867. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505817 From the guide to the Papers, 1817-1867., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Andrew Bigelow (1795-1877) was born in Groton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1814 and studied law before turning to divinity. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1817 and spent some time in Edinburgh, Sc...

Robbins, Chandler, 1810-1882

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American Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Crosby, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655314 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1845 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655306 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Boston], to the Rev. John Pierpont, [1834 Jan. 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655309 ...

Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840

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John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840) was President of Harvard University from 1810-1828. From the description of My dear sir, permit me to introduce to you the bearer, Mr. McEwen of Philadelphia, a gentleman & a scholar, yours truly, J. T. Kirkland, 6 October [ca. 1800-1840]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77067915 John T. Kirkland (1770-1840) was the fifteenth President of Harvard University from November 14, 1810 to April 2, 1828. He led Harvard University thr...

Lawrence, Luther, 1778-1839

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McPherson, J. S. A.

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Winthrop

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Gannett, B.

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Rotch, Benjamin S.

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Bigelow, Ellen.

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Bellows, J. W.

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Bigelow, Amelia.

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Jenks, Annis.

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Briggs, C.

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Epithet: dock labourer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0000e6 ...

Bigelow, Helen.

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Katherine (Bigelow) Lawrence

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Mountford, Elizabeth C.

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Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles), 1801-1871

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American Unitarian divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Messrs. Monroe & Co., 1850 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269564796 Ezra Stiles Gannett (1801-1871) graduated from Harvard College in 1820, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1823. He served as an overseer of the University from 1835 to 1858. Ordained in 1824, Reverend Gannett became an assistant minister at the Federal Street Church (Unitarian) in Boston and became its pastor...

Bigelow, Elizabeth Prescott.

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Osborn, M. S.

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Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852

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Shaw, H. S.

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Putnam, C.

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Winkley, S. H.

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Ware, Henry, 1794-1843

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Henry Ware Jr., 1784-1843, born Hingham, Mass. Attended Harvard, assistant teacher at Exeter Academy. Ordained Unitarian minister in 1817 and became pastor of the Second Church of Boston. 1829-1842 professor in the Divinity School at Harvard. His memoir and works were published after his death. Wrote hymns, among them "All Nature's Works His Praise Declare" and "Lift Your Glad Voices in Triumph on High." From the description of Letter, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record i...

Jenks, Mary Orne.

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Vaughan

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x000128 ...

Dewey, Orville, 1794-1882

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Orville Dewey (1794-1882) was born and died in Sheffield, Mass. He graduated from Williams College in 1814, and Andover Seminary in 1819. Shortly after, he became an Unitarian, and served as minister at the following churches: Federal Street Church (Boston, Mass.), 1821-1823; First Church (New Bedford, Mass.), 1822-1833; Second Congregational Church (New York, N.Y.), 1835-1848; New South Church (Boston, Mass.), 1857-1861. Dewey received an honorary D.D. from Harvard in 1839. He was president of ...

Lucy (Prescott) Bigelow

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Theodore Bigelow

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Holman, Silas.

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Reed, David

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Bigelow, Louisa A

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Amelia Bigelow

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Clarke, R. P.

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Abbott, Lawrence

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

Garsed, John

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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) ...

Brooks, S. O.

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Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961

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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) graduated from Harvard University in 1914 and began his diplomatic career in 1915 as Secretary of the United States Embassy in Tokyo. From 1917 to 1919 he served in a similar post in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was Assistant Chief of the Latin American Affairs Division of the Department of State from 1920 to 1921, and Chief of the Division from 1921 to 1922. From 1922 to 1925, he was Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Dominican Republic, an...

Bassett, A.

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Osgood, L.

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Bigelow, Francis, d. 1886

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

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Timothy Bigelow

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Bigelow, Lucy (Prescott).

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Denton, C.

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Holland, F. W. (Frederic West), 1811-1895

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Clergyman. From the description of Papers of Frederic W. Holland, 1793-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450974 American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : [n.p.] and East Cambridge, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1848 Nov. 22-[1856 Apr. 8]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269544663 Frederick West Holland (1811-1895) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1831 and Harvard Divinity School...

Stevens, Henry.

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Jared Sparks was a clergyman, editor, historian, and president of Harvard College; he became an American Philosophical Society member in 1837. From the guide to the Jared Sparks selected papers, 1819-1863 Franklin Bache S. D. Bradford William Duane Peter S. Du Ponceau J. Francis Fisher George Gibbs Henry D. Gilpin Edward D. Ingraham James Mease William B. Reed Henry Stevens, Sr. Henry Stevens, Jr. Benjamin Vaughan Petty Vaughan William Vaughan There are also extracts from Sparks's jo...

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