Additional letters from various correspondents, 1824-1882.

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...

Heard, Augustine, 1785-1868

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Augustine Heard (March 30, 1785 – September 14, 1868) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and trader, and founder of the Augustine Heard & Co. firm in China. Augustine Heard was born into a wealthy merchant family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. His father, John Heard (1744-1834), had made his fortune by trading with the West Indies, and his half-brother Daniel (1778-1801) also worked in foreign trade with the West Indies and China. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Augus...

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...

Hunt, Freeman, 1804-1858

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Publisher. From the description of Freeman Hunt correspondence, no year Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980691 Author and editor; founder of "Merchants Magazine." From the description of Freeman Hunt letter to Cary & Keith [manuscript], no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 750257403 From the description of Freeman Hunt letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1849 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record...

J. A. Swett

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Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott was born on September 18, 1805, in Brunswick, Maine. After attending Bowdoin College, Abbott studied at Andover Theological Seminary; following his graduation, he led several congregations in Massachusetts. Abbott wrote several books on history and on Christianity during his lifetime, and died in 1877. From the guide to the John Stevens Cabot Abbott autograph book, Abbott, John Stevens Cabot autograph book, 1851-1860, 1851-1853, (William L. Clements Library,...

Nichols, Harry Peirce, 1850-1940

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Nichols, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 24446 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b4 Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b6 Epithet: of Add MS 38337 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b5 Epithet: printer and author ...

Huidekoper, Harm Jan, 1776-1854

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American businessman and lay theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Meadville, Penna., to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1829 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530201 ...

Flint, James, 1779-1855

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Colman, George

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Epithet: Manager of Covent Garden Theatre British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0000db Epithet: the younger, dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000193 Epithet: senior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x000045 Epithet:...

Hobbs, Edward

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Stuart, W W

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Susan (Treadwell) Nichols

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Devereux, George W

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Alanson Brigham.

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Miss Percey

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Shipley, Horatio

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Miller, Ephraim

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White, D. A.

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Babbidge, Charles, d. 1898

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Beck, Charles, 1798-1866

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Beck received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1865 and taught Latin at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Beck, 1820?-1830 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069227 ...

Nichols family

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Emerson, Charles C

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Nichols, Elizabeth P

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Prescott, Oliver, 1806-1890.

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Prescott graduated from Harvard College in 1828 and moved to New Bedford where he became an assistant in the Friend's Academy. He studied law in the office of Lemuel Williams of New Bedford and at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Bristol County Bar in 1832 and was appointed judge of probate in 1835, holding that position until 1858. (viz BBM) From the description of Letter to Albert Locke, esq., 27 January 1840. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235929291 ...

E. H. Edes

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Coit, Thomas Winthrop, 1803-1885

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Thomas Winthrop Coit (1803-1885) was rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, N.Y., and author of several religious publications, including _Remarks on Norton's Statement of Reasons_, 1832, and a twelve-month Bible in 1834 which was republished in England. Rev. Coit also served as professor at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky., and later as president of Transylvania University. From the description of Record book, 1837. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCa...

Dabney, Frederick

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Treadwell, John White, d. 1857

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Earle, Alice C

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Sawyer, Mary Elizabeth

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Edes, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1803-1845

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Peirce , recipient.

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Barnard, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1808-1884

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Clergyman; West Newton and Boston, Mass. From the description of Charles Barnard letter to Mr. Stoddart, [no year] July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571549 ...

Whitman, B

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Griswold, Alexander V. (Alexander Viets), 1766-1843

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Episcopal Bishop of the Eastern Diocese (1811-1843) and Presiding Bishop (1836-1843). From the description of Alexander Viets Griswold papers, 1811-1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657703700 ...

Oakes, William, 1799-1848

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Oakes (Harvard, B.A. 1820) practiced law in Ipswich, Mass. Later he described the flora of the White Mountains for a geological survey report on New Hampshire. From the description of Letters to James Watson Robbins, 1827-1847 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961364 William Oakes (1799-1848), botanist, of Ipswich, Mass., was born in Danvers, Mass., on 1 July 1799. He graduated from Harvard in 1820 and studied law with Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845),...

Whitman, Jason, 1799-1848

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These diaries, interleaved in Farmer's Almanacks for 1843 and 1844, have been attributed to the Reverend Jason Whitman (1799-1848). A member of the Harvard class of 1825, he graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1831 and served Unitarian societies in Saco and Portland, Maine. He married Mary Fairfield (1799- ) of Saco. From the description of Diaries, 1843, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207180114 ...

Nichols, George, 1778-1865

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Miss M. E. Sawyer

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Nichols, George, 1809-1882

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Nichols was a proofreader and editor. He worked chiefly for the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Additional letters from various correspondents, 1824-1882. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122412022 From the description of Letters : from various correspondents, 1869-1883. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84185804 From the description of Correspondence, 1827-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82576143 ...

Goodwin, William Watson, 1831-1912

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Goodwin graduated from Harvard in 1851 and taught Greek literature at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Watson Goodwin, 1853-1929 (inclusive), 1879-1911 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069361 Epithet: Professor of Greek at Harvard University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0001d2 ...

Treadwell, Elizabeth W

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Penniman, William

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Swett, John A. (John Appleton), 1808-1854

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Thompson, J. W.

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Story, Joseph

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Nichols, H.

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Sturgis, W P

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Cabot, Joseph S. (Joseph Sebastian), 1796-1874

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Willis, William, 1794-1870

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Naval historian & lawyer. From the description of Letter and portrait : of William Willis, 1822, n.d. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812178 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., local historian, and director of many local clubs and business enterprises. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1839-1869. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978864 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., and director of many local clu...

Brigham, Alanson

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King, John Glen, 1787-1858

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George Nichols

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Hyde, Henry H

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Cros, J W

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Nichols, Elizabeth, recipient.

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Edes, Edward

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Smith, Andrew

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Epithet: of Harwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000215 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000214 ...

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...

Stone, Dan, 1971-....

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Epithet: junior; Secretary, Manchester Mechanics' Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x00038c ...

Mrs. George Nichols

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Peabody, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston), 1811-1893

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American author, clergyman and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : Portsmouth, N.H., to Madame [Blaze] de Bury, 1856 Oct. 1-1860 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851342 Peabody graduated from Harvard in 1826, taught Christian morals and served as preacher and Overseer at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Andrew Preston Peabody, 1839-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972834 Clergyman...

Ripley, L

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Pulsifer, D S

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Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, mayor of Salem, Mass., and businessman. From the description of Letter of Stephen C. Phillips, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450059 ...

Nichols, J. T. G

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Farley, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), -1877

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James Savage

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Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Nichols, I. (Ichabod), 1784-1859

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Ichabod Nichols received his A.B. from Harvard in 1802. From the description of [Student themes] , c. 1802. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072620 ...

H. F. Edes

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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. ...

Agatha

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Norwood, John G

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Brewer, Helen S

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John White Treadwell

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Smith, A Louise

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