Letters from various correspondents, 1819-1889..

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Letters from various correspondents, 1819-1889..

Letters to Bostonjournalist and author William Warland Clapp.

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Winter, William, 1836-1917

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Reynolds, John, 1789-1865.

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Republican politician and anti-slavery advocate, also known as the "Sage of Walpole." From the description of Letters, 1848-1868 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 16067551 From the description of Letters, 1848-1868 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270246 Bird was an antislavery leader, state legislator, and paper manufacturer of East Walpole, Mass. From the description of Francis William Bird papers...

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Tucker, Joseph H.

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Casey, Thomas, Execution of

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Pierpont, James, -1938

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American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : Boston, to Messrs. Harper, 1878 Jan. 11-Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634718 From the description of An adventure in Cuba : autograph manuscript signed : short story : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870138 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to George Roberts of the "Times" in Boston, 1852 Mar. 31. ...

Pierce, James H.

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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. ...

Bradbury, James W.

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Lloyd, Leo L.

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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...

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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...

Jarvis, Thomas Jordan, 1836-1915

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Bradlee, C. D. (Caleb Davis), 1831-1897

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Hill, Frederic Stanhope, 1829-1913

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Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

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Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895

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Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896

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James M. Ashley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 24, 1824, the son of John C. and Mary (Kirkpatrick) Ashley. When James was 2 the family moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, where his father was a circuit preacher. At age 16 James left home to work on an Ohio River steamboat. In 1849 he was admitted to the Ohio bar. He was an ardent abolitionist and served as a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention and was elected to Congress in 1858. In 1869 he was appointed Governor of Mon...

Upton, Daniel P.

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Parks, John E.

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Ripley, George, 1802-1880

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American editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Thomas Carlyle, 1835 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655148 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : "Office of the N.Y. Tribune," to the Reverend Dr. [William Buell] Sprague, 1858 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872170 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Rev. H.D. Mayo, 1862 Sept. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864

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American journalist and poet; father of Park Benjamin, 1849-1922. From the guide to the Park Benjamin letters and miscellany, 1841, 1847, 1848, 1877, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Editor and poet. From the description of Park Benjamin poem, 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450619 American editor and poet. From the description of To an old friend : autograph poem signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknow...

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...

Chickering, Thomas E., 1824-1871

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Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898

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Mary Cowden Clarke was a British author and actress and one of the first significant female Shakespearean editors. Her family were intimates of Keats, Dickens, Fielding, and the Lambs. Working with her husband, Charles Cowden Clarke, and on her own, she compiled an impressive body of work including the major Shakespearean concordance of her day. From the description of Mary Cowden Clarke letters and poem, 1872-1882. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848...

Prescott, George Harrison

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Adams, A.A.

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Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889

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Author. From the description of Letter of Cornelius Mathews, no year Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454393 American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Rufus W. Griswold, 1841 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270637257 From the description of Papers of Cornelius Mathews, 1841-1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136446 ...

Palmer, John Williamson, 1825-1906

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American author. From the description of Papers of John Williamson Palmer, 1856-1903. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31448315 ...

Lewis, Samuel, ?-1865

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Samuel Lewis owned the Fair Store, a dry goods business in Montpelier, Idaho. He sold it to his daughter, Lillie, when he and Flora Gesas moved to Chicago, Illinois. From the guide to the Fair Store records, 1923-1964, (Utah State University.) ...

Brig. Gen. R. A. Peirce

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Davis, Timothy, 1821-

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Clarke, F. W.

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Schouler, William, 1814-1872

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Adjutant General of Massachusetts during the Civil War. Also served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature. From the description of Letter, July 10, 1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54682238 Journalist, historian, and public official of Massachusetts. From the description of William Schouler correspondence, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 746490036 ...

Greenough, William W. (William Whitwell), -1899

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Merchant, politician. Trustee of the Boston Public Library, 1856-1899. From the description of Letters received, 1850-1892. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14707184 Written while Greenough (A. B. 1837) was a student at Harvard. From the description of Rudiments of a grammar of the Anglo-Saxon tongue ; A Moeso-Gothic grammar : manuscript, 1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612827421 Merchant and public official of Boston, Mass.; born ...

Woodman, Charles C.

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Parker, Francis J. (Francis Jewett), 1825-1909

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Loud, Samuel P

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Kimball, Moses, 1809-

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Davenport, John Marriott, 1809-1882

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Epithet: solicitor, sec to Bishop of Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00011a Epithet: of Add MS 34577 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000077 ...

Grover, Cuvier, 1828-1885,

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Rice, George Edward, 1822-1861

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J. B. Jacobs.

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