Autograph File, U, 1689-1943.

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Autograph File, U, 1689-1943.

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Abstract

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

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.5 boxes (.2 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384568

Houghton Library

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Frank T. Kauffman

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Mrs. Parson Plummer

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Boyd, George W. (George William), 1791-1895

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Robert du Pontavice de Heussey

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U. S. President, 1801-1809

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T.B. Aldrich Trustees

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Mary Cogswell

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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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John Henry Eaton, secretary of war.

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Cook, John E. (John Edwin), 1830-1859

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Brooks, Phillips

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Uhland, Ludwig, 1787-1862

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T. Russell.

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Edwin R. Fairchild

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Usher, James

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St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire).

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Upham, Nathaniel G. (Nathaniel Gookin), 1801-1869

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Charles Burbridge.

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Richard L. Freeman

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Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930

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Ulloa, Antonio de 1716-1795

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Upham, Thomas Cogswell, 1799-1872

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W. B. O. Field

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A. D. Sawyer

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Urquhart, Thomas

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Eliza Fenning's

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Deuchar

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U'ren, W S

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Joseph Uzanne.

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Amy Lowell Fund

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E. J. Wendell

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Upcott, William, 1779-1845

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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...

Francis Colliot

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Nebe, ...

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Dr. Harris Kennedy

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Kate T. Buss

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J. C. Calhoun

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Abel P. Upshur

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B. H. Nash.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Paddington Green [London], to J.T. Simes, 1838 Jul. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to David Roberts, 1848 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872389 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to A.E. Chalon, [n.d.], "Saturday morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270855706 Fro...

Union Club of Boston

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The Union Club of Boston was founded on April 9, 1863 at no. 8 Park Street in Cambridge, Mass. It was born as an offshoot of the Somerset Club which was having political divisions about the Lincoln Administration's handling of the Civil War. Membership to the Union Club (a social organization) required one acknowledged the sole legitimacy of the Federal Government. From the description of Union Club of Boston records, 1863-1976. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat r...

Diamond Frigate.

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Benjamin W. Kinsman as second lieutenant.

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E. Harris.

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Henshaw, Samuel

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No further information on Henshaw is available. He described the second Fort Knox built 3 miles north of Vincennes (Ind.), which existed 1803-1813. From the description of Account book/diary, 1810-1833. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41953538 ...

Autograph File, U, 1689-1943.

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