Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated
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Gould, Hannah Flagg, 1789-1865
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Gould was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and moved with her family to Newburyport in 1808. She started writing poetry in her 30s. Her first book of poetry was published in 1832; her second and third volumes appeared in 1836 and 1841. Some of her poems commemorate her father Benjamin Gould, who led the Massachusetts militia at the battle of Lexington. Her brother was Benjamin A. Gould, a Boston educator and author. From the description of Poems and correspondence, 1824-1851 and und...
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...
Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865
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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...
Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775
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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
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Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expatriate colony of prominent artists and sculptors, some of whom became part of her tempestuous private life. Cushman made her initial professional appearance at age eighteen on April 8, 1835 at Boston's Tremont Theatre. She then went to New Orleans where sh...
Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908
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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (October 9, 1830 – February 21, 1908) was a neoclassical sculptor, considered the most distinguished female sculptor in America during the 19th century. She is known as the first female professional sculptor. Among other technical innovations, she pioneered a process for turning limestone into marble. Hosmer once lived in an expatriate colony in Rome, befriending many prominent writers and artists. Harriet Hosmer was born on October 9, 1830 at Watertown, Massachusetts, ...
Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864
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George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New-York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831. Morris is credited with the longevity the Evening Mirror would enjoy and for giving it a wide scope, covering not only news and entertainment but reviews of the fine arts, editorials, and many original engravings. Morris al...
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871
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Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled. phoebe Cary was born on September 4, 1824, in Mount Healthy, Ohio near Cincinnati, and she and her sister Alice were raised on the Clovernook farm in what is now North College H...
Corcoran, William Wilson, 1798-1888
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Washington, D.C. banker and philanthropist. From the description of Note : to "Dear Madam", [18]81 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205349 From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Dr. James Laurie, Washington City, 1843 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205336 Banker and philanthropist, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1838-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405728 American banke...
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....
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...
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dalla...
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...
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.) ...
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) ...
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
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Sarah Josepha Hale, née Sarah Josepha Buell, (born Oct. 24, 1788, Newport, N.H., U.S.—died April 30, 1879, Philadelphia, Pa.), American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. Sarah Josepha Buell married David Hale in 1813, and with him she had five children. Left in financial straits by her husband’s death in 1822, she embarked on a literary career. Her poems were printed over the signature Cornelia in local journal...
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...
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866
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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...
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...
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine. In a public service career that spanned over 50 years, he served as the 15th vice president of the United States. The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865. He is considered among the most influential politicians to have come from Maine. A native of Paris, Maine (part of Massachusetts until 1820), Hamlin managed his father's farm before becoming a ne...
Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850
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Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was a politician and the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; he began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Johnson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1806 in the...
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...
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 ...
Frank
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Epithet: Rear-Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x00019d ...
Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1899
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Burleigh, Celia, 1825-1875
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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...
D. P. King?
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Thaddeus Hyatt
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George P. Stark?
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James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860
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British novelist. Note included states that James was "led to an appointment about 1850 as consul to Massachusetts, where the present story must have been written." From the description of Christian Lacy : tale of the Salem witchcraft, [ca. 1850]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29353551 English novelist and historian G. P. R. James wrote nearly a hundred novels, such as RICHELIEU (1825), THE GYPSY (1835), ATTILA (1837), and THE MYSTERIOUS CHEVALIER (1843), as w...
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 ...
Read, Harriet Denison.
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Orono, Maine.
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Kimball, Josiah F.
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Nott, Eliphalet, 1773-1866
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American divine and President of Union College. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1822 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609731 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Prof. Hassler, 1842 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610902 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Union College, 1827 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611418 President of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Fr...
Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858
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Eliza Leslie was born in Philadelphia, and spent part of her childhood in England. After returning to America, she became famous for her cookbooks, and her popular works on housekeeping and manners were well-regarded and widely used. She also wrote fiction and edited The Gift. Her writing was generally satiric, very clear, and remarkable for its detailed descriptions and support of American women. From the description of Eliza Leslie letter to Henry Peterson, 1850 July 5. (Pennsylvan...
Pearce, James Alfred, 1805-1862
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William Pearce, the ancestor of the family was granted the majority of present day Colchester lands in Kent county, Maryland, around 800 acre, in 1778. The farm was at first used for tobacco production and by the early 1700s William Pearce had switched to grains, vegetables and fruit production. Gideon Pearce, his descendant, was operating a ferry from the northern-most point of Colchester Farm across to the Cecil County. James Alfred Pearce, representative and senator, was the gran...
Abbott, Amos, 1786-1868
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Massachusetts congressman. From the guide to the Amos Abbott autographs, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
Snelling, William Joseph, 1804-1848
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Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859
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American author. From the description of Letters of Rufus Dawes [manuscript], 1827, 1856, 1857. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810933 ...
Blackmar, Esbon.
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Meade?
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King, Susan Petigru, 1824-1875
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Crowell, John, 1801-1883
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Slingerland, John I., 1804-1861
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Owen, John, 1806-1882
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Biographical or Historical Data. From the description of Papers, 1842-1876. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191290954 ...
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872
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Political scientist and author; born in Berlin, settled in U.S. 1827. From the description of ALsS : to George Mifflin Dallas, 1846. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365122 Political scientist and educator. From the description of Letter, 1865 July 28, New York, to Dr. C[harles?] D[aniel?] Drake, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806353 Francis Lieber: German American political phil...
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
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Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
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Choate practiced law Essex County, Mass. (1822-1834) and Boston (1834-1850) and served in the United States Senate (1841-1845). From the description of Papers, 1829-1869. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337959 Choate was an American lawyer and politician, U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1841-1845. From the description of Rufus Choate letter : to Joseph B. Boyer, [18--]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937076 ...
Hughes, John
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Epithet: Poet; of Add MS 33940 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x00000a John Hughes of Gaerwen, Anglesey was a Methodist. No further biographical information was available at time of compilation of description. From the guide to the John Hughes, Gaerwen Diaries, 1849-1868, (Bangor University) Epithet: head gardener at Blenheim Palace British Library Archives and Manuscrip...
Jn. Têh
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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
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Robert Toombs (1810-1885), lawyer, U.S. Senator (1844-1861), Confederate General, married Julia Ann DuBois, resided in Wilkes County, Georgia. From the description of Robert Toombs papers, 1837-1880 (bulk 1850-1866). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477000 Robert Toombs (1810-1885) lawyer, U.S. Senator (1844-1861), Confederate General, married Julia Ann DuBois, resided in Wilkes County, Georgia. From the description of Letters to Julia Ann DuBois Toombs, 1850-186...
Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884
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Mary E. Clemmer (1831-1884) was born and brought up in Utica, N.Y. After her marriage to Daniel Ames ended in divorce (1874), she began a career in journalism. She lived in Washington, D.C., and wrote a weekly column, "Woman's Letter from Washington" for the New York weekly, the Independent. She was also the author of seven books. For further biographical information see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Article, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat rec...
Espy, James P. (James Pollard), 1785-1860
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Educator and meterologist. From the description of James P. Espy letter, 1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009915 Washington, D.C. meteorologist. From the description of Papers, 1844. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36791109 American educator and meteorologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1857 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614574 Meteor...
Eastburn, Manton, 1807-1872
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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...
Rogers, John
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Epithet: of Sloane MS 875 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000da Epithet: formerly of St John's College, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000c9 Epithet: of Add MS 35729 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000d2 ...
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...
Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899
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American author, historian. From the description of Letter to John Adams Dix [manuscript], 1856 March 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814563 ...
Gallagher, William D. (William Davis), 1808-1894
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American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, to Lewis J. Cist, 1840 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567247 Gallagher was an author and critic. He served as editor of, The Cincinnati Mirror in 1831 and editor of, The Western Literary Journal in 1836. He also wrote poems for children. From the description of Our early days: holograph poem, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594360 ...
Vattemare, Alexandre, 1796-1864
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Founder of International exchanges. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to the Governor of Alabama [Reuben Chapman], 1848 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583350 French actor and ventriloquist who became an advocate for cultural exchange between the United States and France. Full name: Nicolas-Marie-Alexandre Vattemare. From the description of Alexandre Vattemare papers, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981263 ...
Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899
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Daughter of S.P. Chase. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cononchet, Narragansett, to Clinton Rice in Washington, 1870 Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574621 ...
Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1840-1904
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Clergyman, author. From the description of Papers of W.H.H. Murray, 1887-1889. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846011 W.H.H. Murray was born in Connecticut and educated at Yale. He was a pastor, lecturer, businessman, and author. From the description of W.H.H. Murray letter to Barnes, 1873. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52075136 Dealer in fresh meats in Libby, Mont. From the description of Lett...
Lippard, George, 1822-1854
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George Lippard founded the Brotherhood of the Union in 1844. From the description of Notebook. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122609680 George Lippard (1822-1854), novelist, essayist, lecturer, and founder of the Union of the Brotherhood, was born in West Nantmeal, Pa., and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. Lippard attended Classical Academy in Rhinebeck, N.Y., until he chose to give up his studies for a career as a writer on the staff of a Philadelphia ...
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....
Horace Mann
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Vance, Joseph, 1786-1852
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Governor of Ohio. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Franklinton [Ohio], to General John Stites Gano, 1815 Jun. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574066 ...
Durkee, Charles, 1805-1870
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Charles Durkee was born December 10, 1805, in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont. In 1836, he became one of the founders Kenosha, Wisconsin (originally called Southport). He served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1855 to 1861. He was a memeber of the 1861 Peace Commission. He was the governor of Utah in 1865-1869. He passed away on January 14, 1870, in Omaha, Nebraska. From the description of Charles Durkee correspondence, 1859-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368...
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
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Congressman, philanthropist, reformer. From the description of Letter, 1840 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379141 Gerrit Smith resided in Peterboro (N.H.?) at the time of these writings and was a strong supporter of emancipation and African American rights. Upon his death the African American citizens of Buffalo paid him a formal tribute. From the description of Letters and broadsides, 1868-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178334 ...
Sun-ta-jin
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Easton, J. H.
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Baker, E. K
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Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884
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William Henry Channing, Unitarian minister and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass. He was the editor of The western messenger, 1838-1839, spent time at Brook Farm, wrote a memoir of his uncle, William Ellery Channing (1848), and with Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Freeman Clarke, wrote a memoir of Margaret Fuller (1852). He later accepted positions as minister in several Unitarian churches in England. From the description of W.H. Channing letter to Dear Sir, 1852 Mar. 29. (Pennsylvani...
Zschokke, Heinrich, 1771-1848
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Author. From the description of Heinrich Zschokke correspondence, circa 1828-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014533 ...
Rice, Albert
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Winship, Michael.
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Baker, E. D.
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Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870
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Author, poet, and editor of South Carolina. From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1735-1987. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 766024802 South Carolina author. From the description of ALsS : Woodland, near Midway, S.C., to his publishers, Philadelphia, 1840-1843. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525116 Poet and author. From the description of William Gilmore Simms correspondence, 1842-...
Seaton, William Winston, 1785-1866
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Journalist, editor, mayor of Washington, D.C., 1840-1850. From the description of Letter : to "My good friend", [not after 1866] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22842661 From the description of Letter : to an unidentified recipient, 1849 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22777915 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Redwood Fisher, 1845 June 29 and [Nov. 29]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...
Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881
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Alexander Medina Harrison (1829-1881) was born in New Haven, Conn., and worked as an engineer for the U.S. Coast Survey. In 1875, while he was stationed in Plymouth, Mass., Harrison was instructed to gather information about the origins of the inscriptions on Dighton Rock, located near Taunton, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1875-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207142312 ...
Carleton, Will, 1845-1912
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Carleton was a Michigan poet. He was born on Oct. 21, 1845 in Hudson (Mich.), the son of John H. and Celestia Carleton. After graduating from Hillsdale College (1869), he became a newspaper reporter and, later, part owner of the newspaper. Carleton edited the Detroit Weekly Tribune. He founded and published Everywhere magazine, 1894-1912. Carleton was a poet and lecturer at Hillsdale College, 1887-1912. He published from 1871-1913. Carleton (Mich.), Carelton Highway, and Will Carleton Road West ...
Davis, John Wesley, 1799-1859
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John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859) was an American physician and Democratic politician, active in the mid-1800s. He is best known for serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the Oregon Territory, and as a four-time member of the Indiana state legislature. Davis was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1799, and later moved to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, with his parents. Davis graduated from Baltimore Medical College in 1821, ...
Loring, George B. (George Bailey), 1817-1891
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Goddard, Matilda.
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Dow, Jesse E. (Jesse Erskine), 1809-1850
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Woodman, Horatio, 1821-1879
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Melville
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Glover, John
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Epithet: of Warwick British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0003b9 Epithet: of Add MS 32908 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0003b7 Epithet: of Add MS 33057 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0003b...
King, Preston, 1806-1865
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U.S. senator and representative from New York. From the description of Letters of Preston King, 1836-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009945 Preston King, politician, was born October 11, 1806 in Ogdensburg, New York. He was educated in Ogdensburg and graduated from Union College in 1827. He passed the bar after a study of law in Silas Wright's office. In 1830 he established the St. Lawrence Republican. From 1831-1834 he served as postmaster in Ogdensburg at which tine...
Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881
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Charles Hudson (1795-1881) was born in Marlborough, Mass., and died in Lexington, Mass. He was ordained in 1821, and served as pastor of the First Universalist Church in Westminster, Mass., from 1824 to 1842. He later broke this affiliation and helped found the Massachusetts Society of Universal Restorationists. While still and active minister, Hudson held many political offices: Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1828-1833; Massachusetts Senate, 1833-1839; Whig member of Congress, 1841-184...
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867
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American author and poet, born and died in Guildford, Connecticut. After a youth spent in business in Connecticut, Halleck came to New York City and attracted attention with humorous articles he wrote for the New York Evening Post. In 1819 he published the first of several editions of his longest single poem, Fanny, a satire on current fashions, social climbings, and politics written in the stanza form and meter of Byron's Don Juan. Halleck's output was small and much of his best work was includ...
Tindleton, Jacqueline.
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Hill, Isaac, 1789-1851
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Governor of and U.S. senator from New Hampshire and publisher. From the description of Isaac Hill papers, 1829-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980684 Journalist, publisher, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, and member of President Andrew Jackson's "kitchen cabinet." From the description of Papers, 1811-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963781 ...
Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885
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Charles Wesley Slack (1825-1885) editor, publisher, and public servant, was the son of Ruggles and Sally Eaton Slack. He was born in Boston, Mass., on 21 February 1825, and died there on 11 April 1855. From the description of Papers, 1859. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 288061312 ...
Channing, William F. (William Francis), 1820-1901
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Allston, Washington, 1779-1843
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Allston was an American artist and author. From the description of Papers, 1815-1842. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122297604 From the guide to the Papers, 1815-1842., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American artist and poet. From the description of An indenture tripartite..., 1827 May 9. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 550545503 American writer and artist. From the description of L...
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864
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Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln's thinking toward the abolition of slavery. From the description of Account book of his law practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 77657856 Ohio s...
Tilton, Théodore 1835-1907
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Theodore Tilton (1835-1907) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, poet, and supporter of women's suffrage. He and his wife were parishioners of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Tilton worked as his assistant for eleven years, until 1874, when Tilton sued Beecher for adultery with Mrs. Tilton. The case received widespread public attention. Tilton subsequently moved to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. From the guide to the Theodore Tilton Correspondence, 1865-1894,...
Dawes, Richard, 1793-1867
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...
Duffy, Charles Gavan, Sir, 1816-1903
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1816-1903. Irish Nationalist, Australian statesman and man of letters. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225760577 Statesman and writer. Premier of Victoria, 1871-1872. From the description of Correspondence. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225757205 Irish patriot, Premier of Victoria, 1871-1872. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1896. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat ...
Nichol, J. P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859
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Epithet: Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0003c7 ...
Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842
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U.S. secretary of the navy and U.S. senator from and governor of New Jersey. From the description of Papers of Samuel L. Southard, 1809-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77961420 Secretary of the navy. From the description of Letter : from several correspondents, 1825 Jan. 17. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28996223 Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842) was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century. He served as a New Jersey Senator from...
Phelps, Charles A. (Charles Abner), 1820-1902
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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 ...
Force, Peter, 1790-1868
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American historian and mayor general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mayor's office, Washington, to James Greenleaf, esq., 1836 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524419 Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers and collection of Peter Force, 1170-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81049951 Archivist and historian. From the description of Receipt, 1853. (Historical Societ...
Somerby, Gustavus A. (Gustavus Adolphus), 1821-1879
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Whiffle, E. P.
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Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857
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George Washington Parke Custis was the son of John Parke Custis who was the stepson of George Washington. Custis' mother was Eleanor Calvert. He grew up at Mount Vernon in Virginia after the death of his father. He married Mary Lee Fitzhugh and lived at "Arlington." His daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis married Robert E. Lee. George Washington Parke Custis was a playwright and agricultural reformer....
Chapman, John G. (John Grant), 1798-1856
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Lawyer and U.S. Representative from Md. From the description of Papers, 1799-1900. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738534 ...
Roshwell, J.?
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Janvier, Francis De Haes, 1817-1885
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Francis De Haes Janvier, American poet; Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and editor. From the description of Letter to Sarah Josepha Hale [manuscript], 1857 June 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647845443 Francis De Haes Janvier was a Philadelphia businessman and poet. His poem "God save our President"(1857) was set to music by George Felix Benkert and performed at the inaugurations of Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Hayes. ...
Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861
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Governor of Massachusetts, 1844-51. From the description of Letter : Lanesboro, Mass., to an unidentified correspondent, 1835 Nov. 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29461777 George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) began to study law in 1813 and in 1818 was admitted to the bar. In 1824, he was elected town clerk of Lanesboro, Mass., and in 1826, was appointed chairman of the commissioners of highways of Berkshire County. In 1830, he was elected to Congress, where he served...
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...
Mathew, Theobald, 1790-1856
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Theobald Mathew, Irish Capuchin friar and temperance campaigner. From the description of Theobald Mathew manuscript material : 1 item, 1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 743075051 ...
Champagny, Jean-Baptiste Nompère de, duc de Cadore, 1756-1834.
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French statesman. From the description of Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore, papers, 1805-1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451828 ...
Niles, M. A. H. (Mark Antony Haskell)
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Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889
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Martin Farquhar Tupper was born in London, and a severe stutter ended his academic advancement and hopes for a career as a clergyman or lawyer. He turned to writing poetry, and his third book, Proverbial Philosophy, proved to be a best-seller in England and America. Tupper's output was stupendous, and among his works can be found ebullient verses on almost any early Victorian popular concern. Despite his early popularity among the middle-class Victorians, Tupper's only real value, as the Athenae...
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...
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Joseph Gales, Esq., 1830 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609817 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, 1797 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610680 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, possibly to Judge John Lowell, 1791 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609819 Otis's career included terms as a judge of ...
Joyce, Robert Dwyer, 1836-1883
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Poet and physician. Robert D. Joyce was born in Glenosheen, Co. Limerick in 1836. He earned his medical degree from Queens College, Dublin. In 1866, Joyce immigrated to the United States and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. He returned to Ireland in September 1883 and died in Dublin on October 24, 1883. From the description of Ballads, etc. : (new volume) : manuscript., [not after 1883] / Robert D. Joyce M.D. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 48547747 ...
Bellows, A. F. (Albert Fitch), 1829-1883
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American painter and etcher. Includes correspondence to Gordon Ford. From the guide to the Albert Fitch Bellows letters and miscellany, 1864, 1879, 1882, 1883, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
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Thomas Buchanan Read, American poet. From the description of Material relating to Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's ride," 1860-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81915003 From the description of Material relating to Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's ride," 1860-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164946 American poet, painter, and sculptor. From the description of Sheridan's ride : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1865 or...
Wallace, William Ross, 1819-1881
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American lawyer and poet. From the description of Papers of William Ross Wallace, 1863-1877. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49243553 ...
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...
Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871
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Journalist, Reformer. From the description of Letter, 1851 March 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629420 ...
Pendleton, John S. (John Strother), 1802-1868
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Reilly, Thomas Devin.
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Smith, Azariah.
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Headley, J. T., 1813-1897
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Author and historian. From the description of Letters of Joel Tyler Headley, 1848-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450839 Headley was an American author who wrote numerous books on the U.S. Civil War, as well as biographies and other histories. From the description of [Letters to General George H. Thomas, 1865] / J. T. Headley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231686175 American historian. From the description of Autograph letters s...
Decker, Charles
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Lowell, Charles, 1782-1861
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Charles Lowell (1782-1861) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1800. After studying law for a year he decided to pursue a career in ministry, and he traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied for the ministry until 1805. He then returned to the United States, and in 1806 was ordained as minister and pastor at the West Church in Boston . He married Harriet Spence in 1806, and the couple had six children, two of whom - Robert Trail Spence and James Russe...
Hagkill, D. H.?
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Cook, Joseph
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Russell, John, 1970-
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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Llandrinio British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001c5 Epithet: Assistant in the Charterhouse, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00019d Epithet: tea dealer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001cb ...
Canby, R. S.
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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...
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...
Hyatt, Thaddeus
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American engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington Jail, to John Pierpont, 1860 Mar. 28-1860 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269539543 Thaddeus Hyatt was born in Rahway, New Jersey on July 21, 1816. From the description of Thaddeus Hyatt papers [microform], 1843-1898. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 50208808 Thaddeus Hyatt: Manufacturer, inventor, s...
King, Daniel P. (Daniel Putnam), 1801-1850
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U.S. representative of Massachusetts and farmer. From the description of Letter of Daniel P. King, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009943 ...
Drew, John G., 1956-
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Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
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Charles Kean lived at No. 3, Torrington Square, W.C. 1, in 1853-56, according to The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (1983). From the description of Autograph letter signed from Ellen Kean, London, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1853-56? February 12. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694182220 English actress, born Ellen Tree. Married actor Charles Kean, son of Edmund Kean, and toured with his company. Fro...
Gitt, D. L.
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Hick, Amos?
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Manley, John R?
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Tuttle, Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick), 1815-1881
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Solyman Brown
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Strohm, John, 1793-1884
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Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
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American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...
Smith, Garrett, 1812-1892
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Hale, Artemas, 1783-1882
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Artemas Hale was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1783, the son of Moses Hale and his wife, Ruth Foster Hale. Despite receiving little formal education, he worked as a schoolteacher in Hingham, Massachusetts, between 1804 and 1814. Afterward, he moved to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he became involved in the manufacture of cotton gins. Hale had a sustained interest in politics, and served in the following legislative bodies as a member of the Whig Party: the Massachusetts H...
Grinnell, Joseph, 1788-1885
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Bull, Ole, 1810-1880
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Ole Bull was born in Bergen, Norway on February 5, 1810. From an early age he showed a rare talent for the violin, and he made his solo debut in 1819. He took lessons from students of Viotti and Baillot, and also learned much from traditional Norwegian fiddlers, an influence that contributed to his unique style. Bull was interested in the design and construction of violins and bows, and by using a flatter bridge and a rounded bow, he was able to produce unusual polyphonic effects. He made many E...
Sawyer, Warren.
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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. ...
Dudley, E. G?
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Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867
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American abolitionist. From the description of Letter : Boston, 1864 Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640145429 ...
Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
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Spinner was born in German Flats, New York. He worked in banking, then entered politics as a deputy sheriff. In 1834 he became a major-general in the New York state militia; from 1845 to 1849 he was auditor of the Port of New York. From 1855 to 1861 Spinner served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and was appointed as Treasurer of the United States in 1861, a post he resigned in 1875. From the description of Papers, 1890. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat...
Morehead, C. S. (Charles Slaughter), 1802-1868
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At the time the letter was written, Charles Morehead was a practicing attorney. He also served in the state legislature, became speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Whig candidate. He served as the governor of Kentucky from 1855 to 1859. From the description of Charles Morehead letter, 1843 June 28. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 42622539 Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and govern...
Sewall, H. W.
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Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1889.
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American novelist. Baptized Dorothy Emma Eliza Nevitt [sic]; married Frederick H. Southworth; wrote under the name of E.D.E.N. Southworth. From the description of ALS : Yonkers, N.Y., to an unidentified correspondent, 1887 Mar. 2. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540670 ...
Ujhari, Ladislaus?
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Whittier, M. F.
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Chih-ta-jin
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Newman, John M.
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Epithet: of Arundel MS 502 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0001d0 Epithet: of Stowe Ch 627 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0001d1 John Newman was a physician of Salisbury, N.C. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1797. From the guide to the A short account of the situation, soi...
Burnett, Jerome C., 1833-1891
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Trotter, Robert
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B , Joel.
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Kimball, J. F.
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James Johns.
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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 ...
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
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American reformer and linguist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to [Freeman H. Morse], 1869 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Springfield, Massachusetts, to Freeman H. Morse, 1854 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Britain, Connecticut, to the Rev. W.H. Ward, 1873 Jan. 04. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...
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...
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...
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...
Fung-jee
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Blair, John P., 1947-....
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Clay, H.
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Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
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English statesman. From the description of Printed letter signed : London, to Clinton G. Dawkins, H.M. Consul General at Trieste, 1849 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stanhope St., to Dr. Budd, 1837 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610835 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Foreign Office [London], to M. Arichini, 1834 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27060970...
Sargent, John T. (John Turner), 1808-1877
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Walker, Jason, 1975-
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Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860
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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00036d William E. Burton was born in London, where his father was a printer; he was interested in writing, publishing, and acting. In 1834 he moved to Philadelphia, where he founded and edited A Gentlemen's Magazine, a successful literary miscellany. Quarrels with co-editor Edgar Allan Poe led to Poe's being fired, and Burton sold the magazin...
Henshaw, Fred H.
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Hunt, Harriet H.
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Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852.
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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Horatio Greenough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450551 Journalist, anthologist, author. From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880477 From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold, ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035734 Greenough was a Boston sculptor influenced gre...
Ruth Parington
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Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891
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Barbara Bodichon (nee Leigh Smith) was born on 8 April 1827 at Whatlington, Sussex, sister of the Arctic explorer, Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913). She was educated privately and studied political economy, law and art at Bedford Square Ladies College, London, becoming a painter of some renown. After receiving an endowment from her father, she established her own progressive school in London, later known as the Portman Hall School. During the 1850s, she concentrated on the campaign ...
Foley, Margaret F., d. 1877.
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...
Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865
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Fredrika Bremer was an internationally-known Swedish writer and feminist. Her early domestic novels and travel writings were popular in Swedish and English, and her later novels, advocating the emancipation of women, influenced reforming legislation that advanced the status of women in Sweden. From the description of Fredrika Bremer letters, 1848-1859. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848570 Author. From the description of Fredrika...
Lyon, Caleb, 1822-1875
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Caleb Lyon (1821-1875), United States consul at Shanghai, 1847, assistant secretary of the California Constitutional Convention, 1849, New York State Assembly person, member of the United States Congress, territorial governor of Idaho, 1864-66. From the description of Autograph, 1865 Dec 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127744 Politician. Caleb Lyon was U.S. Consul to Shanghai, Congressman, Assistant Secretary of the Monterey Convention, 1849, a...
Putnam, Harvey, 1793-1855
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Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814
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Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
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Charles Mackay, Scots-born poet and writer. From the description of Charles Mackay manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1850's?] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726872907 Scottish poet. From the description of The primrose : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed : Boston, 1858 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609514 British journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Richard B...
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 ...
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864
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Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln's thinking toward the abolition of slavery. From the description of Account book of his law practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 77657856 Ohio s...
Eliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845
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Henry, J. A.
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Pendleton, Jacqueline S.
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Resident of Washington, D.C. From the description of Journal, ca. 1880s. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949737 ...
Barry, Charles A., 1830-1892
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Lee, William Raymond, 1807-1891
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Johnston, Thomas M
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Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
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Editor and author. From the description of Letters of Anne Newport Royall, circa 1824-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015463 American author and publisher. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Messrs. Green & Jarvis, 1828 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22842649 ...
Mario, Jessie White, 1832-1906
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Jessie White Mario (born May 9, 1832, Hampshire, England – died March 5, 1906, Florence, Italy) was an English (and naturalized Italian) writer and philanthropist. She is sometimes referred to as "Hurricane Jessie" in the Italian press. She was a nurse to General Giuseppe Garibaldi's soldiers in four wars; she researched living conditions in subterranean Naples and working conditions in Sicily's sulphur mines. She wrote copiously (in English and Italian) as both a journalist and a biographer....
Brigham, Jason A.?
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Nes, Henry, 1799-1850
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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...
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...
Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802
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Morgan was a frontiersman who prospered as a Virginia farmer. His military career began when he served as Captain of one of the two Virginia rifle companies, and led Arnold's march to Quebec (1775). He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1780, serving until July, 1781 when he retired to "Saratoga," his estate near Winchester, Va. He commanded militia troops during the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, and was elected to the Fifth Congress as a Federalist representing Virginia. From ...
Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890
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Priestly, J.
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George Arkman?
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J.T. Cognacq (Paris), photographer.
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Millan, W. H.?
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Koehler, S.R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900
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Author and curator. From the description of Papers of S. R. Koehler, 1868-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81305099 Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1837-1900) was a curator, editor, and art historian. Koehler was Curator of Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, honorary curator of prints of the Smithsonian, and editor of the American Art Review. From the description of Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, 1833-1904, bulk, 1870-1890. (Unknown)....
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
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American journalist and poet. From the description of Letter : to "My dear fellow," [18--] July 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28900949 Willis was a journalist and writer of plays, poems and short stories. From the description of Letter, to Maunsell B. (Maunsell Bradhurst) Field, 1854 March 31. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122493287 Nathaniel Parker Willis was one of the highest paid periodical writers of his day, a poet, ...
Burlingame, N.?
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Pierpont, John, 1785-1866,
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Unitarian clergyman, poet, and reformer. From the description of Papers of John Pierpont [manuscript], 1825-1885. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647953935 American poet. From the description of Passing away -- a dream : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1837 or later]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 560671584 John Pierpont was born in Connecticut in 1785; he graduated from Yale in 1804 and tried several professions before beco...
