Papers of the Cabot family, 1786-2013

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favorabl...

Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888

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Caroline Sturgis Tappan was a Transcendentalist poet and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. Together with her sister Ellen Sturgis Hooper, she contributed verse to the Transcendentalist literary magazine, The Dial. ...

Dwight, Edmund, 1824-1900

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Edmund Dwight (1824-1900) married Ellen Randolph Coolidge, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, in 1855. They had no children....

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

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 ...

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) ...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Ida A. Higginson

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Thomas G. Cary

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California pioneer who later returned to Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Thomas G. Cary papers, 1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130983 ...

W. Sohier.

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Ned Lee

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Emerson, Edward, Mrs.

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Robert A. Boit

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John B. Cabot

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Cabot, Richard

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Cabot, Philip, 1872-1941

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Philip Cabot began lecturing in public utility management in 1924 and became Professor of Utility Management in 1927. In 1935 he changed focus and became Professor of Business Administration. Reflecting his concern with the social contract between workers and employers, he organized the Business Executive Discussion Group in 1935. In 1941, this forum became the New England Conference on National Defense, with membership restricted to leaders of small New England businesses. Cabot organized and r...

Lizzie (Mrs. Henry Lee)

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Hugh Mercer

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Mary E. Parkman

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Frank Hubbard

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Richard Clarke.

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Lee, Francis, 1944 November 13-

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x00024c Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000251 Epithet: of Add MS 41369 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000250 ...

Elizabeth Perkins Cabot

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Cabot, Walter

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Jane Carlyle

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Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854

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Sally Cabot

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Ellen Twisleton.

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Quincy, Ellen

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Louise Cabot.

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Sarah Cabot.

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Forbes, Edith, 1954-

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E. P. Cabot

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Wasson, David Atwood 1828-1887

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Cabot, Eliza Perkins, 1791-1885.

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Lee, Frank, 1980-

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Georgia B. Gierasch.

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Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952

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Winship graduated from Harvard in 1893 and taught history of printing and served as librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Parker Winship, 1899-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973222 Winship (A.B. 1893) was the first Librarian of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection. From the description of Bibliographical notes, compositions, and other papers, [19--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868810 ...

Mary A. Cabot.

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Brensing, Arthur

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Mary Lee Hale

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Cabot, Mary Anderson Boit, -1936.

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Cabot, Samuel, 1784-

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Ampersand Camp.

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Harry, Bryan

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Dwight, Mary E., 1895-1987

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Mary E. Dwight lived in Boston, Mass. From the description of Letter, 1844. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009113 Mary E. “May” Dwight was born in Spokane in 1895, a daughter of Spokane real estate investor, Daniel Dwight. She attended Washington State College and the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. She spent most of her life writing short stories and poetry, painting, and caring for her aged father. Her poems and short stories were published in local literary...

Holman, Sam

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Walter C. Cabot

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Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912

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Epithet: social reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000065 English activist for housing reform for the poor and advocate for preservation of open spaces, places of natural beauty and historic sites. From the description of Octavia Hill autographed letters : to Mrs. Tebb, 1890-1894. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 9626652 English philanthropist. ...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

S. G. Ward

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O. W. Holmes.

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Cabot, Elizabeth Dwight, -1901

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Sam. A. Eliot

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Ethel Cabot.

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Henry Lee, Jr.

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Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903

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Son of Samuel Cabot, Jr., brother of Edward Clarke Cabot. Graduated Harvard Law School, 1845. Practiced law with Francis E. Parker, 1847. Accompanied Agassiz on his tour of Lake Superior region in 1848 and upon his return published a narrative journal of the expedition. Worked as architect with E.C. Cabot, 1849-58 and 1862-65. Assisted Emerson in preparing for press his Letters and social aims. Trustee (1857-1885, 1899-1902) and vice-president (1886-1898) of the Boston Athenaeum. Fro...

HUGH CABOT FAMILY

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A. C. L. Mills

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Mary G. Loring

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Stephens, Clare

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Cabot, Hugh, 1905-1967

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Perkins, Burling & Co.

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Cabot, Elliot

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Cary, Mary

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Eliza L. C. (Mrs. Eliza Follen)

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Jno. Thompson Gray

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J. R. Lowell

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M. H. L. Cabot.

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Lyman, Arthur

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W. Goddard.

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Anna C. L. Mills

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Boit family.

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Cabot, Stephen

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J. F. Heath

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Simeon Elliot

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Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901

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Shaw, Coolidge

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John Stephens

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I. W. Clarke

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Norton, Charles E.

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Mary H. Dwight

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Emerson, Ellen Tucker

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A. S. Richard Cabot

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John J. Chapman

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Harvard

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Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

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Unitarian minister and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1850 Nov. 5, Boston, to Charles Mason. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925855 Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister, social reformer, and publicist, was born in Lexington, Mass., a grandson of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) of Revolutionary fame. Parker graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836, became minister of West Roxbury, and proceeded to develop his theological and social ...

T. H. Perkins

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Cabot, Richard C.

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Elizabeth Cabot Lee

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Shaw, Joseph Coolidge, 1821-1851

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Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 22, 1821, to Robert G. Shaw, a Boston merchant, and his wife Elizabeth (Parkman) Shaw. Raised a Unitarian, he entered Harvard College in 1836 and studied languages, before graduating in the class of 1840. Following graduation, Shaw spent time furthering his education in Europe and, on a trip to Rome, met Frederick William Faber. Faber was part of the Oxford movement which sought to renew the Church of England through a revival...

Edward Twisleton Cabot

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John Francis Heath.

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Frank E. Cabot

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Sarah Startin.

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Kate (Mrs. Frank H. Storer)

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Eliot, Charles W.

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Georgia Mercer

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C. A. Bartol.

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Cabot, Louis

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Elizabeth Eliot.

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Henry James senior

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Mary Parkman.

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Ellen Vaughan

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Ruth Cabot

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Edith Emerson Forbes

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Mary Perkins.

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Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884

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Eliza Susan Quincy (1798-1884) was the daughter of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), congressman, Massachusetts state senator, and president of Harvard University. Her great-grandfather was Colonel Josiah Quincy (1710-1784). His fortune was increased when the merchant vessel Bethell, of which he was part owner, captured a Spanish treasure ship. In 1770, he built a large house in that part of Braintree, Massachusetts, which later became Quincy. Eliza Susan and her sisters Abigail Phillips (1803-1893) an...

Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903

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Son of Samuel Cabot, Jr., brother of Edward Clarke Cabot. Graduated Harvard Law School, 1845. Practiced law with Francis E. Parker, 1847. Accompanied Agassiz on his tour of Lake Superior region in 1848 and upon his return published a narrative journal of the expedition. Worked as architect with E.C. Cabot, 1849-58 and 1862-65. Assisted Emerson in preparing for press his Letters and social aims. Trustee (1857-1885, 1899-1902) and vice-president (1886-1898) of the Boston Athenaeum. Fro...

Museum of Fine Arts

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Twisleton, Edward

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Cabot, Ella Lyman

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Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886

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Edward Tuckerman was a botanist who specialized in lichen of North America. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_622_pid_EACP619 Tuckerman, eldest son of Edward Tuckerman, a Boston merchant, and Sophia (May) Tuckerman, was born in Boston in 1817. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Union College in 1837 and 1844 respectively and his L.L.B. and A.B. from Harvard University in 1839 and 1847 respectively. Tuckerman married Sarah Eliza S...