Holland Collection of Literary Letters (MS 168) 1850-1880 1872-1878
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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...
Stanley, Henry Morton, 1841-1904
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Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as John Rowlands, also known by his Congolese byname Bula Matari, or Breaker of Rocks. Stanley was born on January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. He died on May 10, 1904, London, England. He was a British American explorer of central Africa, who became famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone and for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899....
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892
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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...
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....
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...
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...
Normbury, Mrs
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Hay, John, 1838-1905
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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...
Hay, John
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Epithet: Rear-Admiral 1851 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000236 Epithet: Rear-Admiral; CB 1837 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000237 Epithet: Jesuit; Rector of Pont-à-Mousson College, in Lorraine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902
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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...
Henry, James, 1798-1876
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Ripley, George, 1802-1880
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American editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Thomas Carlyle, 1835 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655148 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : "Office of the N.Y. Tribune," to the Reverend Dr. [William Buell] Sprague, 1858 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872170 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Rev. H.D. Mayo, 1862 Sept. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...
Lanier, Sidney
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Epithet: American poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000093 ...
Hueffer, Francis
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Tupper, Martin
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Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...
Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881
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Sidney Lanier was a noted Southern poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia, on Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe University and voluntarily fought for the Confederacy as a member of the 2nd Battalion Infantry (Georgia), and the Signal Corps. It is likely that Lanier contracted tuberculosis during his stay at at Union prison camp, and the complications from that disease would affect Lanier his entire life. After the war, Lanier worked as a tutor and headmaster at an academy in Alabama ...
Eastlake, Charles L. (Charles Locke), 1836-1906
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Field, Kate, 1838-1896
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Kate Field was an American journalist and lecturer, also dramatist, novelist, and actress. She was well-known in Europe, and was popular in English literary circles. Lively, eccentric, and highly intelligent, she edited Kate Field's Washington during the last five years of her life. From the description of Kate Field letters and photos, 1876-1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50163397 Actress, author, journalist, and lecturer. Fr...
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900
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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
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Distinguished historian James Anthony Froude was born at Dartington rectory, Devon, in 1818. He was the brother of William Froude (1810-1879), engineer and naval architect, and of Richard Hurrell Froude (1803-1836), divine. The younger Froude was educated at Westminster School from 1830, and then privately in the village of Merton. He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, from 1835, and graduated B.A. in 1842, and took his M.A. in 1843. After briefly writing on the life of St. Neot for the Lives of ...
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...
Habberton, John, 1842-1921
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Served in the Civil War, with New York's 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles, Co. K and M and the 13th Regiment Cavalry. From the description of The John Habberton papers, 1861-1921, bulk 1861-1865. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21139482 Author. From the description of Letter of John Habberton, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453664 ...
Bushnell, Louisa.
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Warren, Joseph, 1804-1881
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Cuyler, Theodore, 1819-1876
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Duffield, Samuel W.
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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895
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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...
Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882
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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Letters of Alexander H. Bullock, 1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452224 Massachusetts governor. From the description of Letter to Mr. [George William?] Curtis, 1867 September 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52883830 Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882) graduated from Amherst College in 1836 and remained loyal to the College, serving on the Board of Trustees for many years. He st...
Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897
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English poet and wood engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, to Mr. [Robert] Chester, 1864 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590411 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : [London], to J. Hogarth, printseller, Haymarket, 1854 June to Sept. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871329 English-American wood engraver and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to A. Johnston, 184...
Gough, John B.
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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934
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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...
Cuyler, Theodore, 1819-1876
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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886
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"Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1 Jan. 1830-6 July 1886), poet and man of letters, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and Emily McElhenny, members of families prominent in politics, law, and religion. Two of the elder Hayne's brothers were U.S. senators, one of whom, Robert Young Hayne, was Daniel Webster's redoubtable opponent in the debates on Nullification and young Hayne's guardian after yellow fever caused the early death of his fat...
Hardy, Thomas
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Epithet: of the I of Wight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000106 Epithet: Minister of Fowlis-Wester, county Perthshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000105 Epithet: radical politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x00010...
Gordon Cumming, C.F. (Constance Frederica), 1837-1924
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British author of travel literature. Beginning in 1875, she was governess for the family of the British governor of Fiji, Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon. From the description of Letters : to Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyll, 1876-1878. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32071202 Biography British author of travel literature. Beginning in 1875, she was governess for the family of the British governor of Fij...
Gordon-Cumming, C.
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Dana, Richard H., Jr. (Richard Henry)
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Whitney, Wm. Dwight.
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Stoddard, Elizabeth
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James, Henry, 1811-1882
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Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh James (1810-1882) were the parents of the novelist Henry James Jr., the philosopher William James, the diarist Alice James, Robertson James, and Garth Wilkinson James. From the guide to the Letters from Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James to various correspondents, 1827-1878., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James Sr. was an American philosophical theologian. He and his wife Mary Robertson Walsh J...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900
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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...
Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887
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American poet. From the description of Letter [manuscript], 1871, Albany, New York, to [James Ripley] Osgood. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823406 John Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 - 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known for his parable, "The Blindmen and the Elephant."He was mentioned several times in "The Penultimate Peril.", along with his most famous poem. He was described as an American humorist poet of the nineteenth cenury.Biographical Source:...
Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923
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Poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1922. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963863 Edna Dean Proctor was a 19th century American poet and short story writer. She was born in New Hampshire and lived in Framingham, Mass., and wrote patriotic verse and inspirational poetry, often on themes of social change. From the description of Edna Dean Proctor letter to Mr. Butterworth, 1894 Nov. 13. (Pennsylvania State University ...
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...
Alden Spooner
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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...
Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934
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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...
Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887
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American poet. From the description of Letter [manuscript], 1871, Albany, New York, to [James Ripley] Osgood. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823406 John Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 - 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known for his parable, "The Blindmen and the Elephant."He was mentioned several times in "The Penultimate Peril.", along with his most famous poem. He was described as an American humorist poet of the nineteenth cenury.Biographical Source:...
Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881
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Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894
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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...
Bryant, William Cullen
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William Cullen Bryant, from Woodburn, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) from 1902 to 1905. Bryant studied mechanical engineering, but did not complete a degree. He lived in Cauthorn Hall, the first residence hall for men at OAC constructed in 1892. Bryant was an educator and lawyer and served as superintendent of schools in Sherman County, Oregon, for 3 years. He was born in Nebraska in 1875 and died in Moro, Oregon, in 1931. From the description of William C. Bryant...
Ripley, George, -1490?
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Epithet: Canon of Bridlington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x00017d ...
Randolph, John, 1773-1833
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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...
Field, Kate
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Porter, Noah, 1811-1892
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Noah Porter: Congregational clergyman, educator, president of Yale College; B.A., Yale, 1831; studied at the Yale Divinity School with Nathaniel W. Taylor; ordained in 1836; from 1843-1846 pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts; president of Yale from 1871-1886. From the description of Noah Porter papers, 1781-1889 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169079 Congregational minister, metaphysician, author, and president of Yale. ...
Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1822-1907
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American clergyman and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (8) : West Springfield, Mass. and New York, to Messrs. Harper and Mr. Phayre, 1851 Jan. 26-1892 Jun. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533636 Epithet: Reverend; American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001b4 American clergyman and travel writer. From the description of Autograph ...
Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...
George M. Dunn
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Field, Mrs. Henry M.
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Boucicault, Dion, 1859-1929
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Whipple, Edwin Percy, 1819-1886
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American essayist and critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Boston, to Harper and Brothers, 1858 Mar. 5 and 18-1878 Apr. 1 and 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588778 Edwin Percy Whipple was an influential 19th century American literary critic and lecturer. A prolific reader, he worked at several disparate jobs while publishing critical essays in diverse periodicals. He gained the reputation as one of the most important young critics of his gener...
White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885
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American man of letters, author, critic. From the description of Papers of Richard Grant White, 1842-1884. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685639 Child was a professor of rhetoric and English at Harvard, best known for his compilation The English and Scottish popular ballads. Charles Eliot Norton was a scholar, professor of art history at Harvard, and a founder of "The Nation." Richard Grant White was a journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar. ...
Taylor, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1819-1887
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Benjamin F. Taylor was an American journalist, lecturer, and poet who lived his last six years in Cleveland, Ohio. His wife, Lucy E.L. Taylor, was a member of the Cleveland Board of Education during the early 1900s. From the description of Benjamin F. and Lucy E.L. Taylor papers, 1839-1927. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22355326 ...
Lowell, Robert, 1816-1891
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Protestant Episcopal clergyman and poet. From the description of Letters to the Rev. Julius Hammond Ward [manuscript], 1864-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812010 ...
Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886
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American temperance reformer; born in England. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, to [Horace Greeley?], 1869 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587396 Lecturer, reformer, and author. From the description of Papers of John B. Gough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450516 Noted British Amercian temperance lecturer and author. From the description of John B. Gough papers [manuscript], 1880-1883 (Unive...
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894
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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...
Warren, Joseph, 1804-1881
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Henry Tucker
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Miller, Joaquin
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Trafton, Adeline (Knox)
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Duffield, Samuel Willoughby, 1843-1887
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Clergyman and hymnologist. Full name: Samuel Augustus Willoughby Duffield. From the description of Poem of Samuel Willoughby Duffield, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009563 Samuel Duffield was a Presbyterian clergyman in Philadelphia and George F. Bensell was a Philadelphia painter. From the description of The Artist's Dream, 1867. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122364987 ...
Eastlake, Charles L. (Charles Locke), 1836-1906
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Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
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U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349 American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian. From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858 From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). ...
Mackenzie, R. Shelton (Robert Shelton), 1809-1880
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Irish author, editor of the Liverpool journal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Liverpool, to William D. Gallagher, editor of the Western Literary Journal, Cincinnati, 1836 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606344 American author. From the description of Papers of R. Shelton MacKenzie [manuscript], 1863 January 15 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814342 ...
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....
Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921
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United States Secretary of the Navy under President Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Charles J. Bonaparte letter, 1905. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 265034455 Lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy. From the description of Charles J. Bonaparte papers, 1760-1921 (bulk 1874-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83459229 Biographical Note ...
Pomeroy, Rachel
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Resident of Maine; name also found: Rachel Pomroy. From the description of Scrapbook, [ca. 1868]. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976868 ...
Smith, Gerrit, 1859-1912
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Mackenzie, R. Shelton (Robert Shelton), 1809-1880
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Irish author, editor of the Liverpool journal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Liverpool, to William D. Gallagher, editor of the Western Literary Journal, Cincinnati, 1836 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606344 American author. From the description of Papers of R. Shelton MacKenzie [manuscript], 1863 January 15 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814342 ...
Hayne, Paul
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Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894
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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...
Burritt, Elihu
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Epithet: American reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000359 Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x00025f ...
Smith, Roswell
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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...
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...
Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
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Professor of Greek. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1884 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864416 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1878 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864411 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to W.A. Knight, 1893 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864440 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], t...
Lowell, Robert T. S.
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Taylor, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1819-1887
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Benjamin F. Taylor was an American journalist, lecturer, and poet who lived his last six years in Cleveland, Ohio. His wife, Lucy E.L. Taylor, was a member of the Cleveland Board of Education during the early 1900s. From the description of Benjamin F. and Lucy E.L. Taylor papers, 1839-1927. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22355326 ...
Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882
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Unitarian minister; President, United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. From the description of Henry W. Bellows letters, 1861-1863. (Columbia University in the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 62754818 New York City resident and Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1844. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526778 Henry Whitney Bellows (1814-1882) was born in Boston and received a B.A. from Harvard Colleg...
Auerbach, Berthold
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Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897
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Scottish novelist and historial writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor, to Mr. Grove, 1877 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611471 Margaret Oliphant was born in Scotland, and published her first novel at age twenty-one. After the death of her husband, she took to writing to support her young family, and showed remarkable industry, ultimately publishing more than one hundred books and more than two hundred articles, chiefly in Blackwood's E...
Parton, James, 1822-1891
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English-American writer. From the description of Papers of James Parton [manuscript] 1860-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934391 Author. From the description of Letter of James Parton, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454871 Parton was an American biographer. His The life of Horace Greeley : editor of "The New-York tribune", from his birth to the present time was published in 1872 and his Life of Voltaire was published in 188...
Trafton, Adeline, b. 1845.
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Hall, G. Stanley (Granville Stanley), 1844-1924
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Psychologist and educator. From the description of G. Stanley Hall correspondence, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984299 Professor of psychologyat Clark University. From the description of Collected papers / G. Stanley Hall. (Clark University). WorldCat record id: 192074947 President of Clark University, Worcester, MA. From the description of Papers / G. Stanley Hall. (Clark University). WorldCat record id: 497070511 From the...
Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889
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German music critic of The Times. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 72 Elsham Road, Kensington, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1883 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125500 Francis Hueffer was an author and music critic. Born in Germany, he was educated throughout Europe, and settled in England just before the Franco-Prussian War. He wrote for and edited several publications, becoming increasingly influential. Hueffer was inspired by Schopenhauer...
Blood, Henry Ames, 1838-1901?
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Poet and Shakespearian scholar. From the description of Letter to Mary R. Silsby, 1891 July 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49564521 ...
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...
Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d51354 (person)
Professor of Greek. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1884 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864416 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1878 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864411 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to W.A. Knight, 1893 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864440 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], t...
Linton, Wm. J.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
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English novelist. From the description of [Letter and photographs] / Thomas Hardy. [between 1891 and 1920?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231686025 English poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, [1912 Apr. 23?], Max Gate, Dorchester [Dorsetshire, England], to [Edward] Clodd, [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364250 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English author. From the description of Tribute to Thoma...
Habberton, John, 1842-1921
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Served in the Civil War, with New York's 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles, Co. K and M and the 13th Regiment Cavalry. From the description of The John Habberton papers, 1861-1921, bulk 1861-1865. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21139482 Author. From the description of Letter of John Habberton, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453664 ...
Davis, Rebecca Harding
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Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
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Horace Bushnell was born in Bantam, Connecticut on April 14, 1802. He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1827; M.A., 1830; B.D., 1833), and received degrees from Wesleyan University (D.D., 1842), Harvard (S.T.D., 1852) and Yale (LL.D., 1871). He served as pastor of North Church, Hartford, CT from 1833-1859. He was the author of "God in Christ" (1849) and "Christ in Theology" (1851), as well as other works uncongenial to the orthodox theology of his times. From the description of Horace Bush...
Whitman, Walt
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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), noted American poet, essayist, and journalist, was author of Leaves of Grass in which the poem "Spirit that Form'd this Scene" appears beginning in 1881. Writing in 1902, Oscar Lovell Triggs notes that Leaves of Grass developed over time, beginning with its first appearance in 1855 (see Oscar Lovell Triggs, "The Growth of "Leaves of Grass," The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman (1902), 101-21). Triggs notes that the poems of every edition were written on th...
Field, Cyrus W.
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Epithet: projector of the Atlantic cable British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001ae ...
Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914
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Townsend was a famous Civil War correspondent who wrote under the pen name "Gath," and who later constructed an elaboraate country estate at Gathland or Gapland at Crampton's Gap in South Mountain northwest of Washington. This was the site of a battle that marked the beginning of the Antietam campaign. In 1896, Townsend built the Army Correspondents' Memorial arch on his property to commemorate the service of Civil War correspondents. The site is now a park. From the description of A...
Lewis, Tayler, 1802-1877
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American Orientialist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Schenectady, to Harper & Brothers, 1855 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591213 ...
Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895
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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...
Bowles, Samuel
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Epithet: Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00001a ...
Parton, James, 1912-
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Parton (1912-2001) was a journalist, editor, and publisher. He was publisher of American Heritage magazine (1953-1970). From the description of James Parton papers, 1914-1986. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375559 James Parton is a journalist, editor, and publisher. He was publisher of American Heritage magazine (1953-1970). From the description of Additional papers, 1896-1991. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612679773 Parton earn...
Porter, Noah
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Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881
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Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...
Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898
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American lawyer, politician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : New York, to Joseph Wesley Harper, Jr., 1856 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506321 American politician and journalist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York, New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1876 Sept. 5-1877 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506742 Mayor of New York and author. From the descri...
Blood, Henry Ames, 1838-1901?
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Poet and Shakespearian scholar. From the description of Letter to Mary R. Silsby, 1891 July 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49564521 ...
Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878
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Bowles was an American journalist and publisher. From the description of Letter, a portrait, and newspaper clippings, 1872-ca. 1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80880580 Samuel Bowles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1826. He was the editor of the daily edition of the Springfield Republican from 1844 to 1878. Noted for his willingness to comment on matters of political corruption, he was the subject of a libel suit. Bowles was involved with the Liber...
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910
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American novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Philadelphia, to Harper & Brothers, 1878 Mar. 20 and [no year] Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532807 American author. From the description of Papers of Rebecca Harding Davis, 1872-1883. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136436 Rebecca Harding Davis was a novelist. Her husband was Lucius Clarke Davis, who worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer and was late...
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...
MacDonald, George
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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000212 Epithet: of Hastings British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0002f1 ...
Strahan, Archibald
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Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922
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Author, diplomat. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1878-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823870 From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript] 1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647949629 Virginia author; U.S. ambassador to Italy. From the description of Papers of Thomas Nelson Page [manuscript], 1889-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813209 ...
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913
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Joaquin Miller, born Cincinnatus Heine Miller and known as the "poet of the Sierras," was a Calif. poet and playwright. Beginning in 1886, he built and lived in a home on his estate, "The Hights"[sic], in the hills above Oakland. From the description of Joaquin Miller letter : Dimond, Calif., to Mr. Stone: ALS 1905 May 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558852 Born Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller on September 8, 1837, near Liberty, Indiana. In 18...
Bellows, Henry W.
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Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902
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American writer of novels, stories, and poems. From the description of Letter : to [Henry Chandler] Bowen, [1889?] Sept. 27. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530496 American author of novels and poems; wife of Richard Henry Stoddard. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Stoddard, 1895 December 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685636 From the description of Pa...
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
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Distinguished historian James Anthony Froude was born at Dartington rectory, Devon, in 1818. He was the brother of William Froude (1810-1879), engineer and naval architect, and of Richard Hurrell Froude (1803-1836), divine. The younger Froude was educated at Westminster School from 1830, and then privately in the village of Merton. He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, from 1835, and graduated B.A. in 1842, and took his M.A. in 1843. After briefly writing on the life of St. Neot for the Lives of ...
Warman, Cy, 1855-1914
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Cy Warman, 1855-1914, b. Greenup, Ill., educated in the common schools. Worked on the railroad in Colorado from 1880 until his health declined, then, in 1888, went into journalism in Denver and wrote and published verses inspired by the railroads and the Colorado mountains. Had great success with a book of songs, in particular "Sweet Marie." Warman produced many articles, stories and novels about railroads and the West as well as a history of American railroads. John San...
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...
Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923
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Poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1922. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963863 Edna Dean Proctor was a 19th century American poet and short story writer. She was born in New Hampshire and lived in Framingham, Mass., and wrote patriotic verse and inspirational poetry, often on themes of social change. From the description of Edna Dean Proctor letter to Mr. Butterworth, 1894 Nov. 13. (Pennsylvania State University ...
Stedman, Edmund C.
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Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898
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American lawyer, politician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : New York, to Joseph Wesley Harper, Jr., 1856 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506321 American politician and journalist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York, New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1876 Sept. 5-1877 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506742 Mayor of New York and author. From the descri...
Freiligrath, Ferdinand
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Epithet: German poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x00035d ...
Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921
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United States Secretary of the Navy under President Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Charles J. Bonaparte letter, 1905. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 265034455 Lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy. From the description of Charles J. Bonaparte papers, 1760-1921 (bulk 1874-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83459229 Biographical Note ...
Holland, Harrison
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Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882
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Auerbach, German novelist. Charles W. Eliot, C.C. Felton, and Edward Everett, Presidents of Harvard College. From the description of Letters, 1847-1872. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41417354 Author, 1812-1882 From the guide to the Berthold Auerbach Collection, circa 1844-1992, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...
Lewis, Tayler
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Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914
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Townsend was a famous Civil War correspondent who wrote under the pen name "Gath," and who later constructed an elaboraate country estate at Gathland or Gapland at Crampton's Gap in South Mountain northwest of Washington. This was the site of a battle that marked the beginning of the Antietam campaign. In 1896, Townsend built the Army Correspondents' Memorial arch on his property to commemorate the service of Civil War correspondents. The site is now a park. From the description of A...
Oliphant, M. O. W. Mrs.
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Warman, Cy, 1855-1914
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Cy Warman, 1855-1914, b. Greenup, Ill., educated in the common schools. Worked on the railroad in Colorado from 1880 until his health declined, then, in 1888, went into journalism in Denver and wrote and published verses inspired by the railroads and the Colorado mountains. Had great success with a book of songs, in particular "Sweet Marie." Warman produced many articles, stories and novels about railroads and the West as well as a history of American railroads. John San...
Booth, Mary L.
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Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
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U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349 American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian. From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858 From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). ...
Freiligrath, Ferdinand, 1810-1876
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German poet and revolutionary. From the description of Letters, to Karl Heinzen, 1845-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367510 Ferdinand Freiligrath was a popular and important 19th century German poet. His evolution from early lyrical poems to mature, politically aware works mirrors Germany's literary transition from Romanticism to social concern. Freiligrath was also a significant translator of English works into German. From the description...
Bullock, Alexander.
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Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
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Horace Bushnell was born in Bantam, Connecticut on April 14, 1802. He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1827; M.A., 1830; B.D., 1833), and received degrees from Wesleyan University (D.D., 1842), Harvard (S.T.D., 1852) and Yale (LL.D., 1871). He served as pastor of North Church, Hartford, CT from 1833-1859. He was the author of "God in Christ" (1849) and "Christ in Theology" (1851), as well as other works uncongenial to the orthodox theology of his times. From the description of Horace Bush...
Macdonald, George, 1824-1905
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MacDonald was British poet and novelist. From the guide to the George MacDonald papers, ca. 1851-1905., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) MacDonald was a British poet and novelist. From the description of George MacDonald papers, ca. 1851-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373115 This Scottish children's author and novelist was the son of a weaver who attended Aberdeen University before training as a Congrega...
White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885
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American man of letters, author, critic. From the description of Papers of Richard Grant White, 1842-1884. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685639 Child was a professor of rhetoric and English at Harvard, best known for his compilation The English and Scottish popular ballads. Charles Eliot Norton was a scholar, professor of art history at Harvard, and a founder of "The Nation." Richard Grant White was a journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar. ...
Smith, Gerritt
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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902
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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...
Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1822-1907
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American clergyman and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (8) : West Springfield, Mass. and New York, to Messrs. Harper and Mr. Phayre, 1851 Jan. 26-1892 Jun. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533636 Epithet: Reverend; American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001b4 American clergyman and travel writer. From the description of Autograph ...
Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise), 1831-1889
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Author, translator, editor. From the description of Letters of Mary Louise Booth, 1884-1886. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50390642 ...
Randolph, John, 1908-
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John Randolph of Roanoke was born 2 June 1773 in Prince George County, Virginia, and settled in Charlotte County, Virginia. A member of the prominent Randolph family, he was cousins with Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. Randolph served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1813, 1815 to 1817, 1819 to 1825, 1827 to 1829, and 1833, and in the United States Senate from 1825 to 1827. Randolph was an adherent of states' rights and the strict construction of the federal Constit...