AUTOGRAPHS of American statesmen, authors, etc.; 1760-1855, viz. :-Israel Mauduit; 5 Apr. 1760, f. 1. John [Quincy] Adams [afterwards President]; Quincy, near Boston, 12 May, 1793; with seal, f. 2. Joseph Lathrop [Congegational Minister]; West Spring... 1760-1855

Griswold, Rufus Willmot, 1815-1857

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. He built a strong literary reputation, in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America. This anthology, the most comprehensive of its time, included what he deemed the best examples of American poetry. He produc...

Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882

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George Perkins Marsh was born in Woodstock, Vermont, educated at Dartmouth, and taught Greek and Latin in a local academy, then studied and practiced law. He was elected to the Vermont legislature, then to Congress in 1843, where he actively supported the Library of Congress and the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution. He was appointed Minister to Italy, 1861-1862. He was an active lecturer, and his book Man and Nature (1864) earns him credit today as the first environmentalist...

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

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...

Taylor, James Bayard

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Walsh, R. (Robert), 1772-1852

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Epithet: junior, LLD, US Consul in Paris British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000312 ...

Brooks, Charles R., 1946-

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Preacher and educator of Medford, Massachusetts. From the description of Charles Brooks papers, 1793-1870 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 658824763 ...

Taylor, John W.

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Epithet: of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000265 ...

Lathrop, Joseph, Congregational Minister

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Epithet: Congregational Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00020b ...

Fessenden, Thomas Green

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Mauduit, Israel

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000145 Epithet: of Add MS 24329 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000140 Epithet: of Add MS 35611 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000141 ...

Rush, Richard.

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Epithet: US diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002f4 ...

Hitchcock, Edward

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Epithet: Professor of Geology, etc., at Amherst College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000082 ...

Hall, Baynard Rust, Reverend

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x0001bb ...

Adams, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38307 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0000e4 Epithet: of Isleworth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0000e7 Epithet: quarryman, of Kilmallow, county Waterford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0000ea ...

Stevenson, Andrew J.

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Andrew Stevenson was born in 1822 at Moon Township, Allegheny county, Pa. He was a farmer, operating farms in Washington, Beaver and Allegheny Counties. From the description of Andrew Stevenson papers 1858-1910. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 46479709 Epithet: American Minister in London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x00025f ...

Worcester, Joseph E.

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Epithet: Lexicographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000259 ...