Edward Everett Letters, . 1830-1862

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Edward Everett Letters, . 1830-1862

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Edward Everett (1794-1865) of Massachusetts was a Unitarian minister; professor of Greek at Harvard University; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1825-1835; governor of Massachusetts, 1836-1840; United States minister to Great Britain, 1841-1845; president of Harvard, 1846-1849; United States secretary of state, 1852-1853; and United States senator, 1853-1854. The collection includes letters from Everett to various persons concerning speaking engagements, articles, and other matters and two photographs of Everett.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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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...