Letters. 1874-1910.

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Letters. 1874-1910.

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Sixteen A.L.S. (most from Dorset) to various correspondents including Besant, Carruthers (concerning orchids), Strang (concerning a portrait), Swinton, and Thompson (concerning electricity), 4 A. postcards S. (1889-1903) to various correspondents including Warming, Henry Howard, and Olaf Halvorsen (decrying Theosophy), 1 form letter completed and signed (1880), and 1 autograph signature.

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Warming, Eugenius, 1841-1924

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Swinton, John, 1829-1901

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John Swinton (1829-1901) was a journalist, social reformer, and crusader in the field of labor relations. He was born in Scotland and moved with his parents first to Canada and later to New York, N.Y. He was a journeyman printer, manager of the Lawrence, Kan., Republican, 1856-1857, and studied law and medicine before the Civil War. From 1860 to 1870 he was chief of the editorial staff of the New York Times, having been employed by Henry J. Raymond. He was later connected with the Sun, John Swin...

Carruthers, William

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Epithet: Keeper of Botany British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x00007e ...

Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916

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English physicist; author of works on electricity and magnetism, and on lives of scientists. Thompson had hoped to get enough subscriptions to print this work however it didn't materialize. There is a printed order form tipped in, saying the edition would be limited to 225 copies and printed by Ernest Enthoven at the Essex House Press. From the description of Albrecht Dürer's Geometry : manuscript translation of the 1538 edition of Underweysung der Mussung, ca. 1900. (Unknown). Worl...

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

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Wallace was a naturalist and collaborator with Darwin on the theory of evolution. From the description of Letter, 1895, January 16, Parkstone, Dorset, to Wallis Mansford, Esq. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 123275202 Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00011f British naturalist. From the description of Letters to E. D. Girdlestone : ALS, 18...

Dibner, Bern.

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Besant, Annie, 1847-1933

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Theosophist and political leader in India. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Crowther, 1888 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623129 Annie Wood Besant was born in London to Irish parents. An early marriage to a young clergyman ended in divorce, as Annie's increasing progressivism led to social activism. She renounced the Church, and became one of the most formidable and sought after writers and lecturers for such causes as the Freethink...

Strang, William, 1859-1921

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