Papers, 1836-1861.

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

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Dix was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire on July 24 1798, the son of Timothy Dix and Abigail Wilkins, and brother of composer Marion Dix Sullivan. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and joined the US Army as an ensign in May 1813, serving under his father until the latter's death a few months later. He attained the rank of captain in August 1825 and resigned from the Army in December 1828. In 1826, Dix married Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter of Congressman John J. Morgan, who g...

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891

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Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891), American historian known for his studies of the history of trans-Allegheny West. From 1854 to 1886, he served as director of The State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1886. From the description of Letters from Lyman C. Draper to Benson J. Lossing, 1855-1864. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 302021153 Lyman Copeland Draper was born in Lockport, New York on September 4, 1...

Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870

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American inventor and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Harper & Brothers, 1853 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531096 ...

Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865

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Clergyman and educator. From the description of Letter of Francis Wayland, 1835 December 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015490 Fourth president of Brown University (1827-1855), educator, Baptist clergyman. Wayland was a tutor at Union college from 1817 to 1821. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston, Mass., from 1821 to 1826. As president of Brown University, he made broad changes in the curriculm and introduced the analytic method...

Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

Jarvis, William, 1770-1859

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Diplomat and businessman. From the description of Papers of William Jarvis, 1803-1810. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423970 William Jarvis was born in 1770 in Boston, Mass. He became involved in the trading business and settled in Lisbon in 1802. From 1802-1811 he maintained a trading house there and served as U.S. charge d'affaires and consul to Portugal. He returned to the U.S. in 1811, settling in Weathersfield, Vt., where he bred and sold merino sheep whi...

Randall, Henry Stephens, 1811-1876

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Henry Stephens Randall (1811-1876), educator and historian, author of Life of Thomas Jefferson (1858). Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806-1881), newspaper editor, man of letters, and Virginia historian. From the description of Correspondence between Henry Stephens Randall and Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1856-1861. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228736119 Agriculturalist, educator, politician, and writer. Author of numerous books and articles...

Hall, James, 1811-1898

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Geologist and paleontologist who served several years as the state geologist of Iowa (1855-1858). He began his career as a geologist in New York in the 1830s and also served as the state geologist for Wisconsin (1857-1860). From the description of Geological report of Iowa, 1860. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 608305948 Hall was educated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. and studied under Amos Eaton. He worked on the New ...

Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900

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American educator. From the description of Papers, 1832-1900. (Trinity College Library). WorldCat record id: 50031643 American educator; first US Commissioner of Education 1867-1870. Includes material from Gordon Ford. From the guide to the Henry Barnard letters, 1853, 1856, 1881, 1884, 1888, 1889, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American educationalist; born Hartford, Conn., January 24, 1811; died Hartford, Con...

O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), 1797-1880

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Physician, historian and bibliographer. From the description of Papers of E. B. O'Callaghan, 1830-1879 (bulk 1845-1860). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131658 Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, historian, was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1797. He emigrated to Quebec in 1823 and was admitted to medical school in 1827. In 1834 O'Callaghan became the editor of "The Vindicator." He was elected a member of the assembly of Lower Canada, but moved to Albany, New York, after the insur...

Tucker, George, 1775-1861

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U.S. Congressman, U. Va. professor, author. From the description of Letters of George Tucker [manuscript] 1836, 1837. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934732 ...

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 ...

Tucker, Luther, 1802-1873

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Luther Tucker was born in Brandon, Vermont; he apprenticed to a printer in Middlebury, relocating with his employer to Palmyra, New York, in 1817. He travelled as a journeyman, and went into business as a printer on Long Island, and later Rochester, where he founded the Daily Advertiser. He also founded the first agricultural journal in the United States, The Genesee Farmer, and, later The Country Gentlemen, eventually merging the two with The Cultivator. He also owned a large farm near Rocheste...

Gaylord, Willis, 1792-1844

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N.Y. agricultural writer; cousin to the literary twins Willis Gaylord Clark and Lewis Gaylord Clark. From the description of Willis Gaylord letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1842 July 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 438101255 ...

Sprague, William Buell, 1795-1896.

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Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863

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