Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1822.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1822.

Emerson's letters (May 11 and Nov. 12) to John B. Hill, a friend and former classmate at Garrison Forest Academy, Baltimore, Md., discussing books, Boston politics, the election of Daniel Webster as U.S. congressman from Massachusetts, and mutual acquaintances, including professors.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6684171

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Hill, J. Ben (John Ben), 1879-1961

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