Papers, 1830-1876.

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Papers, 1830-1876.

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Consists of 14 letters by Gardiner, chiefly to various family members; and 40 letters to Gardiner, including 30 letters from George Ticknor relating chiefly to his work on a biography of the historian William Hickling Prescott. Gardiner was a close friend of Prescott's and executor of his estate.

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Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

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 ...

Gardiner, William Howard, 1797-1882

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William Howard Gardiner received his A.B. from Harvard in 1816 and studied at Harvard Law School. From the description of Themes and other college manuscripts, ca. 1808-1816. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236231569 Gardiner was born in Boston and graduated Harvard College in 1816 and studied at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Suffolk County bar on 11 October 1819 and practiced law in Boston. He married a daughter of Col. Thomas Handasyd Perkins of Bost...