Correspondence, 1847-1900.

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Correspondence, 1847-1900.

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Outgoing letters, largely photocopies or transcripts, and original incoming letters concerning travels in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Central America; artistic concerns and development; land and money matters; building of his home at Olana; accounts from his farm; and family news; correspondents include artists Thomas G. Appleton, Charles D. W. Brownell, Erastus Dow Palmer, and J. W. Rowse, and his parents Joseph and Eliza Church, his sisters Elizabeth and Charlotte Church, his son Frederic Joseph Church, Charles Dudley Warner, A.C. Goodman, Miles W. Graves, John McClure, and Dr. G. Sabine. Miscellaneous correspondence includes letters of introduction for Church to use in traveling in Latin America and Europe, 1852-1880; letter from William Wright written in Damascus while buying Persian rugs for Church, 1869; and copies of letters by Thomas Cole and Samuel Clemens mentioning Church and his painting.

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Goodman, A. C.

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Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848

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Church, Frederick Joseph, 1866-1914.

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Son of Frederic Edwin Church, businessman. From the description of Papers, 1885-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155492758 ...

Graves, Miles W.

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Church, Joseph, 1793-1876.

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Appleton, Thomas Gold, 1812-1884

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Brownell, Charles D. W.

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Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...

Church, Charlotte Eliza, 1832-1867.

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Sister of Frederic Edwin Church. From the description of Letters, 1864-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155492661 ...

McClure, John, 1949-

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Church, Eliza Janes

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Rowse, J. W.

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Church, Elizabeth M., 1824-1886.

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Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900

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Wright, W. D. (William David), 1906-

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