Papers, [ca. 1850-1873]

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Papers, [ca. 1850-1873]

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Genealogical notes, charts, clippings, correspondence, and printed material, mid to late 19th century, produced by Holton's research on the Parsons family. Also, a notebook/scrapbook containing correspondence, clippings, speeches, articles, diary and other writings, flyers, and printed material, ca. 1850s-1870s. Material reflects Holton's career as a medical student in Paris; his duties as Secretary of the American Medical Society in Paris; his involvement with the "Institute of Reward" (a plan to provide aid for orphans of "soldiers and patriots," ca. 1861-1862); his membership in the Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Jews; his plan for a "system of city railroads" in Paris and other cities in France (contained in an 1856 letter addressed to "The Emperor"); and personal and miscellaneous matters. Of particular note is a letter, 1873, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to John Greenleaf Whittier in which Longfellow refuses Whittier's request that he write an occasional poem (for an unspecified occasion).

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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American Medical Society (Paris, France)

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David-Parsons Holton, M.D., was a founding member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. His wife, Frances K. Holton, was the first female member of the Society. From the guide to the Robbins family genealogical research papers, 1880-1956, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) David-Parsons Holton, M.D., was a founding member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. His wife, Frances K. Holton, was the first female me...

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