Papers, 1838-1900.

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Papers, 1838-1900.

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Diaries and miscellaneous papers of Boston merchant William Gray Brooks. Diaries cover the years 1838 to 1877, with several gaps. Brooks commented on a wide variety of topics, including local and national politics, civic affairs, religion, the progress of the Civil War, the assassination of Lincoln, the Boston fire of 1872, his family, and the weather. Brooks was the father of Phillips Brooks, a bishop of the Episcopal Church. Also included is a memo commenting on the career of John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston.

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Brooks, William H. (William Hathorne), 1805-1877

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Phillips, John, 1770-1823

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John Phillips of Islington, England, proclaimed his son Daniel Shiloh Judah St. George Rex Phillips, born on Dec. 17, 1822, a prophet and the promised Shiloh. He collected the items in this catalog to support that theory. From the description of Catalogue of mystic books : manuscript, 1823-1826. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612821452 ...

Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893

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Brooks was an Episcopal clergyman. He was rector of Trinity Church, Boston (1868-1893) and bishop of Massachusetts (1891-1893). From the description of Sermons and lectures, 1858-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81069474 From the description of Correspondence and compositions, 1831-1901 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390105 From the description of Papers, 1832-1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575025 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...