Papers II, 1778-1933, bulk: 1811-1900.

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Papers II, 1778-1933, bulk: 1811-1900.

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Correspondence of the Thomas Greaves Cary family, including Thomas Greaves Cary Sr. and his wife Mary Perkins Cary; his siblings William Ferdinand, Henry, and Margaret Graves Cary; his father-in law, Thomas Handasyd Perkins; and his children Thomas Greaves Jr., Richard, Mary Louisa Cary Felton, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and Caroline Gardner Cary Curtis. Frequent reference is made in the letters to T.G. Cary's sons-in-law Louis Agassiz, Charles Pelham Curtis, and Cornelius Conway Felton. The predominant subjects of the letters are family matters, state and national politics, and Boston society, in which the Carys were prominent. T.G. Cary Sr. served several terms as Massachusetts state senator and wrote extensively on political issues of the 1850s. He and his wife and daughter traveled to Italy in 1857, generating a good deal of correspondence. (Cont'd) Many folders are prefaced by letters from Emma Forbes Cary to her niece, explaining the contents of the correspondence.

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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907

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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, educator and college president, was born in Boston, December 5, 1822 and married the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz in 1850. She was an educational reformer, member of the Woman's Education Association, but never an advocate of women's suffrage or of co-education. ECA administered the Agassiz School for Girls from 1855 to 1863. She was one of the managers of the program for the Private Collegiate Instruction for Women (also known as the Harvard Annex); was p...

Felton, C. C. (Cornelius Conway), 1807-1862

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Cornelius Conway Felton (Harvard AB 1827) was a tutor from 1829 to 1832, University Professor of Greek from 1832 to 1834, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature from 1834 to 1860, Regent from 1849 to 1857, and President of Harvard University from 1860 to 1862. From the description of Lectures on Greek history and literature, 1855-1861. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072875 In 1857, Felton expelled Keene from the Harvard Divinity School for practicing as a medium. ...

Cary, Richard, 1836-1862.

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Cary family.

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Cary, William Ferdinand, 1795-1881.

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Cary, Emma Forbes.

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Curtis, Caroline Gardner Cary, 1827-1917.

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Cary, Mary Perkins, 1798-

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Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854

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Cary, Henry, ca.1785-1857.

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Curtis, Charles Pelham, 1824-1906.

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Felton, Mary Louisa Cary, ca. 1824-

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Cary, Margaret Graves, 1775-1868.

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Cary, Thomas Greaves, 1824-1888.

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Cary, Thomas G. (Thomas Greaves), 1791-1859

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The San Francisco vigilance committees were local militia movements formed to fight the crime and government corruption brought on by the California gold rush. From the description of Reminiscences of San Francisco and California : manuscript, [18--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612869671 From the description of The vigilance committee of San Francisco, 1851 ; The Chinese in California ; Clipper-ships and the China trade. manuscript, [18--] (Harvard University)....