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Papers, 1787-1940.

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Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory and professor of English at Harvard College (1851-96), of Cambridge, Mass. Correspondence of Child with his daughters, Helen Maria Castillia Child and Susan Child, with members of the Sedgwick family, and with various American and English literary figures on professional matters. Includes Sedgwick family correspondence (1787-1872) and a letter (1940) written by Van Wyck Brooks referring to family reminiscences of Child's circle of friends. Members of the Sedgwick family represented include Child's wife, Elizabeth Ellery (Sedgwick) Child, Catherine M. Sedgwick, Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), and William Ellery Sedgwick.

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

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Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1802 and served there the rest of his life. Born in West Hartford in the Connecticut Colony, Sedg...

Child, Susan, 1863-1896.

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Child, Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick, 1824-1909

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Child, Helen Maria Castillia, 1863-1903.

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Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...

Sedgwick, William Ellery.

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick was an American novelist. From the description of Catharine Maria Sedgwick letters and portraits, 1837-1855. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35155329 American author, pioneered the American domestic novel. From the description of Papers of Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1801-1865 (bulk 1834-1865). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136087 American author. From the description of ...

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...

Sedgwick family.

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