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Letters, 1810-1857.

1810-1857

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17780527

Letterbooks and loose files containing copies of the official and personal correspondence of Alexander Hill Everett. Official correspondence covers the years of Everett's service as U.S. Chargé d'Affaires at the Hague, 1818-24; minister to Spain, 1825-29; and commissioner to China, 1847. Personal correspondence covers the years 1810-11 and 1819-47. The letters concern U.S. relations with Spain, the Netherlands, and most of the countries of Europe; Everett's service as assistant to John Quincy Adams at the U.S. embassy in St. Petersburg, Russia; and his editorship of the North American Review. Correspondents include Adams, Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Daniel Brent, Nathan Hale, George Ticknor, William H. Prescott, Jared Sparks, Everett's sister Lucy Everett Durivage, his brother Edward Everett, his mother Lucy Hill Everett, and his wife Lucretia Orne Peabody Everett.

2 boxes and 14 v.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847

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Alexander Hill Everett was a distinguished early American diplomat, writer, and man of letters. He entered Harvard at the age of twelve, and apprenticed at the law office of John Quincy Adams. He served in a variety of notable diplomatic posts, and contributed to the evolution of American culture and literary tradition. His emphasis was to encourage writers to look beyond the Anglo-Saxon tradition for their themes and inspiration. From the description of Alexander Hill Ev...

Everett, Lucretia Orne Peabody, 1786-1862

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Everett, Lucy Hill, 1768-1824

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

Sparks, Jared (1)

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Durivage, Lucy Everett, 1791-

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Brent, Daniel, 1774-1841

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American Consul at Paris. From the description of Letter book, 1833-1836. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23332027 Diplomat. From the description of Daniel Brent papers, 1819-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452217 ...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863

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