Papers, 1751-1889.

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Papers, 1751-1889.

Papers of Franklin Haven include bills and receipts, and letters to Haven from painter George P.A. Healy about his portrait of Daniel Webster. A letter from Healy to Webster is also included. A letter from H.H. Richardson urges the hiring of French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi for work on the tower of the new Brattle Street (Fourth) Church in Boston (1871). The collection also contains bills and receipts and scattered correspondence of William Ballard of Framingham, Mass.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6939940

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886

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Architect Henry Hobson Richardson was born and raised in Louisiana. He attended Harvard College (class of 1859) and was the second American to enroll in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon his return in 1866, he opened a small office in New York City in partnership with Charles Gambrill. In 1872 he received the design commission for Trinity Church in Boston and in 1874 he moved his home and office to Brookline to handle his growing practice in New England. The following years were to be the ...

Ballard, William, 1741-1818.

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Church in Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.)

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Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894

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George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) was an American portrait painter. He studied in Paris and painted in the U.S. and Europe. His best known works were portraits of Daniel Webster, Longfellow, and a series of U.S. presidents. From the guide to the G.P.A. Healy papers, 1843-1953, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Portrait and historical painter. Healy painted in the U.S. and Europe. From the description of George Peter Alexande...

Haven, Franklin, 1804-1893,

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Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste, 1834-1904

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Sculptor. From the description of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi papers, 1884-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450160 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) was an Alsatian sculptor known for his monumental works on patriotic and republican themes. His most famous creation is the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The statue, dedicated in 1886, was a gift to the U.S. from the French people. From the description of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi papers, 187...