Papers, 1836-1887.

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Papers, 1836-1887.

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This collection of papers consists mostly of correspondence, for the period 1836 to 1853, to Harrington from prominent individuals of the period. Several of the correspondents are fellow Unitarian clergymen and their letters discuss church-related matters. The papers also include a military pass, 1861; a typed copy of a letter, 1885, to the editor of _The Critic_ discussing the character of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849); and a biographical sketch, 1887, of Harrington taken from a periodical. The collection also includes two notes, 1861, to Harrington's brother, George Harrington (1816-1892), Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, from his immediate superior and the Secretary of War.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Harrington, George, -1892

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George Harrington (1815-1892), Treasury official and diplomat. Harrington served as a clerk in the Treasury Department before being appointed chief clerk under his personal friend Salmon P. Chase. During the Civil War, he served as assistant secretary of the treasury. He was Grand Marhsall at the funeral of President Lincoln. In 1865-1869 he served as minister-resident to Switzerland, and in 1870-1876 he was president of Automatic Telegraph Co., New York. From the description of Pape...

Harrington, Henry F. (Henry Francis), 1814-1887

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Henry Francis Harrington (1814-1887), son of Joseph and Rebecca Smith Harrington, was born in Roxbury, Mass., and graduated from Harvard in 1834. After editing a newspaper in Boston, Mass., and a periodical in New York City, he became a Unitarian minister in Providence, R.I., from 1841 to 1844. He founded Unitarian societies in Albany and Troy, N.Y., and Lawrence, Mass., and was pastor of the Lee Street Unitarian Society from 1855 to 1865. In 1865, he became Superintendent of Schools in New Bedf...