Edward Everett letter to Zebedee Cook, jr. #f 1833.

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Edward Everett letter to Zebedee Cook, jr. #f 1833.

Letter from Edward Everett, Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Zebedee Cook, Jr. of Roxbury, refusing invitation to speak to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, August 15, 1833.

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Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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The Arnold Arboretum has had a long association with its sister institution the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. However, it was during Donald Wyman's tenure as Horticulturist of the Arnold Arboretum, from 1935 to 1969, that the relationship florished. In addition to being a Trustee of the Society, Wyman also served on many of the Society's committees. The various Prize Committes required visiting many Massachusetts' estates and gardens and these visits were often documented through photogra...

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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...

Cook, Zebedee, 1786-1858

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