Additional papers (Series I), 1785-1963.

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Additional papers (Series I), 1785-1963.

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This collection spans four generations of the Gage family of Bethel and Waterford, Me., and Worcester, Mass. The boxes contain family correspondence, speeches, essays, poetry, legal and miscellaneous, printed material, and genealogical and biographical information. Among the family correspondence are several extraordinary groups of letters of Anne Sargent Gage, her uncle, Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786-1867), her adoptive aunt, Mary Moody Emerson (1774-1863), and her friend, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894), the Transcendentalist teacher, author, and educational reformer. The letters of Lucius Manlius Sargent illuminate the relationship of Anne Sargent Gage with her natural father, Daniel Sargent, who, upon his remarriage in 1802, changed his daughter's surname to Brewer, sent her to Waterford to be reared by the Lincoln Ripleys, and ceased communicating with her. In 1854, Mrs. Gage sought to learn more about her past and initiated a correspondence with her uncle, who encouraged her to seek financial assistance from Daniel Sargent's legatees. The folders containing Anne Sargent Gage's correspondence concern her close relationship with her children and adoptive parents, for the most part, but there are a few letters written by her to Lucius Manlius Sargent concerning Daniel Sargent. The letters of Mary Moody Emerson, a noted New England intellectual, refer to her religious convictions, her infirmities, family matters (e.g., her nephew, Ralph Waldo Emerson), books that she read, and her attitude toward the War of 1812 and abolitionism. There are also references to Anne Sargent Gage's ancestry. The letters of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody provide a fascinating look at contemporary attitudes toward slavery, abolitionism, and social scandals in Boston. She make references to the views of her two brothers-in-law, Horace Mann (1796-1859) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), as well as Wendell Phillips (1811-1884). The boxes of family correspondence also include letters of Anne Gage's cousin, Daniel Farnham ( - ), concerning family matters and his religious views; professional and family correspondence of Dr. Leander Gage, including letters from his patients and friends; and the correspondence of his children: Thomas Hovey Gage (who wrote to his children, and to his wife, Anna Maria Lane Gage, during his Civil War service as a surgeon); Anna Maria Lane Gage (who wrote to her children while they were in school, especially at Harvard College); Frances Gage Cousens; and Phebe Hovey Gage. There are also diaries of Frances Gage Cousens and Phebe Hovey Gage. There is correspondence of Dr. Homer Gage, Thomas Hovey Gage, Jr., and Mabel Carleton Gage. The brothers corresponded with each other, their parents, and with friends. Thomas Hovey Gage, Jr., also maintained an extensive correspondence concerning the family's genealogy, while Homer Gage wrote of his studies at Harvard. Mabel Carleton Gage also wrote to her brothers and corresponded, during the period 1936 to 1941, with Grace Morrison Boynton (1890- ) of Yenching University in China, who wrote of Chinese gardens in Peking and the political situation in that country. There is general family correspondence, including letters of Amos Gage, his wife, Louis Hovey Gage, and his brother, Abel Gage (1755- ), as well as a letter of Frances Cousens Gage (1863-1917). She was the oldest child of George Manlius and Elizabeth S. (Webber) Gage and a missionary who wrote of political and social conditions in Marsovan, Turkey in 1914. Also of interest are typescript copies of many letters, dated 1849 to 1851, written by Joel Holkins to his wife, Lois Gage Holkins, a niece of Dr. Leander Gage. Holkins wrote in detail of his many fascinating experiences after he sailed to California to join the other Forty-Niners in their search for wealth. The remainder of the collection includes family legal documents, speeches and addresses, poetry of Anne Sargent Gage and other, miscellaneous documents, graphic and printed materials, and extensive genealogical and biographical data, including a genealogical account of Anne Sargent Gage, written by her son, Thomas Hovey.

8 boxes.4 v. ; octavo.1 folder (6 items) ; oversize.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Holkins, Joel, 1812-1853.

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Gage, Frances Cousens, 1863-1917.

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Frances C. Gage was born in Maine, the daughter of George M. and Elizabeth Gage. Her father was an educator who was in charge of the state normal school in Mankato from 1868 to 1872, following which he was superintendent of the St. Paul city schools for two years. The family moved to Portland, Oregon in 1900. From the description of Frances C. Gage letter, 1896 October 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86134077 ...

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Gage, Lois Hovey, 1759-1842.

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Sargent, Daniel, 1764-1842

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Gage, Phebe Hovey, 1821-1880.

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Gage, Anna Maria Lane, d. 1908.

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Gage family.

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Anne Sargent Gage (1794-1876), nee Nancy Brown, was born out of wedlock and her birth "...was a Boston Society scandal of the last decade of the 18th century." Her parents, both from prominent Boston families, were Daniel Sargent (1764-1842), a wealthy merchant and insurance executive, and Hepzibah Atkins Brown ( -1800). Hepzibah was the daughter of Henry Atkins, also a distinguished Boston merchant, and the widow of James Brown ( - ), whom she married in 1788, but who died shortly ...

Gage, Homer, 1861-1938.

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Massachusetts surgeon. From the description of Letter, 1919, Nov. 21 : Worcester, Mass. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31615252 ...

Farnham, Daniel (Daniel Elliott)

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Gage, Abel, b. 1755.

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Gage, Thomas Hovey, 1826-1909

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Emerson, Mary Moody, 1774-1863

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Mary Moody Emerson was the aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a scholar in her own right. She helped raise Emerson after his father died, and had a marked influence on his life, maintaining a constant correspondence with Emerson until her death in 1863. From the description of Mary Moody Emerson letters, 1827-1836. (Middlebury College). WorldCat record id: 682589648 ...

Gage, Leander, 1791-1842

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Hovey family.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...

Gage, Thomas Hovey, 1826-1909

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Sargent family.

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Cousens, Frances Gage, 1823-1904.

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Gage, Amos, 1758-1833

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Gage, William, 1795-1820.

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Boynton, Grace M. (Grace Morrison), b. 1890.

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Gage, Anne Sargent, 1794-1876.

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Holkins, Lois Gage, 1817-1876.

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Sargent, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1786-1867

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American author and antiquary. From the description of Letters of Lucius M. Sargent [manuscript], 1834-1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813327 ...