Papers II, 1811-1851.

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Papers II, 1811-1851.

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Contains correspondence between Lawrence and his two wives, Sarah R. and later Nancy M. Ellis Lawrence; with his son Amos A. while the latter was travelling in the southern and eastern U.S., Great Britain, and Italy; and several with his brother Abbott Lawrence. Also, correspondence with friends and associates, among them Alpheus S. Packard, Samuel Lothrop, Joseph Green, and Rev. F.A. Adams, many regarding Lawrence's monetary and material donations, and with Elliot Cresson regarding the cause of the colonization of Afro-Americans of which Lawrence was a proponent.

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Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland, 1804-1886

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American clergyman; noted for funeral sermon of Gray Otis. From the description of Samuel K. Lothrop letter [manuscript], 1851 December 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 780088380 American pastor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 12 Chestnut Street [Boston], to Rev. Dr. A[ndrew] P[reston] Peabody, 1865 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 751991761 Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1892-1965) devoted his career to th...

Adams, F. A.

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Lawrence, Nancy Means Ellis, 1783-1866

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

Lawrence, Sarah Richards, d. 1819.

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Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852

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Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905

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Alpheus Spring Packard (1839-1905), professor of zoology and geology, was born in Brunswick, Maine, on February 19, 1839. His father of the same name was a professor of classics at Bowdoin College. As a child, young Alpheus, called "Alpha," collected insects, minerals, and shells, and had his own herbarium before he went to college. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1861. During the next three years he pursued two educational paths, described thus in the triennial report of his class at ...

Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...

Cresson, Elliot, 1794-1854.

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Green, Joseph Michael

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