Wormeley-Latimer papers, 1802-1865.

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Wormeley-Latimer papers, 1802-1865.

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Personal papers of the Wormeley family, including letters of James Wormeley in England to his son Ralph R. of the British Royal Navy; letters of George W. Erving to Ralph R. Wormeley; and correspondence of author (Mary) Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer with her husband Randolph B. Latimer and friends, including author and historian William Hickling Prescott and Julia Ward Howe. Miscellaneous papers include a ms. biography of Virginia slave Peter Byers, who fled to Boston when his owner died; and genealogical notes on the Randolph, Preble, and Wormeley families. Other Latimer and Wormeley family members are represented in the collection as well.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Latimer, Randolph Brandt.

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Preble family.

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Randolph family.

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Byers, Peter, b. ca. 1800.

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Wormeley, James.

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Latimer family.

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Wormeley, Ralph Randolph, 1785-1852,

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Erving, George William, 1769-1850

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Diplomat. From the description of George William Erving papers, 1801-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980360 George William Erving (1769-1850) was a United States diplomat. From the description of Letter : Bourdeaux, to L. Jarvis, Paris, 1814 March 1. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191282772 ...