Papers, 1826-1879.

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Papers, 1826-1879.

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Correspondence between Samuel H. Savage and members of the Savage and Shaw families, including with his brother Henry, his uncle and aunt Lemuel and Hope (Savage) Shaw, and his cousin Lemuel Shaw, Jr. concerning Shaw's travels in Europe. The letters primarily concern family matters, including references to Herman Melville who married Savage's cousin Elizabeth Shaw, and Savage's business interests in Guatemala and Sonsonate, El Salvador. Other correspondents include William H. Savage, Samuel's father.

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Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861

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Chief justice of Massachusetts, 1830-1860. His daughter Elizabeth married the author Herman Melville. From the description of ALS : Boston, to Joseph B. Felt, 1834 Oct. 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475395 Shaw was chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Webster and Parkman were on the faculty of Harvard Medical School at the time of Parkman's murder. From the description of Sentence of John W. Webster...

Savage, William Henry, 1782-1832.

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Savage, Henry, 1804-1882.

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Melville, Elizabeth Shaw, 1822-1906

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Shaw, Lemuel, 1828-1884.

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Shaw, Hope Savage, 1793-1879.

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Shaw family.

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Savage family.

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Savage, Samuel Hay, 1827-1901.

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