Letter, 1869 February 8, Mt. Vernon St., to G. Ticknor [n.p.].

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1869 February 8, Mt. Vernon St., to G. Ticknor [n.p.].

Accepts invitation to dine with the Friday Club.

1 p. 21 cm.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7344992

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q1q1k (person)

American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc5sx5 (person)

George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...