Papers of Octavius Brooks Frothingham, 1882.

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Papers of Octavius Brooks Frothingham, 1882.

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Collection contains a letter, dated May 4, 1882, from Frothingham to H.0. Houghton & Co. requesting that proof sheets for "George Ripley" be sent to his Boston address; and an undated, unidentified manuscript fragment beginning "an administration" and containing the ending 4 lines of a 17-page article.

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H.O. Houghton & Company,

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Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895

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Octavius Brooks Frothingham was an American clergyman and author. Born in Boston and educated at Harvard, he began as a Unitarian pastor, although his congregation evolved into the Independent Liberal Church. He was a renowned speaker, and author of numerous religious and secular works. Often controversial, often radical, he was an active abolitionist and early supporter of Darwin. From the description of O.B. Frothingham letter to My dear sir, 1886 Nov. 11. (Pennsylvania State Unive...