Letter, 1835 February 25, New Haven, to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Letter, 1835 February 25, New Haven, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Letter of introduction for Harry Barnard who is going to travel in Europe.

2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 25 cm.

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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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 ...

Barnard, H. E. (Harry Everett), 1874-1946.

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H.E. (Harry Everett) Barnard (1874-1946), a chemist, moved to Indianapolis from N.H. in 1905. He was an inspector for the Indiana State Board of Health and later the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Barnard became director of the American Chemical Society and was a founding member of the Indiana section of the organization. Marion Harvie Barnard (1875-ca. 1969) arrived in the United States from England in the 1890s. He graduated from Brown University (R.I.) in 1901, after which she married H.E. B...

Pitkin, Timothy, 1766-1847

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Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), American statesman, economist, and historian. He was a member of Connecticut house of representatives in 1790, 1792, and 1794-1805, serving as clerk of the house 1800-1802 and as speaker 1803-1805. In 1805, he was elected as a Federalist, to the Ninth Congress; he retained the seat in the next six congresses. While in Congress, Pitkin did extensive research on the economic impact of Republican foreign policy. The results of his research were published in A Statistical...