Thaddeus Mason Harris (1769-1842) collection, 1830?-1841.

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Thaddeus Mason Harris (1769-1842) collection, 1830?-1841.

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This collection consists mainly of manuscripts and materials relating to Thaddeus Mason Harris' 1841 book, Biographical memorials of James Oglethorpe. There are research materials, illustrations for the book, letters to Harris about the book, receipts, copyright documents, information about the Salzburgers, and a lecture on General Oglethorpe by Joseph Willard. There are also two copies of Harris' Biographical memorials of James Oglethorpe. One copy is pasted inside a scrapbook and appears to be a draft as it has editing marks on it. The second copy is the published version. (Cont.) The miscellaneous file in this collection contains a list of "family treasures" and an obituary for Harris' grandson, Charles Harris, who died in Cambridge, Massachusetts around 1908. The dated materials in this collection are from 1841, but the research materials are probably from the 1830s.

1 box.

Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842

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Thaddeus Mason Harris (1768-1842) was a Unitarian clergyman in Dorchester, Mass., author, and antiquarian. He was also librarian of Harvard College, 1791-1793, and librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1837-1842. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207142240 Unitarian minister, naturalist and antiquarian. From the description of Letter, 1797, Jan. 27 : Dorchester, Mass., to Rev. W. Bentley. (Duke University). WorldCat recor...

Harris, Charles, 1831-1908.

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Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785

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James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was an English statesman and soldier who served as a member of Parliament for thirty-two years. His interest in penal reform coupled with his humanitarian bent and support for imperial expansion led him to conceive of and establish the American colony of Georgia, where newly freed and unemployed debtors from England were to be sent. In addition to his political and philanthropic interests, Oglethorpe was active in the military, attaining the rank of General an...

Willard, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustus), 1816-

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