Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1816-1871.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1816-1871.

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The collection includes: letter to Eliza Cabot Follen, 7 March 1847, discussing Danish author Harro Harring's problems with a New York publishing house; to My dear sir, 13 March 1848, containing news of his travels in the British Isles; to My dear Miss Carpenter, 6 May 1848, discussing his travels and his hope of seeing her in Bristol; to Dear sir, 9 March 1852, acknowledging a letter and invitation from S.B. Butheley, includes envelope; to Rev. M.D. Conway, 21 June 1853, arranging to meet. Also, to Mr. Bovee, 12 October 1858, thanking him for a gift and making arrangements to meet; to My dear cousin, Edward A. Washburn, 6 Dec. 1868, thanking him for an invitation and relating news which leads him to decline; to My dear sir, Rev. Mr. Dall, 15 Dec. 1862, regretting that they can not meet as planned; to My dear sir, 2 March, acknowledging receipt of a note; facsimile of a letter to My dear aunt, 28 Feb. 1816, in which the 12-year-old Emerson comments on preaching. Also, in the Allison-Shelley manuscript collection are letters to Hon. George Bancroft, 5 Sept. 1871, introducing Anna L. Folsom; to Thomas Carlyle, 19 Mar. 1839, full of friendly news; and a fragmentary note, titled The most ancient Church.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

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Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860

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Author and abolitionist. From the description of Eliza Lee Cabot Follen correspondence, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450292 Follen, antislavery worker and author of children's stories, lived in Boston, Mass. From the description of Letters, 1843-1846 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007293 Bostonian; primarily children's writer; also wrote some adult fiction; wrote biography of her husband; worked actively in antislaver...

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907

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Clergyman, editor, and abolitionist. From the description of Moncure Daniel Conway correspondence, 1889-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453541 American author and clergyman. From the description of Moncure Daniel Conway papers, 1847-1907. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489376233 American author, publisher, clergyman. From the description of Papers of Moncure D. Conway [manuscript], 1859-1906. (Univer...

Washburn, E. A. (Edward Abiel), 1819-1881

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Harring, Harro, 1798-1870

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