Frederic Henry Hedge letter and photograph, ca. 1870?

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Frederic Henry Hedge letter and photograph, ca. 1870?

The collection consists of a letter, a letter fragment including Hedge's signature, and a photograph. The letter, to Geo. Willis Cooke, 6 March, mentions Emerson, and states Hedge's willingness to meet with Cooke to discuss a project. The fragment reads, "can believe me yours sincerely, Frederic H. Hedge." The photograph is a posed full-body shot of Hedge, standing behind a low table with an open book in his hands.

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Cooke, George Willis, 1848-1923

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Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890

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Frederic Henry Hedge was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1805, the son of Levi Hedge, a professor of logic at Harvard, and Mary Kneeland Hedge, the granddaughter of Edward Holyoke, president of Harvard (1737-1769). After spending 4 years studying in Germany he attemded Harvard University starting in 1822 and graduated in 1825. He studied theology in the Divinity School in Cambridge and was ordained in 1829. He served as pastor in West Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bangor, Maine; Providence, Rhod...