Annie Haven Thwing scrapbooks, 1864-1934.

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Annie Haven Thwing scrapbooks, 1864-1934.

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Scrapbooks complied by historian and author Annie Haven Thwing of Boston and Roxbury, Mass., include letters and postcards received, 1864-1934, from Charles F.D. Belden, Horace Howard Furness, Edward Everett Hale, Miles Hanson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Fanny Bowditch Dixwell Holmes, Alice James, Catherine and Isabella Scott, Charles F. Thwing, and Frederick H. Wines, among others. Letters pertain to personal and business matters, including friends and family activities and events; philanthropic activities; her historical interests and research, and the publication of her book, "The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822," in 1920. Also include photomechanical prints and newspapers clippings of portraits of American political figures; clippings, postcards, and sketches pertaining to the history of Boston; photographs of Thwing, the Thwing family home on Orr Island, Me., and other subjects; and newspaper reviews of her book.

8 vols. in cases and 1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930

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This is Horace Howard Furness, Jr., son of Horace Howard Furness. Both father and son were Philadelphia Shakespeare scholars. From the description of Papers and letters to Horace Howard Furness (Sr.), W. U. Hensel, J. DeWitt Miller, Edward H. Sothern [?] and Mrs. Stevenson, 1882-ca. 1929, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883347 Horace Howard Furness, Jr. was the son of Horace Howard Furness. Both father and son were eminent Shakespeare schola...

James, Alice, 1848-1892

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American diarist and sister of Henry and William. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 41 Argyll Road, Kensington W., to Dr. Baldwin, 1891 Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859732 ...

Holmes, Fanny Bowditch Dixwell, 1840-1929

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Thwing family

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Hanson, Miles, b. 1866.

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Wines, Frederick Howard, 1838-1912

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Princeton Theological Seminary graduate who served as a chaplain in the Civil War, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Ill. from 1865-1869, Administrator of the State Board of Public Charities, 1869-1899, secretary for the National Prison Association, 1887-1890, helped establish the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1879 and the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, Ill. and was a special agent for the 10th U.S. Census and Assistant Director for the 1...

Belden, Charles F. D. (Charles Francis Dorr), 1870-1931

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Thwing, Annie Haven, 1851-1940.

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Scott, Catherine J., 1950-

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Scott was in Professor Eliason's English 392 class at Brigham Young University in 2000. From the description of Family folklore : Christmas traditions, 2000. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51604420 ...

Thwing, Charles, 1853-1937.

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Scott, Isabella

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Epithet: daughter of Anne, Duchess of Buccleugh, and Lord Cornwallis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x00010b ...