James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1840-1891.

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James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1840-1891.

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Collection consists primarily of letters to Lowell written during his diplomatic career and refer to professional and personal life, including lecture invitations, dinner invitations, and comments on social matters. Also contains correspondence with family members, notably his daughter Mabel Lowell Burnett, and Charles Lowell, as well as correspondence of Maria White Lowell and a draft of her will. Collection also contains autograph drafts of poems and essays, as well as a commonplace book, his diaries and engagement books, which primarily note lunch dates and other meetings. There are receipts and account statements, pertaining mainly to The Pioneer, as well as Lowell's personal financial records. Collection includes some Lowell family letters from the 18th and early 19th cent., containing family history, a manuscript copy of an act of the U.S. Continental Congress dated 1782, news clippings, and photographs.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

eng,

spa,

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795339

Houghton Library

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Lowell, Maria, 1821-1853

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American poet; married to poet and satirist James Russell Lowell. From the description of Correspondence, 1844, nd. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530575 ...

Diplomatic and consular service, American.

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Burnett, Mabel Lowell,

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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...

Lowell, Charles, 1782-1861

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Charles Lowell (1782-1861) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1800. After studying law for a year he decided to pursue a career in ministry, and he traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied for the ministry until 1805. He then returned to the United States, and in 1806 was ordained as minister and pastor at the West Church in Boston . He married Harriet Spence in 1806, and the couple had six children, two of whom - Robert Trail Spence and James Russe...