Oliver Wendell Holmes notes on contracts and equity, ca. 1899.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes notes on contracts and equity, ca. 1899.

Autograph manuscript notes on contracts and equity. Includes: a notebook titled: Contract; an envelope dated 1899 February 10 addressed to Holmes from Luke P. Willard of Boston; loose scraps and loose notes; and loose and sheets of notes titled: Equity.

1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798121

Houghton Library

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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...