Correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk).

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Correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk).

Primarily letters to William Warland Clapp Jr., but also some letters by him to others, to and from others, and a few letters from others to his father, William Warland Clapp Sr. Also includes compositions, clippings and other printed items, mixed within this one alphabetical series. Content of letters includes all aspects of Clapp's life, personal, family, professional, and political. Especially concerns Massachusetts state politics and the Civil War. Extensive list of correspondents includes: James Gillespie Blaine, Samuel Bowles, James Freeman Clarke, Henry Laurens Dawes, Edward Everett, James Thomas Fields, John Murray Forbes, Edward Everett Hale, George Frisbie Hoar, Henry Cabot Lodge, Alexander Hamilton Rice, Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, and many others.

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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

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Clapp, William Warland, 1783-1866

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Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was born into a prominent Boston family in 1850. Through his mother’s family, the Cabots, Lodge traced his lineage back to the 17th century, with one great-grandfather a leading Federalist during the Revolutionary period. Growing up in both an intellectual and privileged household, "Cabot" took naturally to academic subjects, particularly history and literature. Beyond his early devotion to scholarly pursuits, Lodge also enjoyed numerous sports and the great outdoor...

Bowles, Samuel.

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Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

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U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. From the description of George Frisbie Hoar letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1894 January 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 694733616 George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a Republican Senator from Massachusetts (1877-1904). From the description of Autograph collection, 1598-1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122405022 From the guide to the George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection, 1598-194...

Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895

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Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...

Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890

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Clapp, William Warland, 1826-1891

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Clapp was a journalist and author. He was editor of the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette (1847-1865) and editor of the Boston Journal (1865-1891). From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1819-1889. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122297595 From the description of Wiliam Warland Clapp diaries and correspondence, 1822-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612366405 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1819-...

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...