Daniel B. Fearing collection of autograph letters, ca. 1829-1915.
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Fearing, Daniel B. (Daniel Butler), 1859-1918
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Daniel B. Fearing of Newport, Rhode Island, was a member of the Grolier Club from 1887 until his death in 1918. From the description of Collection of Japanese and Chinese imprints, [ca. 1800-1900]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122592404 Fearing was a book collector from Newport, Rhode Island. From the guide to the Daniel B. Fearing logbook collection, 1816-1882., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Daniel B. Fearing ...
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...
