Letters of Jared Sparks 1830-1856

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Letters of Jared Sparks 1830-1856

1830-1856

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Letters discuss the 1781 Order of Battle from the American Revolution and Sparks suggests that it is a general arrangement, probably an order for encampment; mention editing the "Writings of George Washington" and the attacks on them; mention Lord Mahon's book, ["History of England," Vols. v-vi]; and mention an autograph manuscript by [John] Paul Jones and Chaumont. Sparks mentions his 1833 edition of Benjamin Franklin's "Familiar letters and miscellaneous papers"; mentions the "Diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution"; refers to Andrews Norton's "A statement of reasons for not believing the doctrines of Trinitarians"; He receives from John Gilmary Shea a copy of his "Discovery and exploration of the valley of the Mississippi," and suggests that Shea now write about Jesuit missionaries in Canada and the West; mentions Pierre Charlevoix and Chrestien Le Clercq; invites Ezra S. Gannett to a meeting of the [Harvard] Committee for visiting the Divinity School. Alonzo Potter and Charles P. McIlvaine are also correspondents.

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