Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier [manuscript], 1852-1883.

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Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier [manuscript], 1852-1883.

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A letter, 1852 December 3, to Dr. [Henry Ingersoll?]and Mrs. Bowditch declines a visit because of his poor health and mentions "spiritual handwriting." A letter, 1882 August 26, to "My dear friend," praises a book of poems he received, mentions Sarah Smiley, and comments that he was not able to meet Dean Stanley because of ill health. A letter, 1883 June 21, to Charles H. Allen, acknowledges receipt of a book, comments on affairs in Egypt and the slave trade, and briefly mentions progress of American freedmen since the Civil War.

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Smiley, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances), 1830-1917

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Allen, Charles H. (Charles Harris)

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Bowditch, Olivia Yardley,

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Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881

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Dean of Westminster; historian. From the description of Autograph letters (6) only four of which have signatures : Westminster, to Prof. Knight, 1874 Jul. 7-1880 Jul. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580241 Dean of Westminster. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1874 Jan. 21/Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575881 Dean of Westminster-Historian. From the description of Autogr...