Letters of Robert Charles Winthrop [manuscript], 1855-1893.

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Letters of Robert Charles Winthrop [manuscript], 1855-1893.

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Collection includes letters of Winthrop to Prescott thanking him for his gift of "History of the reign of Philip the Second," and to A. Williams of the A. Williams Co. thanking him for a copy of "Tributes to Longfellow and Emerson." There is also a letter to George W. Warren suggesting the purchase of portraits of General Warren and his wife by Copley and Pelham for the proposed Bunker Hill Museum and a letter to Sylvester Baxter regretting being out when he called.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Massachusetts Historical Society

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A. Williams & Co.

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Warren, George Washington, 1813-1883

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Warren, a lawyer, state legislator, and first mayor of Charlestown, Mass., was active in the Bunker Hill Monument Association, serving as president, 1847-1875. From the description of Correspondence, 1781-1910 (inclusive), 1846-1882 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419303 From the guide to the George Washington Warren correspondence, 1781-1910 (inclusive), 1846-1882 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

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Warren was President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress; three weeks after this letter he was killed at Bunker Hill. From the description of ALS, 1775 May 25 : Watertown, to [Committee of Correspondence]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14040204 Warren was a Boston physician who in 1770 became involved with the Sons of Liberty who protested the British presence in Massachusetts. He was involved with the Committee of Correspondence and was respon...

Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927

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Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

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This is a preparatory drawing for the painting "Julia, Third Viscountess Dudley and Ward" that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1800. From the description of [Study for Julia, third Viscountess Dudley and Ward] [graphic]. [1800] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 246658012 Painter, noted for portraits and historical subjects. Born in Boston, moved to England in 1775 because of Loyalist sympathies. From the description of ALS : London, to John Boydell, 1...

Pelham, Henry, 1749-1806

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