Letters and engraving, Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Jr. [manuscript], 1852-1874, n.d.

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Letters and engraving, Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Jr. [manuscript], 1852-1874, n.d.

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Richard Henry Dana,Sr., writes to George Palmer Putnam about the artist for Putnam's book on American authors and arrangements to have his house sketched. Richard Henry Dana, Jr., writes to the Rev. Dr. John Forsyth about the Federal Street [Presbyterian] Church case; and to Charles C. Perkins regarding a summer prospectus. The collection also contains an engraving of the Dana family's residence near Cape Ann, Mass.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886

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Epithet: author and art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000053 Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic, of Boston, Mass. Perkins graduated from Harvard in 1843; studied art in Rome and Paris; promoted art education for the masses; organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...

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Forsyth, John, 1810-1886

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John Forsyth, professor and Reformed minister, was born in Newburgh, N.Y., on December 31, 1810, the eldest son of John and Jane (Currie) Forsyth. He received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College in 1829, a master's from Union College in 1834, and the Doctor of Divinity from Rutgers College in 1842. Forsyth taught Latin at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1846 to 1853, and taught Hebrew and archaeology in the Reformed Theological Seminary (Newburgh, N.Y.) from 1853 t...

Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872

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Publisher of Putnam's Magazine and founder of G. P. Putnam & Son[s]. From the description of George Palmer Putnam letters [manuscript], 1858-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647998826 George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) was a book and magazine publisher. From the description of George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607941 From the guide to the George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871, ...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1787-1879

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American essayist and poet. From the description of The buccaneer : autograph manuscript copy of a fragment of the poem signed : Boston, 1865 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 557604082 From the description of Sonnet: to a garden-flower sent to me by a lady and Song: I saw her once : autograph manuscript copies of two poems signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mr. & ...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...