Harrison family letters [manuscript], 1831-1915.

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Harrison family letters [manuscript], 1831-1915.

Letter, 1831 September 1, from Jesse B Harrison to Ludwig F. von Froriek, concerns religious frenzy in Lynchburg, Va. Correspondence, 1910-1915, between Fairfax Harrison and L. L. Mackall concerns Jesse B Harrison's visit with Johann Wolfgang Goethe. There are also prints of Goethe and of his house in Wiemar.

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Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38912 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x00033f Leonard Leopold Mackall was born on January 29, 1879, in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 where he took an interest in German literature. In 1902, he graduated from Harvard Law School. Within the next few years, he would attend Johns Hopkins University and the Universities of Berl...

Harrison, Jesse Burton, 18051841,

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Froriek, Ludwig F. von, fl. 1831,

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