Letters of prominent literary and political figures [manuscript] 1860-1920.

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Letters of prominent literary and political figures [manuscript] 1860-1920.

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Jean A. A. J. Jusserand thanks Frederic Adrian Delano for donating fo a fund providing useful items for World War I soldiers and comments on success at Verdun. M. Massenet congratulates a "cher confere" on a picturesque title. Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy congratulates and thanks Dr. Bleyer. In a series of five letters Oscar Wilder Underwood informs Charles A. Edwards that he will not be a presidential candidate in 1912, requests that a publicity bureau not be established in his behalf, and agrees to help him find employment. He also complies with a request and declines to send a favorite recipe. and Thomas C. Wright. There is also a photograph ca. 1894, of a statue of Thomas Jefferson, signed on reverse by the sculptor Jonathan Scott Hartley.

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Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

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Jusserand was a French author and diplomat who was the French minister to Washington, 1902-1925. From the description of [Letters to] Prof. Yeomans / Jusserand. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844336 Jean Jules Jusserand was a French diplomat and author. He was ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925. A close friend of every U.S. President during that period, he did much to promote friendly Franco-American relations and to win the United States to the Allie...

Massenet,M.,

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Delano, Frederick Adrian.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Wright, Thomas C.

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Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929

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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) served Alabama for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Known best for his extensive knowledge of and authorship of a sweeping tariff reform act, he was also a Democratic candidate for president in 1912 and in 1924, which saw the longest convention in U.S. history. He has been described as a conservative politician who opposed suffrage for women, Prohibition, and rights for organized labor. Underwood was born on May 6, 1862, i...

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Hartley, Jonathan Scott, 1845-1912

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Sculptor, stone worker; studied in England, Paris and Rome. Married George Inness' daughter. From the description of Jonathan Scott Hartley photograph, 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394604 ...

Rives, Amélie 1863-1945

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Amélie Rives was born into an aristocratic Virginia family, and exhibited precocious writing talent. As a young writer, she published The Quick or the Dead?, which became a controversial bestseller; modernists derided the naive plot and theme, while traditional romanticists were scandalized by the sensual content. After a short marriage to Virginia lawyer John Armstrong Chanler ended, she met and married exiled Russian painter Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy and led a privileged life in America and E...

Edwards, Charles Arthur, 1963-

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