Papers of William Sydney Thayer [manuscript] 1835-1895.

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Papers of William Sydney Thayer [manuscript] 1835-1895.

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Papers consisting of the following: family correspondence between Thayer and Sarah S., his sister, James B., his brother, Abijah W., his father, and Mrs. Susan B. Thayer, his mother, chiefly for the period 1835-1860; 40 themes written at Harvard College; 45 items on the expedition to Nicaragua set on foot by J.W. Fabens and led by Col. H.L. Kinney, including letters of Kinney and others, stocks in the Nicaragua Land and Mining Company, and 20 clippings, including the first issue, complete, 15 September 1855, of the San Juan del Norte Central American, 1855-1856; 200 clippings of Thayer's dispatches to the London times and the New York evening post, 1860-1861; correspondence, including several letters of John Bigelow, 1861-1864; typed copy of Thayer's journal, with some letters inserted, beginning in 1852, but primarily for the period 1861-1864. Incomplete set of his dispatches (25) as Consul-General in Egypt, 1861-1863; 20 letters on the deaths of W.S. and his father, Abijah, and on his grave in Egypt, 1864-1895; pictures of W.S. and Abijah Thayer; and some miscellaneous items. The correspondence and journal have references to Charles Hale and the journal to Henry T. Buckle.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Bigelow, John, 1817-1911

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John Bigelow was born in Malden-on-Hudson, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the New York Evening Post. He was active in the Republican Party and in 1860, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him American Consul in Paris in 1861 and later served as American ambassador to France. After the Civil War's conclusion, he returned to New York, where he assisted Samuel J. Tilden in opposing the corruption that flourished in New ...

Thayer, Sarah S.

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Kinney, H.L., Colonel.

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Thayer, Abijah W.,

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Fabens, Joseph Warren, 1821-1875

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Author and commercial agent Joseph W. Fabens and land speculator Henry L. Kinney were filibusters in Central America in 1855. In 1854, largely financed by New York backers, Kinney purchased millions of acres of land in Nicaragua under dubious legal circumstances, with the intent to start a colony. In February 1855 Kinney was warned that his proposed colony might violate the U.S. Neutrality Act as well. In April 1855 both Kinney and Fabens were arrested in New York and their vessel blockaded by t...

Buckle, Henry Thomas, 1821-1862

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English historian. From the description of Henry Thomas Buckle papers, 1850-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319633603 Epithet: of Add MS 28509 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0002da ...

Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

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Attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902. Law practice in Boston, 1856-1874. Chairman, Committe on Indian Legislation, 1887-1892. Consultant on Dakota Constitution of 1889. Author of Preliminary Treatise on the Law of Evidence at Common Law (1898), John Marshall (1901), A Western Journey with Emerson (1884). From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1787-1902 (inclusive), 1850-1902 (bulk)...

Thayer, William Sydney, 1830-1864

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Newspaper correspondent, editor, and U.S. consul general in Egypt. From the description of Letter to Charles Sumner, 1862 March 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994546 From the description of Letter to Charles Sumner [manuscript], 1862 March 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647977903 Consul-General in Egypt, 1861-1863. From the description of Papers of William Sydney Thayer [manuscript] 1835-1895. (University of Virginia...

Hale, Charles R., 1957-....

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Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70955154 ...

Thayer, Susan B., Mrs.,

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