Papers, 1876-1888.

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Papers, 1876-1888.

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Collection consists of drafts of letters, 1876-1877, and letters received, 1876-1888. Drafts of letters are to Denham's friends Henry G. Menage, of Calumet, Michigan, some concerning the extensive collection of historical autographs collected by Mrs. Thomas A. Greene of New Bedford. Letters from Charles William Eliot, Samuel Eliot, William J. Potter, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and others, consist of responses to Denham's Why is history read so little? (New Bedford, 1876). Denham's principal correspondents are Henry G. Menage and Joseph Henry Dubbs, professor at Franklin & Marshall College. Dubbs reports on his acquisition of Thomas Godfrey's Poems (1756), laments railroad strikes, regrets that he does not own any editions of Phillis Wheatley's poems, praises Viollet-le-Duc's Lectures on architecture and compares New Englanders' and Pennsylvanians' appetites for food and learning. Other writers, antiquarians, genealogists, publishers, historians and authors include Zachariah Allen, John Ward Dean, Samuel A. Green, Joel Munsell, Frederic B. Perkins, Henry B. Dawson, Edmund F. Slafter, Linus P. Brockett, Powhatan Bouldin, Theodore F. Dwight, John Austin Stevens, Townsend Ward, William Henry Egle, Charles Rogers, R.A. Brock, P. Hately Waddell, Charles Hawley, Frederick W. Christern, and Charles Henry Hart.

11 folders (ca. 135 items), in box ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Dubbs, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1838-1910

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Dwight, Theodore F.

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Woolworth, Samuel Buell, 1800-1880

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Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott), 1830-1918

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U.S. physician and historian. From the description of Letter, 1868, Feb. 18 : Boston, to Henry B. Dawson. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35089797 ...

Menage, Henry G.

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Allen, Zachariah, 1795-1882

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Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898

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President of Trinity College, philanthropist, author. From the description of Samuel Eliot letter to Count Adam de Gurowski [manuscript], [18__] Dec 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 182579807 American historian and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1895 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743938 Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Cata...

Potter, William J. (William James), 1829?-1893

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William James Potter received his A.B. from Harvard in 1854. From the description of Themes and forensics, 1850-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072838 From the description of Mathematical papers, 1850-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072842 ...

Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...

Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889

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Henry Barton Dawson was an American editor, historian and antiquarian bookseller. From the description of Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465987 From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Henry Barton Dawson (1821–1889) was an American journalist, historian and temperance reformer. From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson Letter, 1864, (Speci...

Denham, Edward, 1849-1925.

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Amateur historian, autograph and book collector, and antiquarian of New Bedford, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1876-1888. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 682557632 ...

Rogers, Charles, 1825-1890

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880

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Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893

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Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899

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American author, historian. From the description of Letter to John Adams Dix [manuscript], 1856 March 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814563 ...

Dean, John Ward, 1815-1902

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Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901

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Biographical Information: William H. Egle was born in Harrisburg, PA in 1830. After completing school, he worked as a printer for the "Pennsylvania Telegraph." Later, Egle became the editor for the "Literary Companion" and the "Daily Telegraph." In 1859, he received a degree from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Egle worked as a surgeon for the Pennsylvania volunteers, and in 1863 ...

Ward, Townsend, 1817?-1885

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Christern, Frederick W.

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Waddell, P. Hately (Peter Hately), 1816-1891

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Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918

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Charles Henry Hart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1847, to Julia Leavey and Samuel Hart. He practiced law for a time, but then decided to devote himself to his interest in American art. He became a noted authority on portraiture, especially the works of Gilbert Stuart. Hart delighted in being able to expose fraudulent attributions. Hart was a noted author, penning a number of books and articles about art. He served as a director for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1882...

Bouldin, Powhatan, 1830-1907

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Hawley, Charles, 1819-1885

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Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910

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American financier and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to George William Curtis of Harper and Brothers, 1878 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575172 ...

Slafter, Edmund F. (Edmund Farwell), 1816-1906

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