Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive).

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Livingston, William, 1723-1790

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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician who served as the first non-Colonial governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Albany, New York, Livingston received his early education from local schools and tutors. At age...

Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908

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Charles Taylor (1840–1908) was educated at King's College School, and St. John's College, Cambridge.Taylor discovered the Jewish source of the Didache in his Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, 1886. Taylor took a great interest in Solomon Schechter's work in Cairo, and the genizah fragments presented to the University of Cambridge are known as the Taylor-Schechter Collection. He was joint editor with Schechter of The Wisdom of Ben Sira, 1899. He published separately Cairo Genizah Palimpsests, 19...

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...

Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

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Congregational clergyman and president of Yale; b. in Northampton, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976415 Timothy Dwight was born on May 14, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1769 (B.A.) and 1772 (M.A.). He served Yale as tutor (1771-1777), Livingston Professor of Divinity (1795-1817), and President (1795-1817). He died on January 11, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut. From the desc...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814

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Bigelow, Timothy, 1767-1821

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Brinkerhoff, George I.

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...

Hollingshead, William

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Morse, Oliver Cromwell, 1847-1922.

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Morse, Jonathan, 1750-1835.

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Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826

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Congregational clergyman and geographer of Connecticut and Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1783-1826. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770513 From the description of Account book, 1816-1820. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770209 Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the fir...

Parsons, Eliphalet, 1752-1826.

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Morse, Richard Cary, 1841-1926

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Richard C. Morse, born in 1841 in Hudson, New York, was a journalist, Prebyterian minister, and prominent leader in the YMCA, where he served as editor and publisher of the Association News and as general secretary of the YMCA's Executive Committee (later the International Committee) from 1872 to 1915. Morse was one of the original members of the YMCA's World Committee and was active in the New York City association. From the description of Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961 (bulk 18...

Smith, John Cotton, 1765-1845

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Lawyer, governor, and U.S. Representative from Connecticut; resident of Sharon, Conn. From the description of John Cotton Smith letter drafts, 1823-1824. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 664374530 Governor of Connecticut, 1813-1817. From the description of Letter from John Cotton Smith to Brig.-Gen. T. H. Cushing, 1814 Aug. 21. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142882 John Cotton Smith, a lawyer, was born ...

Morse, Richard C. (Richard Cary), 1795-1868

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Parsons, Elizabeth Rice, 1799-1860.

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Williams, William, 1787-1833.

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Plinn, Andrew, 1773-1820.

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Yale University.

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Walker, Thomas, 1777-1863

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Macaulay, Zacharay, 1768-1838.

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Jay, Peter Augustus, 1776-1843.

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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Hodge, Charlotte Gebhard Morse, 1833-1907.

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Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851

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American lawyer, jurist, politician. From the guide to the Simeon Baldwin letters and legal documents, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1805, 1812, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Morse family.

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Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826): minister, educator; active in evangelism and missionary work; author of Geography Made Easy (1784), the first geography written in the United States. Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868): minister, editor. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872): artist, professor of art at New York University (1832-1837); inventor. From the description of Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153494 ...

Lyman, Joseph, 1749-1828

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American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Northampton, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1818 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591052 Congregational clergyman; pastor of First Church in Hatfield, Mass. From the description of Dr. Joseph Lyman sermon No. 1464 continued in 1466, 1795 May 03. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979253 ...

Jarvis, Samuel F. (Samuel Farmar), 1786-1851

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Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786-1851) was an Episcopal clergyman. From the description of Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1732-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615869 From the guide to the Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1732-1849, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Clergyman, historian, and collector. From the description of Letter of Samuel F. Jarvis, 1813. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423664 Protestant Episcopal clergym...

Morse, Elizabeth Ann Breese.

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Hall, William Brenton, 1764-1809.

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Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876

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Clergyman and autograph collector from Albany, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1830-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33203510 American pastor, collector, and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, N.Y., to [Andrew Preston Peabody?], 1866 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 751989045 William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and author. A graduate of Yale and of Pri...

Wells, William, 1744-1827

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Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871

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Spafford, Horatio Gates, 1778-1832

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Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831

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Hannah Adams was and early American author and historian, known for her pioneering work in the field of comparative religion. Born in Massachusetts, she was home-schooled by her father, a Harvard tutor. She turned to writing as an outlet for her scholarly interests, and to help her family's financial concerns. A series of groundbreaking works on religion brought her fame and lasting success. She was the first writer to describe each religion from the point of view of its adherents, and was also ...

Baldwin, Rebecca Sherman, 1764-1795.

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Green, Ashbel, 1762-1848

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Philadelphia clergyman. From the description of ALS : Princeton, to Robert L. Green, 1812 Dec. 31. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580962 Ashbel Green; prominent Presbyterian during Federal period; pastor, Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); chaplain, U.S. Congress (1792-1800); Stated Clerk, General Assembly (1790-1803) and later Moderator (1824); President of Princeton University (1812-1822); a founder of Princeton Theological Seminary. ...

Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820

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American Congregational divine and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : North Haven, to Rev. Mr. Patten, 1811 Jun. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573313 Benjamin Trumbull was born on December 19, 1735, in Hebron, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1759 and began work as pastor for the Congregational Church of North Haven, Connecticut, in 1760. He served there for sixty years, interrupted only by service as a chaplain during the Revol...

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831

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Thomas was a New England printer and bookseller who strongly supported the American Revolution. He was also a founder of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. From the description of ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86160118 Caleb Alexander was born in 1755 in Northfield, Massachusetts, a town founded by his grandfather. He attended Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown Universities, receiving degrees fro...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Morse, William Goodrich.

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Park, Edwards Amasa, 1808-1900

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American clergyman, theologian, and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Andover, Mass.?], to [Andrew Preston] Peabody, [1866 Apr. 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 743829255 Congregational clergyman, theologian, professor at Andover Theological Seminary, editor of Bibliotheca Sacra. From the description of Papers, 1835-1899. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11667718 American theologian. From t...

Wood, George, 1799-1870

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Epithet: of Calcutta British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0000f7 Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x0000bb George Wood was born in Massachusetts, and lived in Virginia, Washington, and New York. While working as a clerk in the Treasury Department, he began contributing stories to various American per...

Walker, Augustus Willard, 1803-

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Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815

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English Quaker physician and philanthropist. From the description of Papers, 1788, 1789, 1794, [1801], 1813. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31774500 ...

Morse, Harriet Hinckley Messinger, 1805-1885.

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Hawley, Susan Hubbell Waller, 1845-

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Dana, Daniel, 1771-1859

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Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

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Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. c...

Farrar, Samuel, 1773-1864.

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Morse, Sidney Edwards, 1835-1908.

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Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926

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Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842

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Prominent businessman, land speculator, promoter of public works, and one of the founders of the Bank of Albany. Authored a number of works on agricultural and economics topics. From the description of Elkanah Watson letter : Cherry Valley, to Judge White, Cherry Valley, 1821 June 21. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 175290533 Albany, N.Y. merchant who organized the first agricultural society in N.Y. in 1828. Born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan...

Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...

Hall, Harrison, 1785-1866

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Pickering, Susan Burbeen Walker, 1801-

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Mason, Mira Peters, 1797-1862.

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Buckminister, Joseph, 1751-1812.

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Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901

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American poet. From the description of Morrice Lake : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, [1872]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270630812 Channing was a transcendentalist poet and the first biographer of Thoreau. From the description of Notebooks and journals, 1852-ca. 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371953 Concord poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Concord, to James Munroe & Co., 1850 May 6. ...

Walker, Hannah Pickering, 1769-1821.

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Walker, Charles, 1795-1847

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Woods, Leonard, 1774-1854

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Leonard Woods (1774-1854) was a Congregational clergyman. From 1808 to 1846, he was professor of theology at the Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Letter, 1836 February 10, Andover, Mass., to Lyman Matthews, Braintree, Mass. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 251870593 Leonard Woods (1774-1854) was an American Congregationalist clergyman and author. A graduate of Harvard University, he taught at Andover Theological Seminary and helped est...

Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831

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American missionary, reformer and activist for the rights of Native Americans and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy; treasurer and corresponding secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Jeremiah Evarts letter to to David Root [manuscript], 1828 March 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781300996 Jeremiah Evarts (February 3, 1781-May 10, 183 1) was a New England lawyer and philanthropist who ab...

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...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Campbell, John, 1766-1840

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Scottish philanthropist and traveller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Henderson, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133529 Scottish philanthropist, from Edinburgh. From the description of Papers, 1795-1814. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20649133 William Carey was born in 1761. He became a Baptist minister and travelled as a missionary to India with his family in 1793. He learned the ...

Church, Maria Trumbull Silliman.

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Davis, Henry, 1771-1852

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Parish, Elijah, 1762-1825

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Child, Sarah Pierce Larkin, 1800-

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Morse, Jedidiah

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Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

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Eighth Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Lease to Peter Hunt, 1793 October 23. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314819 8th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Deed, 1801 August 22. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122601336 ...

Morse, Lucretia Pickering Wheeler, 1799-1825.

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Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

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British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish slavery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603596632 William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist, was born in Hull, Yorkshire. In 1780 he entered The House of Commons and acquired a reputation for radicalism. Wilberforce is most known for his opposition to slavery and the slave trade. In 1787 he for...

Price, Richard, 1723-1791

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Richard Price was an English nonconformist minister and writer on morals, politics, and economics. From the description of Papers, 1767-1790. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488751 British philologist and antiquary. From the description of Papers, 1753-1791. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36115923 The son of a harsh Calvinist Congregational minister in the Welsh heartland, Richard Price follow...

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia, Illinois; U.S. district attorney, 1827-1829; lieutenant colonel, Black Hawk War; U.S. senator, 1843-1845; Illinois House of Representatives, 1851-1852; Illinois Supreme Court justice, 1841-1843, 1857-1878. From the description of Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418211 From the description of Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418204 ...

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

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American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...

Colgate, Elizabeth Ann Morse, 1829-1891.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Sergeant, John, 1747-1824

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Missionary. From the description of Letter of John Sergeant, 1803 August 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073227 Missionary and son of the missionary John Sergeant (1710-1749). Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Sergeant was ordained as a minister of the Congregational church, and in 1775 took charge of the Indian part of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, congregation. When they removed to New Stockbridge, Oneida County, New York, during the mid-1780s, he followed them and...

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Parmelee, Louisa Davis Morse, 1837-1917.

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Morse, Sarah Louisa Davis, 1808-1851.

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Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

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Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, R.I.; and president of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, 1682-1795. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 368232945 Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484808 From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795...

Welsh, Jonas

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Morse, Mary Trumbull, 1862-1935.

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817

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Ebeling was librarian of the Stadtsbibliothek and professor at the University of Hamburg. Part of his personal collection of Americana was bought by Israel Thorndike and presented to Harvard College in 1818. From the description of Papers, ca. 1790-1818. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369167 English translation by John Eberle. From the description of History of Pennsylvania manuscript, 1682-1702 / By Christophe Daniel Ebeling, translated by John Ebe...

Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863

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Howe, Hezekiah, 1775-1838

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Bookseller, publisher, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, of New Haven, Conn. From the description of Hezekiah Howe papers, 1798-1844. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 419558041 ...