Autograph postcard signed John G. Whittier to: John W. Tufts October 25, 1882.
Related Entities
There are 2 Entities related to this resource.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h814zt (person)
John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...
Tufts, John W. (John Wheeler), 1825-1908
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km6sbk (person)
Biography is taken from The New Grove Dictionary of American Music . Article by William Osborne. John Wheeler Tufts was born on May 12, 1825 in Dover, New Hampshire. He was a music educator and organist. After studying in Frankfurt and Leipzig, he settled in Bangor and then Portland, Maine, where he was active as a church organist and conductor of a choral society that he had organized. About 1880, he moved to Boston, where he served as organist of Kings Chapel for 15 ye...
