Correspondence, 1860-1909.

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Correspondence, 1860-1909.

This collection (1860-1909) consists of correspondence among F.M. Ray and family, friends, or others. Many of the letters pertain to genealogical or historical information. Well known correspondents include Julia Ward Howe, Alpheus S. Packard, Alonzo Quint, and Justin Winsor.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8080386

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Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Packard, Alpheus S. (Alpheus Spring), 1798-1884

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American clergyman and professor of classics. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bowdoin College, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1851 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609824 ...

Ray family.

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Ray, F. M. (Fabius Maximus), 1837-1915

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Lawyer and state legislator; of Portland, Me. From the description of Fabius Maximus Ray correspondence, 1855-1913. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71057488 Fabius Maximus Ray was a lawyer and state legislator living in Portland, Me. He wrote and published extensively on Maine history, especially Windham and Westbrook, Me., as well as genealogy, fiction, and poetry. He collected extensive unpublished historical material. He served as vice president of...

Quint, Alonzo H. (Alonzo Hall), 1828-1896

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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...