Noah Webster collection, 1788-1886.

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Noah Webster collection, 1788-1886.

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The Noah Webster collection is an assembled collection of Webster-related items acquired over the years by The Henry Ford from a variety of sources. Included is correspondence of Noah Webster from 1788 to 1837 and a number of certificates for shares in the Union school, begun by Webster in 1802 in New Haven, Connecticut. The collection also includes letters of Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich and one of his daughter Eliza Webster Jones.

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Union School (New Haven, Conn.)

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Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, merchant, magistrate and coroner. From the description of Chauncey S. Goodrich papers, 1831-1909. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418435 American clergyman and lexicographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Norman White, 1855 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577165 Chauncey Allen Goodrich. From the description of Memorial album, 1860. (American Antiquarian Society)...

Jones, Eliza Steele Webster, 1803-

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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 ...