Francis Parkman letters : Boston, to O. H. Marshall and J. G. Shea, 1849, 1867, 1882.

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Francis Parkman letters : Boston, to O. H. Marshall and J. G. Shea, 1849, 1867, 1882.

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Letters to O. H. Marshall, 6 May 1849, introducing himself and requesting sources on the Iroquois ca. 1763; and 27 Mar. 1882, regarding "Shea's foolish judgement on La Salle" and the slow pace of his work. Also, one letter to John Gilmary Shea, 1 Sept. 1867, describing his journey down the Illinois River to the site of the "great Illinois village", midway between Starved Rock and the mouth of the Big Vermillion River.

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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

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Noted American historian from Massachusetts who traveled the Oregon Trail and published extensively on early America. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 233593490 Francis Parkman, historian, was born in Boston and educated at Harvard, his father's alma mater. Samuel Parkman was a Unitarian pastor who founded The Parkman Professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in The Cambridge Theological ...

Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892

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John Dawson Gilmary Shea was born in 1824 in New York City. He attended law school before joining the Society of Jesus in 1848. He then studied at St. John's College (Fordham, NY) and St. Mary's College (Montreal, Canada). Shea left the order in 1852 to pursue a career as a historian. He married Sophie Savage in 1854. During his lifetime, Shea wrote or edited over 250 titles. His most popular works included Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley (1852), History of the Catholic Missi...

Marshall, O. H. (Orsamus Holmes), 1813-1884

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Lawyer and writer; a trustee of the University of Buffalo and the Buffalo Female Academy, and a founder of the Buffalo Historical Society and the Buffalo Cemetery Association. From the description of Index to Indian subjects, [187-?]. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33228713 Lawyer and writer; a trustee of the University of Buffalo and of the Buffalo Female Academy; a founder of the Buffalo Historical Society and the Buffalo Cemetery Association. Fr...