Letters from various correspondents, 1897-1904.

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Letters from various correspondents, 1897-1904.

Consists of 41 letters, mostly addressed to Anna Ricketson, several of which relate to the possible publication of her father Daniel Ricketson's correspondence. These include letters from others giving permission for their own letters or family members' letters to Ricketson to be published. Other letters in the collection chiefly relate to personal matters and include several from the writer Lucy Gibbons Morse. There are also several letters addressed to Anna Ricketson and her brother Walton Ricketson from Francis Ellingwood Abbott, a prominent Unitarian and scholar of religion, a clipping about Abbott's suicide, and photographs of Abbott and his wife.

1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8210950

Houghton Library

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Abbot, Francis Ellingwood, 1836-1903

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American philosophical writer. From the guide to the Francis Ellingwood Abbot letters, 1870-1885, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) F. E. Abbot received his A.B. from Harvard in 1859. From the description of College themes and forensics, 1856-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072877 Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836-1903), was a Unitarian minister and a radical religious philosopher. Abbot founded the Free Rel...

Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936

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Ricketson, Anna, 1836-1927

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Anna Ricketson was a friend of the Alcott family of Concord, Mass.; her brother Walton was a sculptor. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1897-1904. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78112130 Anna Ricketson was a friend of the Alcott family of Concord, Mass.; her husband Walton was a sculptor. From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1897-1904., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Ricketson, Walton, 1839-1923.

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