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Johnson, Thomas Herbert, 1902-1985

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Thomas Herbert Johnson (1902-1985) was born in Bradford, Vermont, the son of Herbert Thomas Johnson (1872-1942) and Myra Burbeck Johnson. He married Catherine Schyler Rice of New York on September 11, 1934, and they had two children, Thomas and Laura. Thomas briefly attended Dartmouth, and after a year of teaching, started over again at Williams College, class of 1926. He taught at Rutgers, Harvard, NYU, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, and Williams. He joined the faculty of th...

Ford, Emily Ellsworth Fowler, 1826-1893

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Emily Ellsworth (Fowler) Ford (1826-1893), a granddaughter of Noah Webster (1748-1843) the lexicographer, and daughter of William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881) a professor of rhetoric and oratory and English literature at Amherst College (1838-1843), grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts and moved to Brooklyn, New York in late 1853 upon her marriage to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), a businessman and lawyer. Ford came from a prominent family, well-connected within both social and literary ...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Jennison, James, 1821-1876

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James Jennison (1821-1876) was employed at Harvard University as a tutor in history, instructor in elocution, and registrar. He earned an A.M. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1852 and was the Divinity School's librarian from 1871-1876....

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Foote.

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Root, Mary

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Jane

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Title: of England British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000367 ...

Gladden, Washington, 1836-1918

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Congregational clergyman, author, and lecturer. From the description of Washington Gladden papers, 1884-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435826 From the guide to the Washington Gladden papers, 1884-1894, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American Congregational minister and social reformer, as well as the author of many books and hymns. From the description of Washington Gladden letters to Riverside Press [manuscript], 1899 Oct 2 and 7. (Universi...

Woods Hotel

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French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg), 1813-1885

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Banker, lawyer, judge, college president, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and author; b. in Chester, N.H. From the description of Papers, 1850-1870. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70960554 ...

First Congregational Church (Amherst, Mass.)

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Founded in 1739, the First Congregational Church of Amherst built a meeting-house upon the knoll where the Amherst College's Octagon building stands. In 1788 another meeting-house was built on the same site. In 1828 another building was built that in 1866 became Amherst College's College Hall. In 1867-1868 a new church was built on Amherst's Main Street. From the description of First Congregational Church, Amherst, Mass. records, 1739-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 52218773 ...

Goodspeed

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H. Burbank.

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Aunt Abbie.

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Whipple, Edwin Percy, 1819-1886

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American essayist and critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Boston, to Harper and Brothers, 1858 Mar. 5 and 18-1878 Apr. 1 and 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588778 Edwin Percy Whipple was an influential 19th century American literary critic and lecturer. A prolific reader, he worked at several disparate jobs while publishing critical essays in diverse periodicals. He gained the reputation as one of the most important young critics of his gener...

Conger, G.

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Harvey Root

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Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866

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American journalist. From the description of Papers of Gerard Hallock [manuscript], 1850-1855. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812881 ...

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Coelebs.

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Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Elihu Vedder letters, 1870-1880 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502860 Elihu Vedder was an American artist, known for his mystical and imaginative works, probably best remembered for his illustrations for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Born in New York and raised in Schenectady and Cuba, Vedder apprenticed with an architect and studied with a painter before travelling to Europe to study painting. He returned to ...

Phelps, Edward E. (Edward Elisha), 1803-1880

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Edward Phelps acquired most of the stock of the Insurers' Advisory Organization headquarters in Toronto in 1974 when the IAO closed its Plan Division. After distributing much of the collection, Phelps offered a set of fire insurance plans for Canada to the University of British Columbia Library in 1982. Before moving to computer applications, fire insurance plans provided fire underwriters with sufficient information at a glance on which to base risk assessments. They yield a great deal of infor...

Anna

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Epithet: mater B Virginis Mariae; vii. kal. Aug Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x0001c4 Epithet: wife of the Archduke Ferdinand Charles Title: Archduchess of Austria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x0001c3 Places: Saxony Tit...

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

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Formed in 1867 by merger of the Boston and Worcester Railroad (chartered 1831) and the Western Railroad (chartered 1833). Leased to the New York Central in 1899. From the description of Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580906 The Boston and Albany Railroad Company resulted from the development and eventual merger of several railroad lines built to connect eastern Massachusetts with eastern New York state. The firs...

Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879

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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...

Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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William Hayes Ward, 1835-1916, born Abington, Mass. Editor, Assyriologist, author. Educated 1856 Amherst, 1859 graduated Andover Seminary, 1885 LLD Amherst. Ordained Congregationalist minister. Associate editor, later editor-in-chief of "The Independent" (New York weekly) between 1868-1913. Director of Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia 1884-85. President of American Oriental Society. Wrote Biography of Sydney Lanier, What I Believe and Why, etc. Samuel Sydney McClure,1857-19...

Julia Smith

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Abiah Root

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Clizbe, J.

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Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was the niece of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), and daughter of William Austin Dickinson (1829-1895) and Susan Huntington Dickinson (1830-1913). As the sole surviving member of the Dickinson family, she edited several collections of Emily Dickinson's work, and wrote two Dickinson biographies. A poet in her own right, Bianchi published several volumes of her own work as well. From the description of Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning ...

Yale College (1718-1887)

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The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Will Cooley

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Lord & Taylor

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The donor, Joseph DeAngelis, claims that these plans date from 1914 but evidence seems to indicate they date from the 1920's, probably 1928. From the description of Lord & Taylor floor plans. (Fashion Institute of Tech Library). WorldCat record id: 122592206 ...

White, George

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Epithet: of Hunton, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0003b7 Epithet: of Add MS 33774 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0003b0 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000061 Epithet: of Norwich ...

Lord, M.

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Dickinson, Edward, 1803-1874

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Edward Dickinson (b. January 1, 1803, Amherst, MA–d.June 16, 1874, Boston, MA) was an American politician from Massachusetts. He is also known as the father of the poet Emily Dickinson....

Charlotte

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Ward, Theodora Van Wagenen, 1890-1974

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Ward lived in Cambridge, MA, and was the author of Emily Dickinson's Letters to Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland....

United States. Postmaster General

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Letter from N. Udall, Post Office Department, informs California Governor John McDougal (1851-1852) that his nominee for Assistant Postmaster General for California and Oregon, Col. James S. Graham, cannot be considered, since Post Office Department does not intend to establish an office on Pacific coast. From the description of U.S. Postmaster General letter, 1851. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34816745 ...

Force, Peter, 1790-1868

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American historian and mayor general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mayor's office, Washington, to James Greenleaf, esq., 1836 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524419 Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers and collection of Peter Force, 1170-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81049951 Archivist and historian. From the description of Receipt, 1853. (Historical Societ...

Cowles.

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Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...

Shepard, Mary, 1909-2000

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b. December 25, 1909; d. September 4, 2000. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81012103 ...

Bliss, Jonathan

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Epithet: barrister, of Massachusetts Bay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x00035c ...

Helen

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Epithet: of Constantinople British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0001eb ...

Mary Root

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Colton, Simeon, 1785-1868

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Simeon Colton (1785-1868), native of Connecticut, was a Congregational and Presbyterian minister, who lived for some time near Fayetteville and Asheboro, N.C., where he taught at schools and preached to Presbyterian and Methodist churches. From the guide to the Simeon Colton Papers, ., 1840-1861, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

McLean, John

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Epithet: and Son of Upper Marylebone St British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0000fd Epithet: Bishop of Saskatchewan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000256 ...

Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was the niece of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), and daughter of William Austin Dickinson (1829-1895) and Susan Huntington Dickinson (1830-1913). As the sole surviving member of the Dickinson family, she edited several collections of Emily Dickinson's work, and wrote two Dickinson biographies. A poet in her own right, Bianchi published several volumes of her own work as well. From the description of Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning ...