Wales, Edward Howe, 1856-1922. Papers, 1815-1816, 1845, 1874-1922. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

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Cartoonist, artist, lecturer, and later diplomat; of Morristown, N.J.; died in Ecuador while he was serving as American consul-general. From the description of Papers, 1850s-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70939185 German-born American cartoonist; contributed to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York Illustrated News, and Harper's Weekly; traveled to Europe in 1860; lived in New York City and Morristown, N.J.; appointed consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1902 where...

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969

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Curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Winterthur, Delaware. From the description of Henry F. Du Pont interview, 1962 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502900 Henry Francis du Pont was born at Winterthur, Del., on May 27, 1880, the son of Henry Algernon du Pont and the great-grandson of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. He was a director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1915 until his death in 1969, and a member of its ...

Root, Elihu, 1881-1967

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Elihu Root, Jr. : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528134 ...

Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada

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Precious metal mining company, operating in Goldfield, Nev. From the description of Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada records, 1920-1950. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71129385 ...

Du Pont, Ruth

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Ruth Wales du Pont, daughter of Edward H. and Ruth Hawks Wales, was born on June 10, 1889 in New York. She attended Miss Spencer's School in New York City and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Md. Her interests included music and historic restoration. She was a trustee of Tryon Palace, New Bern, S.C. On June 24, 1916, she married Henry Francis du Pont in Hyde Park, N.Y.; they had two daughters. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1900]-1951. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record i...

Union League Club (New York, N.Y.)

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New York social club. Had an active exhibition program at its building on East 37th Street. Artist-members include Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, Jasper Cropsey, Asher B. Durand, Martin Johnson Heade, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, William Sartain, J.Q.A. Ward, Worthington Whittredge, Alexander Wynant; and Eastman Johnson, who also served on the Union League's art committee. From the description of Union League Club records, 1867-1940. (Unknown). Wor...

Wales, Salem Howe, 1825-1902.

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Salem Howe Wales was a journalist, politician, and philanthropist. Born in Wales, Mass. on Ocotber 4, 1825, he attended the Academy of Attica in New York. In 1846, Wales began his career as a clerk in a New York importing house. From 1848 to 1871 he served as managing editor of Scientific American. Wales was a commissioner to the Paris Exposition (1855), a member of the executive committee of the Christian Commission during the Civil War era, and a member of the Union League Club. In 1873 he bec...

Wales, Edward Howe, 1856-1922.

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Edward Howe Wales was the son of Salem Howe Wales and Frances Elizabeth Johnson and was born in New York City on May 28, 1856. He attend a private day school in the city and graduated from Columbia University in 1877. On December 17, 1885 he married Ruth Holmes Hawks; they had one daughter, Ruth, who married Henry Francis du Pont. Wales was associated with his father in patent work and became an assistant examiner in the U.S. Patent Office. About 1880, he became a stockbrocker. During World War ...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

New York Yacht Club

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New York club of yacht owners and racing enthusiasts; established 1844 and incorporated 1865. From the description of Minutes, 1895-1896. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772144 ...

Hawks, Cicero Stephens, 1812-1868

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Episcopal Bishop of Missouri. From the description of Cicero Stephens Hawks papers, 1814-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658053178 ...

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

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Frederic Remington was born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York. He was educated at the Vermont Episcopal Institute and attended Yale University. He worked as a cowboy, scout, and ran a sheep and mule ranch in the west. He married Eva Caten on October 1, 1884. Remington was a painter, sculptor and illustrator of Indians, cowbnoys and the American soldier at war. His travels took him to Germany, Russia, North Africa, Cuba and all over North America. Frederic Remington died December 26, 1909 in Ne...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866

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American priest of the Episcopal Church, church historian, and North Carolina politician. From the description of Francis L. Hawks Letters [manuscript] 1852-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420463382 American divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified correspondent, [18]53 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470744 Protestant Episcopal clergyman, historian, and first president of the U...