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Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1815-08-01 - 1882-01-06

Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-188), American author, lawyer, and politician
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Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Bowles papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 94
Overview: The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.
Dates: 1852-1893
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Samuel Bowles papers

DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

 Sub-Series
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Dates: [ca. 1800-ongoing]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D

Evarts family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Overview: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for...
Dates: 1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Evarts family papers

Letter : 30 Court Street, Boston, to D. S. Goddard, 1873 July 1

 Part of Collection — Box: 99, Folder: 30
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Autograph letter, signed, discussing an unidentified person and their preparation for school in Cambridge.
Dates: 1873 July 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : 30 Court Street, to George L. Blanchard, 1853 Jan 15

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-23
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS acknowledging receipt of a check in payment for a lecture.
Dates: 1853 Jan 15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : 361 Beacon St., Boston, to the Editor of Scribner's Magazine, 1877 Dec 14

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS querying the editor about publishing an article by his daughter concerning the school she attended with Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon, who is to marry the King of Spain in January 1878.
Dates: 1877 Dec 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, 361 Beacon St., to Katherine Sedgwick Washburn, 1875 Jul 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-25
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS complimenting Washburn on the reception of her recent recitations and readings.
Dates: 1875 Jul 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to an unidentified recipient, 1862 Jan 9

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-26
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to an unidentified editor enclosing a submission (no longer present).
Dates: 1862 Jan 9
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to Edith D. Buckingham, [1876?] Mar 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 458, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS in response to a request for an autograph. Accompanies letter from Richard Henry Dana, Sr., to same recipient.
Dates: [1876?] Mar 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1787-1879

Letter : Boston, to George McLaughlin, 1863 Dec 10

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS wishing the success of the Great Western Sanitary Fair in Cincinnati, to be held at the same time as a Sanitary Fair in Boston.
Dates: 1863 Dec 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to James W. Stone, 1855 Oct 2

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-35
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS declining a lecture invitation.
Dates: 1855 Oct 2
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to Mr. R. R. Clark, 1852 Dec 8

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-24
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS declining an invitation to lecture in Clark's village that winter.
Dates: 1852 Dec 8
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to Mrs. Lucia Gray Alexander, 1872 Jun 16

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-20
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking her for a piece of artwork, expressing a wish for her to meet Mrs. Dana, who is abroad for the year with their daughters.
Dates: 1872 Jun 16
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to "My dear friend", 1876 Feb 18

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS praising the talents of Katharine Sedgwick Washburn, a Boston elocutionist and a relative of Dana's.
Dates: 1876 Feb 18
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to [Robert Delano?], 1877 [Nov?] 22

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS informing the recipient that he will not part with the few autographs of Washington Allston and Dickens that he has.
Dates: 1877 [Nov?] 22
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to Ruth Charlotte Dana, 1870 Oct 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with envelope, to his daughter, summarizing a conversation with her neighbor J. H. Thayer, concerning property rights.
Dates: 1870 Oct 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to Thomas P. James, 1875 Dec 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-37
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking James for his communication about the "mural tablet of Dr. [Dunn?]".
Dates: 1875 Dec 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Boston, to William M. Evarts, 1862 Feb 4

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-16
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding an unnamed post for which Dana has apparently been proposed.
Dates: 1862 Feb 4
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Florence, Italy, to Miss Hosmer, 1880 Nov 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 19, Folder: GROUP 419, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS replying to a request to sit for a portrait by the recipient's neice, probably the sculptor Harriet Goodhue Hosmer.
Dates: 1880 Nov 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1815-1882

Letter : Lakeville, Conn., to Professor F. J. Child, 186[4?]

 Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 458, F-14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS apologizing for not giving notice that he could not speak to a group of students, having misunderstood the importance of his role in the event.
Dates: 186[4?]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > D > DANA, RICHARD HENRY, 1787-1879