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Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1796 - 1881

John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), American clergyman and historian who served as a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter : Boston, to Phelps, 1846 Oct 23

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 507, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding corrections to stereotype plates of Palfrey's biography of his grandfather, Life of William Palfrey.
Dates: 1846 Oct 23
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > P > PALFREY, JOHN GORHAM, 1796-1881

Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Messrs. Morse & others, Committee of Arrangements, [18]52 Sep 11

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 507, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS declining an invitation and extolling the virtues of Joshua R. Giddings. With envelope from Giddings to Palfrey.
Dates: [18]52 Sep 11
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > P > PALFREY, JOHN GORHAM, 1796-1881

Letter : Cambridge, to Mr. [Ropes?], 1871 Mar 1

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 507, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS presenting chirography examples (no longer present).
Dates: 1871 Mar 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > P > PALFREY, JOHN GORHAM, 1796-1881

Letter : Washington, to J[ohn] H[oward] Payne, 119 Leonard St., New York, N.Y., 1848 Jul 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 507, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS concerning an unspecified matter that Payne is impatient to see settled, for which nothing can be done in the State Department or in Congress before "the Secretary" has done what he proposed.
Dates: 1848 Jul 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > P > PALFREY, JOHN GORHAM, 1796-1881

Woolsey family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 562
Overview: The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business...
Dates: 1750-1969, bulk 1811-1921
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Woolsey family papers