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Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

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Dates

  • Existence: 1758-10-16 - 1843-05-28

Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author.
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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement to donate one of every hundred copies of hisGrammatical Institute of the English Language to Yale College, 1790 Apr 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-21
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Autograph manuscript, signed.
Dates: 1790 Apr 5
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

"Books Presented to the Library of Yale College by N. Webster", 1837 Sep 9

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-13
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Holograph manuscript, signed and dated at New Haven.
Dates: 1837 Sep 9
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Certificates for shares in Union School House, New Haven, Conn., 1802 Jan 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-9
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two printed forms completed in manuscript, numbered 80 and 81.

The certificates were issued to Henry Daggett, Jr., and signed by Webster and Jonathan Barker.
Dates: 1802 Jan 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Document assigning printing rights for his American Spelling Book to Bradford & Read, booksellers, 1815 Jul 23

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-7
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: DS, written in an unidentified hand and signed by Webster, assigning rights to print 100,000 copies in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Dates: 1815 Jul 23
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Fragment of a deed for a burial place in the New Burying Ground, New Haven, Conn., n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-8
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Fragment of a printed form completed in manuscript, transferring ownership of a burial place to Webster, signed by James Hillhouse, Theodosia Woolsey, and Elisha Munson.
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Latin declamation, 1776 May 4

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Holograph manuscript, signed.

Printed in the Yale Alumni Weekly, Nov 19, 1926.
Dates: 1776 May 4
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter, 1828 Mar 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-14
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, dated at New Haven, authorizing Samuel J. Hitchcock to demand payment of security money owed to Webster by James Bishop.
Dates: 1828 Mar 5
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : New Haven, Conn., to Messrs. Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1830 Apr 13

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS outlining proposals for future editions of The American Spelling Book.
Dates: 1830 Apr 13
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : New Haven, to Jacob Johnson, 1808 Aug 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-15
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with address leaf, regarding terms of sale for his Spelling Book.

Accompanied by a typed transcript.
Dates: 1808 Aug 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : New Haven, to Sylvester Judd, 1835 Nov 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-6
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with address leaf, concerning Webster family genealogy.
Dates: 1835 Nov 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : New Haven, to the Society of Brothers in Unity, 1840 Oct 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-18
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS.
Dates: 1840 Oct 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : New York, to Jedidiah Morse, 1793 Dec 25

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-10
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Copy of an ALS, written in an unidentified hand, discussing methods of collaboration.
Dates: 1793 Dec 25
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letter : to James Gates Percival, [1827 or 1828?]

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-16
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS accompanied by brief notes written by Harry R. Warfel.
Dates: [1827 or 1828?]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letters, 1830

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to Webster's wife, Rebecca, and ALS to his son, William.
Dates: 1830, 1839
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letters : New Haven, to John West, 1804-07

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-19
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Five ALS to West, a bookseller, including an ALS dated Jul 10, 1805, containing a copy of a testimonial regarding his American Spelling Book, by Daniel Crocker, Bela Kellogg, and Ezekiel W. Morse, teachers in New Haven.
Dates: 1804-07
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letters : New Haven, to Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1831

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-17
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two ALS dated Jun 16, 1831, and Mar 28, 1832.
Dates: 1831, 1832
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Letters : New York, to William Young, 1788

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-5
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Four ALS concerning his Spelling Book, dated May 3, Jun 23, Jul 3, and Nov 24, 1788.

Accompanied by typed transcripts.
Dates: 1788
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Memorandum book, 1804-20

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-11
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Volume, signed, containing holograph accounts and other notes, including notes relating to books lent and a list of people to whom a dictionary prospectus had been sent.
Dates: 1804-20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Notes : to Josiah Willard Gibbs, 1834

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-12
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two ANS dated Feb 4, 1834, and Dec, 1836.

Dates are written in an unidentified hand.
Dates: 1834, 1836
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843

Notes : to West & Richardson, Boston, 1813-15

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 553, F-20
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Four ANS to West & Richardson, Boston booksellers, including orders for payment of money to Elijah Dwight and Munson & Bernard.

Also present is a receipt for money paid by West & Richardson to Webster.
Dates: 1813-15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758-1843