Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Dates
- Existence: 1758-10-16 - 1843-05-28
Biography
Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author.
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
Autograph manuscript, signed.
"Books Presented to the Library of Yale College by N. Webster", 1837 Sep 9
Holograph manuscript, signed and dated at New Haven.
Certificates for shares in Union School House, New Haven, Conn., 1802 Jan 20
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.
Document assigning printing rights for his American Spelling Book to Bradford & Read, booksellers, 1815 Jul 23
DS, written in an unidentified hand and signed by Webster, assigning rights to print 100,000 copies in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Fragment of a deed for a burial place in the New Burying Ground, New Haven, Conn., n.d.
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.
Latin declamation, 1776 May 4
Holograph manuscript, signed.
Printed in the Yale Alumni Weekly, Nov 19, 1926.
Letter, 1828 Mar 5
ALS, dated at New Haven, authorizing Samuel J. Hitchcock to demand payment of security money owed to Webster by James Bishop.
Letter : New Haven, Conn., to Messrs. Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1830 Apr 13
ALS outlining proposals for future editions of The American Spelling Book.
Letter : New Haven, to Jacob Johnson, 1808 Aug 30
ALS, with address leaf, regarding terms of sale for his Spelling Book.
Accompanied by a typed transcript.
Letter : New Haven, to Sylvester Judd, 1835 Nov 12
ALS, with address leaf, concerning Webster family genealogy.
Letter : New Haven, to the Society of Brothers in Unity, 1840 Oct 12
ALS.
Letter : New York, to Jedidiah Morse, 1793 Dec 25
Copy of an ALS, written in an unidentified hand, discussing methods of collaboration.
Letter : to James Gates Percival, [1827 or 1828?]
ALS accompanied by brief notes written by Harry R. Warfel.
Letters, 1830, 1839
ALS to Webster's wife, Rebecca, and ALS to his son, William.
Letters : New Haven, to John West, 1804-07
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.
Letters : New Haven, to Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1831, 1832
Two ALS dated Jun 16, 1831, and Mar 28, 1832.
Letters : New York, to William Young, 1788
Four ALS concerning his Spelling Book, dated May 3, Jun 23, Jul 3, and Nov 24, 1788.
Accompanied by typed transcripts.
Memorandum book, 1804-20
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.
Notes : to Josiah Willard Gibbs, 1834, 1836
Two ANS dated Feb 4, 1834, and Dec, 1836.
Dates are written in an unidentified hand.
Notes : to West & Richardson, Boston, 1813-15
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.