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 34 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Morse Family Papers
The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs.
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.
Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature
Signature, n.d.
Signature clipped from a document.