Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1796 - 1880
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Evarts family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Abstract:
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...
Dates:
1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Evarts family papers
Samuel Wells Williams family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 547
Summary:
The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S. W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and...
Dates:
1809-1983, bulk 1809-1941
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- Account books 1
- Asia 1
- Authors 1
- China 1
- China -- History -- 19th century 1
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 1
- Chinese language -- Dictionaries -- English 1
- Congregationalism 1
- Diaries 1
- Diplomats 1
- Educators 1
- English language -- Dictionaries -- Chinese 1
- Europe 1
- Great Britain 1
- Historians 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States 1 ∧ less
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