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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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  • Existence: 1807-12-17 - 1892-09-07

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.
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Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Invitation to memorial service for John Greenleaf Whittier, 1892 Dec 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-16
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Printed invitation to services held by Haverhill city council at the city hall.
Dates: 1892 Dec 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, Ess. Co., to [G.?] M. Davey [and] W. F. McCrae, University of Vt., Burlington, Vt., [18]39 Apr 1

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-25
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with integral address leaf, replying to an invitation.
Dates: [18]39 Apr 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, Mass., to Mrs. Stone, 1884 Sep 26

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS requesting a copy of a memorial for Mrs. Stone's brother, General [Zeomer?].
Dates: 1884 Sep 26
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to an unidentified recipient, 1874 Dec 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding pronunciation of a German name, pronounced "duller" in New England.
Dates: 1874 Dec 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to "My dear Friend", 1874 Dec 7

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS replying to a letter from a reader, originally accompanied by a photograph. He notes that a character in "Snow Bound: a Winter Idyll" was based on Harriet Livermore, and explains a paragraph of the preface to Child Life in Prose.
Dates: 1874 Dec 7
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to Stephen A. Chase, Salem, Massachusetts, 1856 May 24

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS written on behalf of the Trustees of the Public Library Association of Amesbury and Salisbury, acknowledging a donation of books. Also signed by librarian Jas. C. Davis. With integral address leaf.
Dates: 1856 May 24
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, 1873 Nov 6

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-20
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS "Dear Friend" praising the Franklin Series, a set of reading books compiled by George S. Hillier.
Dates: 1873 Nov 6
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, 1883 Oct 26

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-21
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to "Dear Friend" informing the recipient that he is not well but will see Col. [Barr?] if he travels to Amesbury.
Dates: 1883 Oct 26
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, [1869 Jun?] 24

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-32
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS discussing mutual friends.
Dates: [1869 Jun?] 24
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, 1867 Nov 6

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-33
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS discussing an unspecified piece of writing (no longer present).
Dates: 1867 Nov 6
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, 1872 Mar 22

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-34
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to "Dear friend" asking for information on F. D. Pastorius. With envelope.
Dates: 1872 Mar 22
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to an unidentified recipient, 1859 December 28

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-39
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to "My dear [Sourle?]" concerning matters at The Atlantic Monthly.
Dates: 1859 December 28
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to Harriet [Beecher Stowe], 1871 November 4

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-36
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS recalling Stowe's recent visit.
Dates: 1871 November 4
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to James H. Diffenbaugh, 1874 Jan 18

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking the Irving Literary Society of Western Maryland College for electing him an honorary member.
Dates: 1874 Jan 18
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to [James T.] Fields, 1862 Jan 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-22
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS enclosing a poem (no longer present) by an unidentified female author from California who wishes to know her chances of being published in the Atlantic Monthly.
Dates: 1862 Jan 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to [Josephine Root, 307 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford, Conn.], 1886 Dec 23

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-29
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with envelope, to "My dear cousin" discussing family matters.
Dates: 1886 Dec 23
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to Lizzie F. Boardman, 2 Marshall Street, Hartford, Conn., 1885 Apr 8

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-28
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to his cousin on the death of her son. With two envelopes.
Dates: 1885 Apr 8
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to Lydia Maria Child, Medford, Mass., 1861 Apr 1

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking her for Linda [Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs, edited by Childs], discussing The Sable Cloud by Nehemiah Adams.

Accompanied by original envelope.
Dates: 1861 Apr 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to Mrs. J. [K.] Sharpe, North Penn St., Indianapolis, Ind., 187[4?] Jun 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to [Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe], the daughter of an old friend, answering an inquiry about a poem left out of his collected works and which he can no longer recall. Accompanied by fragment of original envelope, adhered to letter.
Dates: 187[4?] Jun 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Amesbury, to "Respected Friend", 1860 Nov 13

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS recommending his cousin as a teacher for a Society of Friends school.
Dates: 1860 Nov 13
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892