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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

 Person

Dates

  • 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 51 Collections and/or Records:

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

Letter : Amesbury, to Thomas C. Powell, 1883 Mar 24

 Part of Collection — Box: 59, Folder: GROUP 2250, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS declining to do a service for Powell.
Dates: 1883 Mar 24
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, Mass., to George Frisbee Hoar, 1881 Nov 14

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-18
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS forwarding a letter (not present) from Dr. Bailey, the editor of the National Era in Washington.
Dates: 1881 Nov 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, Mass., to J. F. Bradley, Jr., 349 W. 58th St., New York City, 1889 Sep 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding engravings that Whittier no longer has.

Accompanied by original envelope.
Dates: 1889 Sep 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, Mass., to Mrs. A. C. [Trusdale?], 1104 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal., 1882 Aug 19

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-24
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with envelope, commenting on the recipient's poetry. With printed reproduction of a portrait engraving of Whittier.
Dates: 1882 Aug 19
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, Mass., to "My dear fed", 1886 December 19

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-40
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS identifying qualities and interests shared with the recipient, including the work of Emerson and Thoreau.
Dates: 1886 December 19
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, to an unidentified recipient, 1876 Nov 15

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-23
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to "My dear friend" regretting that it is too late to see [Hathaway?], a friend of the recipient, and commenting that the [presidential] election is unsettled but will probably go to Tilden.
Dates: 1876 Nov 15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, to Caroline S. Guild, 1883 Dec 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-19
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking Guild for a letter. Accompanied by an engraving of Whittier, 12 cm. mounted on a card 17 cm., a bust-length portrait photograph of Whittier, and a manscript transcription of the letter.
Dates: 1883 Dec 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Danvers, to Parker Pilsbury, 14 Highland Avenue, Lynn, Mass., 1882 September 18

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-38
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with envelope, concerning a portrait of a mutual friend and mentioning Pliny Earle Chase.
Dates: 1882 September 18
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : New York, to Elizabeth H. Chadwick, Newark, N. J., 1838 February 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-35
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS, with integral address leaf, introducing Nath[anie]l Southard.
Dates: 1838 February 5
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to an unidentified recipient, 1878 January 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-37
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS to "My dear friend" commenting on his or her verses.
Dates: 1878 January 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to Andrew James Symington, Langside, Glasgow, Scotland, 1890 Dec 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS saying that he has been ill and thanking Symington for his letter.

With envelope.
Dates: 1890 Dec 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to [George Alfred Townsend], [18]88 Apr 4

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking him for "the Maryland Legends" [Tales of the Chesapeake?], discusses the journals of Labadist monks Jaspar Dankers and Peter Sluyter.
Dates: [18]88 Apr 4
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to [John Boyle] O'Reilly, 1879 Nov 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS asking if O'Reilly received ten dollars Whittier sent for the convent at Kenmore, Ireland to put toward the relief of the poor.
Dates: 1879 Nov 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to "My dear friend", 187[6?] Oct 10

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS offering encouragement in artistic pursuits.
Dates: 187[6?] Oct 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892

Letter : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to unidentified recipient, 1884 Feb 27

 Part of Collection — Box: 23, Folder: GROUP 443, F-15
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding where to find Fringed Gentian (a flower).
Dates: 1884 Feb 27
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, 1807-1892