Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, speeches, diaries, clippings, printed matter, sermons, and other papers of two centuries of Beecher family members. The papers relate principally to Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), popular 19th century clergyman and orator, and members of his family. Among those represented are his father, the Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), clergyman; his brothers, Edward Beecher (1803-1895), educator and antislavery leader, and Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900) and Charles...

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The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

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Miscellaneous autographs and letters of American political and cultural figures, among them John and John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Jefferson Davis, Horace Greeley, and Lydia Sigourney. Also included are eleven letters to James F. Babcock, editor of the New Haven Weekly Palladium, on politics (1840-1866) and seven letters (1866-1872) to R. P. Cowles in New Haven from prospective lecturers.

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...

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Twenty-one diaries, 1821-1879, of Asa Fitch, scientist and entomologist. The diaries reflect in considerable detail Fitch's life and thoughts from early adolescence through his education at the Rensselaer School in Troy, New York and the Vermont Academy of Medicine in Castleton, his career as a scientist and state entomologist in New York, and his retirement. Also included are papers and genealogical materials relating to other members of the Fitch family.

Abstract: A collection of unrelated papers, linked by the family connections of the major figures. The papers of David Humphreys, a diplomat in the service of the United States, document his activities in Spain, 1789-1808. Also included are personal papers including correspondence with David Bushnell and Ezra Lee about submarines and with James Madison on politics, and some family correspondence. The papers of George William Erving, who was chargé d'affaires in Madrid (1804-1809) during Humphreys'...

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ALS sharing news of family and friends.

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ALS providing a positive comment on Alfred H. Welsh's "Man and His Relations."

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ALS in support of a series of lectures by Dr. Solger.

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ALS concerning his possible election to an unidentified post.

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ALS apparently forwarding a letter (no longer present).

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ALS regarding a parishioner, a Mr. B., the rest of whose name has been erased, mentioning Mr. B.'s difficult first marriage and vouching for his and his second wife's characters. MS note on verso: "Peter G. Bech/Bichly, 1228 Carleton Ave."

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ALS thanking the Oxford Club for making him an honorary member.

Accompanied by original envelope.

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ALS declining an invitation to lecture in Bangor.

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ALS congratulating the Sharpes on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, with original envelope.

Mounted to album page, on verso of which is envelope addressed to Julia Graydon Sharpe from "JWR" [James Whitcomb Riley?], 1909 Nov. 26.

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ALS sending a message to be conveyed to Mr. Park, encouraging him to accept offerings of flowers. Also dated 1862 May 4. Addressed on verso to "Mr. Welch or Mr. Park."

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ALS stating that he cannot make engagements for the next season until September and after. Accompanied by typed transcript.

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Ten ALS concerning the purchase or exchange of jewelry and precious stones. Also includes a telegram from Beecher to Remick; an ALS from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher to Mrs. Remick; a telegram from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher to John A. Remick; and a program from Henry Ward Beecher's seventieth birthday celebration.

Abstract: The Donald Grant Mitchell papers contain original correspondence and manuscripts by the prominent nineteenth-century New Haven-area author. Correspondents include Henry Ward Beecher, Henry Augustin Beers, George Washington Cable, William Maxwell Evarts, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Noah Porter, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Scribner, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. Writings include drafts for...

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence correspondence, legal and financial documents, printed matter, and other papers of Edwards Pierrepont, attorney, judge, Attorney General of the United States, and minister to Great Britain. Some of the correspondence relates to such questions as Reconstruction, bimetallism, the "whiskey ring" controversy, the Hayes-Tilden election, and the Republican Party. Important correspondents include William Maxwell Evarts, Adelbert Ames, Hamilton Fish, Ulysses S....