Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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...

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...

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Missionary and teacher in Singapore, 1835-1844. Correspondence, a journal covering his years in Singapore, genealogical notes, a Malay lexicon and a Chinese-English vocabulary. Principal correspondents are Lyman Beecher, Horace Dickinson, Mercy Amelia Dickinson, Horace Greeley, Edward Everett Hale, Mary Ann Moseley Dickinson Perkins, and Lebbeus B. Ward.

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Story, holograph, corrected and signed.

Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and personal papers of the American historian and author Paul Leicester Ford. The correspondence is largely professional and documents Ford's work as an editor, historian, bibliographer, novelist and playwright. Ford's correspondents include John Kendrick Bangs, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Rudyard Kipling, and S. Weir Mitchell; earlier letters written to others by James Fennimore Cooper and Jared...

Abstract: The papers contain correspondence, account books, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of members of the Frost family. Correspondence of William Frost details his political activity in the Maine Territory, Jeffersonian politics in Massachusetts, and the Embargo Act. Material relating to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's Civil War duties is scarce. His years as Bowdoin College president and his role in the election riot of 1880 are documented more fully....

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ALS to "my dear friend" concerning a misunderstanding and meeting.

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ALS, in French, confirming receipt of a "notice" on the Collège de France.

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ALS, on personal printed letterhead, presenting a donation (no longer present) to an unspecified cause and touching on Huguenot emigration to the United States.

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ALS expressing appreciation to the recipient for generosity extended to an unidentified library.

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ALS thanking Eliot for a letter from Dr. Parke, and discussing "mechanics of religion."

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ALS soliciting a contribution to a charity.

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TLS, corrected, granting her permission to reprint a letter of his to Bradlee in a biography about Hepworth.

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AL inquiring about a former residence of Samuel Hale.

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TLS asking Mitchell to share a journal and discussing Frederick William Greenleaf.

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ALS replying to a query about John Foster Williams.

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TLS expressing sympathy for an unidentified event, possibly the death of Mrs. Wetherbee. Accompanied by a bust-length portrait of Edward Everett Hale.

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ALS mentioning a new edition of In His Name and thanking Alden for her praise of it.

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LS, in the hand of an amanuensis, asking for a recommendation.

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ALS providing an introduction to Rev. M. K. Schermerhorn.