Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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ALS to "my dear sir" confirming a meeting the following month.

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ALS replying to a speaking invitation.

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ALS sharing travel plans.

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ALS discussing copyright and granting permission to quote from a sermon.

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Two LS, possibly in the hand of an amanuensis, one to "Miss Dole," returning a submission (no longer present), and one to "Miss Farmer," providing advice.

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Two ALS, in the hand of an amanuensis, regarding charitable work.

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Three ALS on behalf of the "soldier Frank Thompson."

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19 ALS concerning social engagements, news of Hale's family--particularly his wife, and his children Jack, Edward, and Nelly--and his speaking tours throughout the Northeast.

With 19 envelopes.

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Six ALS to Frederic Henry Hedge, one ALS to Mrs. Hedge, and one to Miss Hedge; the letters discuss Hale's decision to leave the staff of The Christian Examiner, praise Hedge's sermons, and offer condolences to Hedge's daughter on Dr. Hedge's death; one letter includes Hale's sonnet "In sinking shafts to find the Rock of Truth," dated 1885 Dec 12.

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Two ALS concerning an unspecified proof and work.

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Invitation and program to the "Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Birth of Edward Everett Hale," April 3, 1902. Receipt for subscription made out to Winthrop Wetherbee. Reproduction of a drawing of Edward Everett Hale, after photograph by Bell, Washington D. C., signed. Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Winthrop Wetherbee.

Abstract: The papers contain correspondence related to Roswell Parish's attendance at Yale College (Class of 1864), Civil War letters consisting of letters of introduction obtained by Parish in conveying his brother home from the Battle of Antietam and miscellaneous correspondence, autographs, and printed matter. Included in the letters is one from Maxfield Parrish on family genealogy. Among the signatures are those of E. E. Hale, Alvan G. Clark, John T. Morse, N. R. Huntington, Francis A. Walker,...

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Correspondence, notes and manuscripts for books and articles, and other documents and papers of Frank Parsons, lawyer, educator, and lecturer and writer on economics and social reform. There is very little material of a personal nature. Included is a file of correspondence with Ralph Albertson, a close friend of Parsons, mainly concerned with the cooperative movement.

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The papers consist of correspondence and other papers relating to nineteenth century socialism in England and the United States. Included are two literary manuscripts by William Riley entitled Literary Cranks by One of Them and Radical Jack; copies of periodicals edited by Riley; and letters from Walter Besant, Edward Everett Hale, Rudyard Kipling, Justin McCarthy, Karl Marx, William Rossetti and John Ruskin.

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Letters from personal friends and famous people concerning Twombly's work as minister, author, president of the Yale Alumni Association of Boston.

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of...