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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1794-04-11 - 1865-01-15

Biography

Edward Everett (1794-1865), American educator, politician, diplomat, and orator

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

George Jacob Abbot papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 28
Abstract:

Minister and diplomat. Correspondence largely relating to Abbot's service as secretary to Daniel Webster and as an agent of the State Department in England and Canada. Included are 104 letters by Daniel Webster as well as copies of several of his speeches. State Department papers concerning controversies with England (1837-1852), newspaper clippings about Daniel Webster and miscellaneous receipts, inventories and photographs make up the remainder of the papers.

Dates: 1811-1901

Evarts family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 200
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...
Dates: 1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901

Abraham Hayward collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 553
Abstract: Correspondence, printed materials, other papers, and photographs related to Abraham Hayward, as well as the research materials of Hayward biographer Brian Roberts. Outgoing correspondence includes letters to Hayward's sisters Fanny and Mary Anne Hayward, as well as publisher Richard Bentley. Incoming correspondence primarily consists of letters from members of Hayward's literary and political circles, including George Bentley; John Thaddeus Delane; Edward Everett; Alexander William Kinglake;...
Dates: 1791-1962

Kingsley memorial collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 604
Abstract: The collection is composed of family correspondence, diaries, and legal, financial, and professional papers which document the lives of several members of the Kingsley family or of the related Coit, Gilman, Upham, and Farnam families. One third of the collection concerns James Luce Kingsley, his tenure on the Yale faculty, and his classical and historical scholarship. Another third of the collection relates to the life and work of William Lathrop Kingsley, especially his editorship of the...
Dates: 1696-1934
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Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox
Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox

Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox, 1862 Nov 19

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, on behalf of the friends of H. P. Tuttle, asking for Tuttle to be discharged from the army so that he can become an assistant paymaster in the navy.

Dates: 1862 Nov 19

Letter : Boston, to Miss Macalester, 1859 Jan 23

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS expressing thanks on behalf of his son.

Dates: 1859 Jan 23

Letter : Boston, to N. Stratton, [18]53 August 29

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS declining an invitation.

Dates: [18]53 August 29

Letter : Boston, to Rev. Dr. Sprague, 1856 August 12

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS informing Sprague that he has not been able to complete an address and will not make an unspecified engagement.

Dates: 1856 August 12

Letter : Cambridge, to James M. Shute, 1849 Oct 24

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding stereotyping unidentified volumes. Addressed to "Mr. John K. Rogers for Mr. James M. Shute."

Dates: 1849 Oct 24

Letter : Cambridge, to Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, Mass., 1848 Aug 8

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding the education of a "young friend" of Parker's, specifically the age of admission to the Lawrence Scientific School.

Dates: 1848 Aug 8

Letter : Charlestown, Massachusetts, to J. G. Rogers, 1836 May 7

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding corrections to proofs of several addresses as well as the sale of the Power [Passes?] on the Mill Dam in Boston.

Dates: 1836 May 7

Letter : Summer Street, to Mr. Livermore, 1859 Jan 21

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS submitting a manuscript (no longer present) for his review.

Dates: 1859 Jan 21

Palmer family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 383
Abstract:

The papers of Ray Palmer (1808-1887) and his son Charles Ray Palmer (1834-1914), both clergymen. The Ray Palmer papers consist of correspondence, two letterbooks, sermons, hymns and poems, diaries, a memoir, and other materials. The letterbooks contain correspondence from ministers and a few public officials. In the Charles Ray Palmer papers are essays, poems, notes on lectures given at Andover Theological Seminary by Edwards A. Park, sermons, writings and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1825-1914

"Speech of Honorary Edward Everett before the Massachusetts Bible Society at the annual meeting", 1850 May 27

 Part of Collection — Box 37: [Barcode: 39002137170461], Folder: GROUP 612, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Holograph, bound. Included is a manuscript note from Daniel Butler concerning the speech, dated 1870 July 1.

Dates: 1850 May 27

Benajah Ticknor papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 495
Abstract:

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

Dates: 1818-1852

John Collins Warren correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 15
Abstract:

Most of the collection consists of autograph letters by prominent physicians and scientists in America and abroad to John Collins Warren, surgeon and naturalist. Two letters are by Warren.

Dates: 1812-1856

James Watson Webb papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 683
Abstract: The James Watson Webb papers consist of correspondence, letterbooks, newspapers, diaries, and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of James Watson Webb and his family, including his second wife, Laura Virginia Cram Webb. The papers document Webb's journalistic and political careers, his personal life, and the activities and observations of his second wife, Laura Virginia Cram Webb, a close confidante to her husband. Major topics of interest include New York...
Dates: 1819-1890

Woolsey family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 562
Abstract: The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business...
Dates: 1750-1969, bulk 1811-1921