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Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson letter book

Description: Letters regarding her book Familiar Astronomy: Or An Introduction to the Study of the Heavens.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1856
Call number: BO 150
Creator: Bouvier, John (1787-1851)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Correspondents include James Todd, Alexander James Dallas, Joseph Ritner, Samuel Austin Allibone, James Thomas Fields, Frederick Edwin Church, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, George William Curtis, Henry Martyn Hoyt, and others.
Provenance: Gift of David Blankenhorn and Maurice Wells, 1956 and 1973.

John Bouvier papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains the papers of French-American jurist John Bouvier (1787-1851) and his family in Pennsylvania, including Bouvier's daughter astronomy writer Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811-1870), his son-in-law Robert Evans Peterson (1812-1869) and the Petersons' son-in-law Philadelphia publisher George William Childs (1829-1894). The papers include letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811-1870), including correspondence concerning Hannah Peterson's astronomy works and her text on astronomy from people eminent in the field. Some of the letters contain corrections of information found in the book; there are also incoming correspondence and documents pertaining to the personal affairs of George William Childs. In addition, there is one box of photographs of military figures, primarily American, and Presidents. Correspondents include James Todd, Alexander James Dallas, Joseph Ritner, Samuel Austin Allibone, James Thomas Fields, Frederick Edwin Church, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, George William Curtis, Henry Martyn Hoyt, and others. There are 29 pieces of John Bouvier and 30 pieces of James Todd Some notable items include: Bouvier, John. Entry regarding the War of 1812 in his journal. June 1, 1813. Dallas, Alexander James. Letter to John Irvine giving professional opinion about a legal document. Todd, James. Letter to John Bouvier defending Governor William Findlay against the charges of corruption. Feb. 2, 1820.

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Book Review

Manuscripts

Fifty-two items comprising one hundred eleven pages pertaining to the 1975 Book Review section, containing clippings, letters, memos, a booklet entitled "An Introduction to Association of American Publishers, Inc.," and reprints.

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Chapman, Mary Hannah Rix. Letter to Mary Adelaide Burdick

Manuscripts

The collection consists almost entirely of letters sent to Sarah Rix by her family members, primarily her brother Charles and sisters Nancy, Phebe, and Eunice, as well as various nieces and nephews. Included are 61 letters sent by Charles Rix in Dunlap, Iowa, from 1870-1894. Charles describes his life in Iowa extensively, including notes on the landscape, his crops and success at farming, and his general happiness with living in the West. He describes in detail the prices of agriculture, livestock, and other living expenses over the course of the twenty years his letters cover, and notes that in general the "cost...for provision and clothing is low." Charles also writes of family members, business affairs in Connecticut (he writes to Sarah about selling their "old home" for a low price, for which he blames their in-laws the Burdicks, noting "I have not much reason to Respect [them]"), of an 1883 cyclone, of an influx of immigrants from Illinois seeking to buy land, and of his worry over his wife Sarah's many illnesses. A series of letters written by Charles' nephew George Tracy Burdick to his sister Mary Adelaide Burdick from 1901-1903 also describe life in Iowa, where George worked in La Moille at the Kimball and Burdick General Store. George writes of a great increase in land speculation in Iowa in 1901, but also notes that "the great rush has been on the Dakotas and Minnesota." An earlier letter describes his trip to Chicago in 1885. The remaining letters mainly consist of those written to Sarah Rix from her sisters and nieces in Connecticut. The majority of these cover news on family members and acquaintances, including weddings, births, deaths, marriages, and illnesses, particularly scarlet fever, pneumonia, and "deranged spells." An unsigned letter chronicles the Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia (1876). Another detailed letter by an unknown friend of Ella Burdick Burton written in 1887 relates details of religious fervor in Manchester, New Hampshire, which the friend writes is "unlike any ordinary place because there are so many Christians who have had deep religious experiences." Also included in the collection are several cartes-de-visite and other ephemera.

HM 76086.

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Chapman, Mary Hannah Rix. Letter to Mary Adelaide Burdick. Brooklyn, Conn

Manuscripts

HM 76085.

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Peterson, Eleanor 1 letter (1924) to J.W. Dobson. Included: Reply letter

Manuscripts

There are 8,002 pieces of manuscripts, 6,044 of which are by Annie C. Bill. The manuscripts comprise of articles, drafts, essays, excerpts, notebooks, proofs, speeches, statements, and miscellaneous notes. There are 7,218 pieces of correspondence, 1,629 of which are by Annie C. Bill; most of her correspondence comprises of incomplete drafts of letters. The majority of the correspondence includes letters by her publisher, A.A. Beauchamp, Deputy Advisor, John V. Dittemore, officers, and students relating to her religious movement. There are 2,129 pieces of ephemera, the majority being related to Annie C. Bill. The first part of the ephemera is applications, brochures, fliers, and tracts that are arranged according to Bill's religious organization that she joined or led. The remaining ephemera consists of an appointment book, British Museum copyright receipts, Bill's British passport, calling cards, circular letters, empty envelopes, financial records, a greeting card, Kelly's Directors LTD., legal documents, miscellaneous ephemera, newspaper clippings, periodicals, photographs, postcards, and reprints.

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Chapman, Mary Hannah Rix. Letter to Sarah Rix. Lisbon, Conn

Manuscripts

HM 76083.

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