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James A. Froude collection


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    James A. Froude collection

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains correspondence by James A. Froude to American minister Moncure D. Conway, from 1863 to approximately 1879. There is also one letter by Froude to American author Adam Badeau, 1881 June 17, and one to "Dr. Holland," after 1873 August 17. In the letters, Froude mostly writes about his publications.

    mssFroude

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    Benjamin Moran letters to Adam Badeau

    Manuscripts

    Letters from Benjamin Moran to General Adam Badeau (1831- 1895) an American soldier and author who served as secretary of the American Legation in London from May to December of 1869, then the bearer of government dispatches to Madrid from January to May of 1870, and consul general until 1881. The letters comment on personal and political affairs of the day, including the Alabama claims issue, the image of President Ulysses S. Grant, troubles in Ireland, etc.

    mssHM 28626-28667

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    Robert Browning collection

    Manuscripts

    A collection of manuscripts and correspondence related to Robert Browning. The manuscripts include two autograph quotations, "Christmas Eve and Easter Day" and "How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix," and the autograph poem "Red Cotton Night-Cap Country." The collection also includes a forgery of a fragment of a poem (mssHM 46121). The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence which includes letters by, among others: Willam Allingham, Eliza Bridell-Fox, Henry Fothergill Chorley, Frances Power Cobbe, Sidney Colvin, Moncure Daniel Conway, William Hepworth Dixon, Mary Gladstone Drew, Amelia B. Edwards, Havelock Ellis, William Johnson Fox, Frederick James Furnivall, Anna Maria Fielding Hall, Euphrasia Fanny Haworth, Emily Henrietta Hickey, John Camden Hotten, Charles Godfrey Leland, William Charles Macready, Edward Moxon, John Ruskin, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Frederick Wedmore, and William Hale White.

    mssBrowningr

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    Henry James collection

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters from the author Henry James to his advisor and friend, Edward Prioleau Warren. The collection also includes letters from James to Margaret Cecil Morrell Warren and Dorothy Warren; there is also one letter, written in 1920, from James' sister-in-law, Alice Howe Gibbens James.

    mssHM 40218-40370

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    James Hoyt diary

    Manuscripts

    Reverend James Hoyt kept this diary while living in Washington, D.C. right after the end of the American Civil War. He writes in detail about his work with the United States Christian Commission including visiting hospitalized soldiers and handing out supplies. Hoyt also writes about attending a memorial service for President Abraham Lincoln, visiting Mary Surratt's house, where she and John Wilkes Booth and conspirators had met, and going to the courthouse during their trial and seeing Surratt in the courtroom. He describes in detail two encounters he had with angry, drunk soldiers. On June 6, a group of soldiers from the 75th Indiana stormed the supply tent accusing Hoyt and his fellow ministers of giving preferential treatment to African American soldiers. On June 8, Hoyt and the ministers were harassed by a group of soldiers from the 17th Ohio with the same complaint. One soldier had a club and struck the tent, and one minister was thrown to the ground. The last few pages of the volume contain notes on specific soldiers Hoyt ministered to, inscriptions by his fellow chaplains, and notes on the history and organization of William Tecumseh Sherman's army. With a complete typed transcript and index. Includes 18 printed pages. The diary contains racist language.

    mssHM 84018