Manuscripts
James Lee-Warner poems
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James Madison letter to Alexander James Dallas, Philadelphia
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed; with addressed cover. Endorsed by Dallas. Item is undated; Dallas' endorsement is dated October 5; date listed in Founders Online is October 3. (1 page)
MD 47
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Autograph Note by James Lovell
Manuscripts
Autograph note signed by James Lovell to William Frobisher.
mssHM 80186
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Thomas James Wise letter to W. Walker
Manuscripts
Accompanied by an autograph receipt to W. Walker, signed by T.J. Wise, Nov. 1, 1893, for one copy of Part 19 of Ruskin Bibliography
mssHM 59837
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James T. Fields poem
Manuscripts
The collections consist primarily of letters from various American and British authors to James Fields, mostly relating to publication of their manuscripts by his firm Ticknor and Fields and in The Atlantic monthly. The collection, and especially the addenda, also includes letters to Annie Fields concerning literary matters. There are also poems, manuscripts, and correspondence by and about the following individuals: Thomas Aldrich, Charlotte Cushman, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jessie Benton Frémont, Edward Everett Hale, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Julia Ward Howe, Helen Hunt Jackson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Lucy Larcom, Sara Jane Clarke Lippincott (better known by her pen name Grace Greenwood), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Helena Modjeska, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Celia Thaxter, Booker T. Washington and John Greenleaf Whittier. The collection also contains essays, notes, speeches, notebooks, photographs, and articles. The collections chiefly deal with the activities of Ticknor and Fields, as well as Fields' and his wife's own literary efforts. The following authors are subjects in the collections: Robert Burns, Lord Byron, John Milton and Percy Shelley. Presidential items in this collection include John Adams autograph bill for legal services to Thomas Pratt, 1767 October 14 (mssFI 5102) and two autograph letters signed from William H. Taft to Annie Adams Fields, 1914 February? and 1914 March 10 (mssFI 4098, mssFI 4099).
mssFI 5308
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James William Robertson diaries
Manuscripts
HM 81097 - Diary covering the naval career of J.W. Robertson's father (?), 1798-1817, 105 pages with some additional blank pages; signed and dated by Robertson, 1864. The writer describes his travels as well as meeting Lord Nelson, fighting the Turks and Napoleon's abdication.
mssHM 81097-81098
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James Gordon Bennett letters
Manuscripts
These three letters, written by an unknown author to newspaper editor James Gordon Bennett, address the Oregon Question. HM 4001 is dated 1846, January 17, and is signed "The Ghost of Morgan." HM 4002 is dated 1846, January 25, and is signed "Pericles." HM 4003, the longest letter at four pages, is dated 1846, January 26, and is signed "Oregon."
mssHM 4001-4003