Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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MS Am 1557
Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861.
Nathan Appleton correspondence with and material about Abbott Lawrence,
1831-1856.
1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Collection materials are in English.
Letters by and about manufacturer, banker, and Massachusetts congressman Nathan Appleton.
58M-185. Gift of Mrs. R. D. Fay; received: 1959.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation for Publication:
Nathan Appleton Correspondence with and Material about Abbott Lawrence, 1831-1856 (MS Am 1557).
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Appleton, a manufacturer, banker, and Massachusetts congressman, was a founder of the city of
Lowell, Mass., and helped build up Lawrence, Mass. and Manchester, N.H. He wrote a memoir of Abbott
Lawrence, fellow textile manufacturer, founder of Lawrence, Mass., Massachusetts congressman, and
diplomat.
Arranged alphabetically by author
The bulk of the collection is 65 letters, 1831-1854, from Lawrence to Appleton that reflect
Lawrence's career as a textile manufacturer and congressman, his interest in the tariff bill, and
later his service as U.S. minister to England. Also letters to Appleton from Lawrence family members
and others thanking him for his memoir on Lawrence; and a few letters to Appleton containing
information about Lawrence, assembled in preparation for the writing of the memoir.
Davis, John Chandler Bancroft, 1822-1907. 4 letters to Nathan
Appleton:
(1)
New York, 27 Nov 1855.
1s.(3p.)
(2)
Same, 2 Dec 1855.
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(3)
Same, 27 Dec 1855.
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(4)
Same, 31 Jan 1856.
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(5)
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. A.L.s.to same; Amherst, 7
Apr 1856.
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(6)
Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893. A.L.s.to Nathan Appleton;
Cambridge, 3 Apr 1856.
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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855. 65 letters to same:
(7)
Boston, 22 Dec 1831.
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(8)
Same, 27 Dec 1831.
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(9)
Same, 28 Dec 1831.
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(10)
Same, 31 Dec 1831.
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(11)
Same, 31 Dec 1831.
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(12)
Same, 15 Jan 1832.
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Should be 1833.
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Same, 24 Jan 1832.
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Same, 28 Jan 1832.
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Same, 1 Feb 1832.
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Same, 6 Feb 1832.
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Same, 15 Feb 1832.
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Same, 25 May 1832.
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(19)
Same, 26 May 1832.
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(20)
Same, 15 Jan 1833.
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(21)
Same, 21 Nov 1833.
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(22)
[Washington] 13 Dec 1839.
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(23)
[Same] 25 Jan 1840.
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(24)
[Same] 27 Jan 1840.
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Boston, 24 Aug 1840.
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(26)
Same, 6 Aug 1842.
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(27)
Same, 9 Aug 1842.
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Same, 10 Aug 1842.
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Same, 15 Aug 1842.
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Same, 16 Aug 1842.
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Same, 18 Aug 1842.
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Same, 19 Aug 1842.
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Same, 22 Aug 1842.
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Same, 25 Aug 1842.
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London, 16 Aug 1843.
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(36)
Boston, 16 Jul 1845.
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Same, 5 Sep 1845.
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[Same] 5 Feb 1846.
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[Same] 5 Feb 1846.
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Same, 4 Aug 1846.
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[Same] 2 Nov 1846.
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Same, 18 Apr 1848.
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Same, 11 Aug 1848.
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Same, 12 Aug 1848.
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Same, 18 Aug 1848.
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Same, 30 Aug 1848.
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Same, 4 Sep 1848.
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London, 19 Oct 1849.
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London, 7 Nov 1849.
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Same, 14 Feb 1850.
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Same, 18 Jun 1850.
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Same, 16 Aug 1850.
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Same, 25 Sep 1850.
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Same, 15 Oct 1850.
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Same, [] Dec 1850.
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Same, 14 Feb 1851.
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Same, 4 Jun 1851.
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Same, 17 Jun 1851.
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Same, 30 Jun 1851.
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Same, 10 Jul 1851.
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Dublin, 14 Sep 1851.
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London, 17 Nov 1851.
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Same, 20 Nov 1851.
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Same, 10 Feb 1852.
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Same, 16 Apr 1852.
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Same, 9 Jul 1852.
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Same, 29 Jul 1852.
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(68)
Same, 20 Aug 1852.
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(69)
[Boston] 6 Nov 1852.
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(70)
[Same] 16 Jan 1854.
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(71)
Same, 28 Apr 1854.
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(72)
Lawrence, James. A.L.s.to same; [Boston, n.d.]
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Lawrence, Katharine (Bigelow). 12 letters to same:
(73)
[Boston] 16 Sep [1855]
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(74)
[Same] 3 Dec 1855.
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(75)
[Same] 5 Dec [1855]
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(76)
[Same] 5 Dec 1855.
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[Same] 7 Dec [1855]
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[Same] 17 Dec 1855.
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[Same] 6 Mar [1856]
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[Same] 28 Mar [1856]
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(81)
[Same] 1 Apr [1856]
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[Same] 4 Apr [1856]
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(83)
[Same] 7 Apr [1856]
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(84)
[Same] 8 Apr [1856]
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(85)
Lawrence, Timothy Bigelow. A.L.s.to same; [Boston,
1856?]
1s.(2p.)
(86)
Lawrence, William R. A.L.s.to same; [Boston] 3 Apr
[185-?]
1s.(1p.)
(87)
Rose, William B. A.L.s.to same; Washington Pa., 8 Oct
1855.
1s.(3p.)