Returning messengers

hou01547 Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 (MS Am 889.14-889.16): Guide. 04/23/2008Bonnie B. Salt Finding aid prepared using DACS 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS MS Am 889.14-889.16 Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 : Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA

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Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University MS Am 889.14 MS Am 889.15 MS Am 889.16 Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated. 4 volumes (.5 linear ft.) Collection materials are in English. Autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated) of American print dealer, publisher, and historian, Charles Henry Brainard.

Processed by: Alison Harris, Peter K. Steinberg, and Bonnie B. Salt

No accession number. Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell; received: 1918.

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Preferred Citation for Publication:

Charles Henry Brainard Papers, 1795-1884 (MS Am 889.14-889.16). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Brainard (1817-1885) was an historian, print dealer, and publisher as C.H. Brainard Publishing Co., in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1885 he wrote: John Howard Payne, a biographical sketch of the author of "Home , sweet home", ...

Arranged in call-number order: MS Am 889.14: Autograph album MS Am 889.15: Letter book MS Am 889.16: Scrapbook and index

Includes three volumes: an autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated).

The autograph album (MS Am 889.14) contains autograph quotations or sentiments, signed, from Matilda Goddard, Jacqueline Pendleton, Rufus Dawes, S. E. Sewall, Thaddeus Hyatt (dated 3 Apr. 1860 at the Washington jail), Anna E. Dickinson, W. H. H. Murray, and others; with a photograph of Hyatt, signed, addressed to Brainard.

The letter book (MS Am 889.15) contains letters to Brainard written to Brainard from John Whittier, Charles Sumner, William Burleigh, Celia Burleigh, Rufus Dawes, George Ripley, and others; with a portrait print of Ripley.

The scrapbook (MS Am 889.16) contains letters, few to Brainard, and cut-out signatures from Noah Webster, Washington Allston, Jared Sparks, John Pierpont, and others. The autographs of Eliza Leslie, John Whittier, Thomas Read, Horace Greeley, and others are accompanied by portrait prints. A typescript list of autographs was inserted the front, now removed to separate folder.

(MS Am 889.14) Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Autograph album, 1858-1884. 1 volume.

Contains autograph poems, quotations, or sentiments, signed and dated. Most often the text is copied and is not original to the author. Also includes a carte-de-visite photograph.

Includes the following items [blank pages have not been listed]:

Page 1 Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889. Returning messengers : autograph manuscript poem, 1858. Page 2 Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Trust : autograph manuscript poem, 1867. Page 3 Janvier, Francis De Haes, 1817-1885. Alas! That friendship's fragile flowers [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, 1858. Page 5 Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859. What to other men would be no duty [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1859. Pages 7-8 Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859. A farewell : autograph manuscript poem, 1858. Page 9 Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864. God and nature [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1858. Page 11 Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891. A love of nature [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1858. Page 13 Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899. Asperations are prophecies : autograph manuscript, 1858. Page 15 Mario, Jessie White, 1832-1906. Endurance is the crowning quality [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1859. Page 17 Tindleton, Jacqueline. Educate your women, as they have authority to be respected [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1859. Page 19 Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888. Justice is the everlasting and immutable [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1860. Page 21 Sewall, H. W. Life's garlands fade and fall too fast [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, undated. Page 23 J.T. Cognacq (Paris), photographer. Thaddeus Hyatt : carte-de-visite photograph, 1863.

Recto signed by Hyatt and inscribed: "La Rochelle 14. Dec. '63."

Verso inscribed: "Presented to Ch. H. Brainard by his sincere friend Thaddeus Hyatt."

Page 25 Hyatt, Thaddeus. He that is true to himself is true to God [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1860. Page 26 Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. To Thaddeus Hyatt : autograph manuscript poem, 1860. Page 27 Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907. Infidelity is the religion of [first line] : autograph manuscript, undated. Page 29 Barry, Charles A., 1830-1892. F. H. B. In paradise- : autograph manuscript poem, 1862. Page 31 Kimball, Josiah F. As wanderers seek some mill they oft have tasted [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, 1861. Page 33 Whittier, M. F. What is man, or the son of man? [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1861. Page 35 Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885. Weak men have wishes; strong men wills [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1861. Page 37 Goddard, Matilda. Our future may seem defeat but [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1862. Page 39 Hunt, Harriet H. God's completeness round out incompleteness [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1862. Page 41 Sargent, John T. (John Turner), 1808-1877. There is no power outside of the church [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1862. Page 43 Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900. The possibilities opened up to the human family by a true [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1864. Page 45 Joyce, Robert Dwyer, 1836-1883. Thou ran she 'till she plucked his gown again [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, 1878. Page 47 Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932. All the world's a stage, & all the [first line] : autograph manuscript, undated. Page 49 Burleigh, Celia, 1825-1875. The home is to each human soul the [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1871. Page 51 Owen, John, 1806-1882. To John Greenleaf Whittier: On the seventieth anniversary of his birthday December 17, 1877 : autograph manuscript poem, 1878. Page 53 Cook, Joseph. Duty done is the soul's fireside [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1878. Page 55 Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916. Religion is no leaf of faded green : autograph manuscript poem, 1878. Page 57 Whiffle, E. P. In all the autographs [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1879. Page 59 Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899. As I am no poet, as facts [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1879. Page 61 Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890. An art creed : autograph manuscript poem, 1879. Page 63 Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1840-1904. Character dictates destiny [first line] : autograph manuscript, 1878. Page 69 Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884. Tis not the thought that Jesus died : autograph manuscript poem, 1881.

Also with autograph of Gustavus A. Somerby pasted to page.

Page 71-73 Gallagher, William D. (William Davis), 1808-1894. The brown thrush : autograph manuscript poem, 1882.

With a clipping which includes The brown thrush.

Page 75 Burnett, Jerome C., 1833-1891. Magnolia : autograph manuscript poem, 1884. Page 79 Rice, Albert. Life's autumn : autograph manuscript poem, 1884. (MS Am 889.15) Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Letter book, 1855-1883. 1 volume.

Letters sent to Brainard.

Includes the following items:

(1) - (12) Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1864-1878 and undated. (13) - (28) Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1855-1870 and undated. (29) - (30) Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1876 and undated. (31) Unidentified correspondent. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1855. (32) Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1855. (33) Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1860. (34) Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1859. (35) Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795 - 1864. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1856. (36) Durkee, Charles, 1805-1870. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1860. (37) Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795 - 1864. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1850. (38) Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1850. (39) Newman, John. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1858. (40) Burleigh, Celia, 1825-1875. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 18??

Letter signed "Celia M. Burr".

(41) - (42) Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1869. (43) - (57) Burleigh, Celia, 1825-1875. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1869-1875. (58) - (59) Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1860-1863. (60) - (61) Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1867 and undated. (62) Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1877. (63) Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1869. (64) - (66) Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1849-1853. (67) Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1848. (68) Unidentified correspondent. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1870. (69) ?, Richard. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1860. (70) Reilly, Thomas Devin. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1853. (71) Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1838. (72) Winship. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1871. (73) Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1877. (74) - (76) Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (77) - (78) Mario, Jessie White, 1832-1906. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1859 and undated. (79) Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (80) Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (81) Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1849. (82) Unidentifed correspondent. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (83) - (85a) King, Susan Petigru, 1824-1875. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1855-1869. (86) - (88) Johnston, Thomas M. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1859-1860. (89) - (93) Pendleton, John S. (John Strother), 1802-1868. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1858 and undated. (94) Baker, E.K. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1849. (95) Morehead, C. S. (Charles Slaughter), 1802-1868. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1849. (96) Niles, M. A. H. (Mark Antony Haskell). Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1845. (97) Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1854. (98) Millan, W.H.? Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1855. (99) Pearce, James Alfred, 1804-1862. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1858. (100) - (101) Lowell, Charles, 1782-1861. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1859. (102) Meade? Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1859. (103) - (104) Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1861-1864. (105) Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1869. (106) Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1867. (107) Bellows, A. F. (Albert Fitch), 1829-1883. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 187? (108) Unidentified correspondent. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1876. (109) - (110) Rogers, John. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1874 and undated. (111) Ripley, George, 1802-1880. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1864. (112) Unidentified correspondent. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1879. (113) - (115) Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1881-1882. (116) - (117) Loring, George Bailey, 1817-1891. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1881. (118) Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1882. (119) B[ ], Joel. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1882. (120) Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1882. (121) Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1883. (122) Manuscript list of autograph signatures and addresses, undated. (123) Henry, J. A. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1883. (124) Gitt, D.L. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (125) Tuttle, Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick), 1815-1881. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (126) Walker, Jason. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (127) Smith, Azariah. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1882. (128) Foley, Margaret F. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1858. (129) Snelling, William Joseph, 1804-1848. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1845. (130) - (131) Carleton, Will, 1845-1912. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1884. (132) - (133) Read, Harriet Denison. Letters to Charles Henry Brainard, 1881. (134) Foley, Margaret F. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1858. (135) Chapman. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, undated. (136) Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1856. (MS Am 889.16) Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Scrapbook, 1795-1857. 2 volumes.

Primarily letters, autographs, and portrait prints sometimes with annotations by Brainard.

Typescript list of autographs was inserted at front of volume, now removed to separate folder.

Includes the following items [blank pages have not been listed]:

Page 1 Seated woman and child : engraving, undated. Page 4 Phobe Cary : portrait print, undated. Page 6 Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1830. Page 7 Allston medal : print, undated. Page 8 Allston, Washington, 1779-1843. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1837. Page 9 Sarah Stearns : manuscript poem, undated.

Includes braided lock of human hair.

Page 10 Dawes, Richard, 1793-1867. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1854.

Also Includes: Note from Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth to Charles Henry Brainard, undated.

Page 14 Russell, John. Letter to James?, 1810. Page 18 Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849. Letter to George P. Stark?, 1847. Page 19 Brig. Genl. Daniel Morgan : engraving , undated.

Includes: Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802. Autograph.

Page 20 Multiple items.

Includes: Glover, John. Autograph. Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802. Receipt, 1798.

Page has top portion torn away.

Page 22 Multiple items.

Includes: Easton, J.H. Autograph. ? from U. S. Navy Department. Autograph. Priestly, J. Autograph. Vance, Joseph, 1786-1852. Autograph. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Autograph. Force, Peter, 1790-1868. Autograph.

Page 23 Major General Arthur St. Clair : engraving , undated.

Includes: St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818. Autograph.

Page 24 Multiple items.

Includes: St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818. Autograph. Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775. Autograph. Illegible autograph. Eliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845. Autograph. Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842. Illegible autograph. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Autograph.

Page 26 Multiple items.

Includes: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Autograph. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Autograph. Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Autograph. Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861. Autograph. Seaton, William Winston, 1785-1866. Autograph. Espy, James P. (James Pollard), 1785-1860. Autograph. Nichol, J.P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859. Autograph. Davis, John Wesley, 1799-1859. Autograph. Hill, Isaac, 1789-1851. Autograph.

Page 27 Multiple items.

Includes: Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857. Autograph. Ujhari, Ladislaus? Autograph. Fillmore, Milliard, 1800-1874. Autograph. Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859. Autograph note.

Page 28 Multiple items.

Includes: Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Autograph. Part of fifty dollar banknote with illegible signature. Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867. Autograph. Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864. Autograph. Pierpont, John, 1785-1866. Autograph. Sigourney, L.H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Autograph. Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Autograph. Gallagher, William D. (William Davis), 1808-1894. Autograph.

Page 29 Multiple items.

Includes: Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867. Autograph, includes address, Medford, Massachusetts. Manley, John R? Autograph, includes address, 24 Doch Square. Woodman, Horatio, 1821-1879. Autograph, includes address, 25 R.R. Exchange. Dudley, E.G? Autograph, includes address, 20 Court Street.

Page 30 Clay, H. Autograph. Page 31 Sigourney, L.H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. The Butterfly : autograph manuscript poem. Page 32 Lyon, Caleb, 1822-1875. Embathed in thoughts divine my soul [first line] : autograph manuscript poem; Washington D.C., 1848 February 19. Page 33 Gould, Hannah Flagg, 1789-1865. We Are Spirits [first stanza] : autograph manuscript poem, 1848 September 4. Page 34 Eliza Leslie : engraving, undated.

Includes: Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858. Autograph; United States Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1848 February 22.

Page 35 Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. Of Poets : autograph manuscript poem to Charles Henry Brainard, Indian Hill Farm near Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1848. Page 36 Dow, Jesse E. (Jesse Erskine), 1809-1850. Star of the brave whose sisters glow [first line] : autograph manuscript poem; Washington, D.C., 1848 January 28. Page 37 Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. While our faith in good grows stronger [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, undated. Page 38 Zschokke, Heinrich, 1771-1848. Letter to unidentified recipient.

Written in German.

Page 39 Multiple items.

Includes: Channing, William F. (William Francis), 1820-1901. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard; Boston, Massachusetts, 1857 May 4. Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842. Autograph.

Page 40 Dawes, Rufus, 1803-1859. This is the hour of thought - when mind is free [first line] : autograph manuscript poem, undated. Page 42 Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872. Some Things Love Me : autograph manuscript poem, undated. Includes notation to Charles Henry Brainard. Page 44 Harrison, A.M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881. To Charlie : autograph manuscript poem; Washington D.C., 1847? December 25. Page 45 John Greenleaf Whittier : engraving, undated. Page 46 Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Letter to Horatio Greenough, 1842 July 16. Page 47 Thomas Buchanan Read : engraving, undated. Page 48 Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Letter to Benjamin Perley Poore, 1847 October 25. Page 49 Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855. Letter to D.P. King?; Boston, Massachusetts, 1848 March 1? Page 50 Multiple items.

Includes: ?, Charles. Autograph, 1795 May 5. Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814. Autograph. Lee, William Raymond, 1807-1891. Autograph. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Autograph.

Page 52 George Lippard : engraving, undated.

Includes: Lippard, George, 1822-1854. Autograph.

Page 53 Orville Dewey : engraving, undated. Page 54 Dewey, Orville, 1794-1882. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard; New York, 1837 May? 24. Page 56 Eastburn, Manton, 1807-1872. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard; New York, 1837 May 18. Page 57 Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Letter to Solyman Brown; Charleston, South Carolina, 1837 May 28. Page 58 Headley, Joel Tyler, 1813-1897. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard; New York, 1848? February 22. Page 59 Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Letter to George P. Marsh; Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1848 August 22. Page 60 Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859. Letter to unidentified recipient; Boston, Massachusetts, 1849 January 10. Page 62 Multiple items.

Includes: Mathew, Theobald, 1790-1856. Autograph. Pencil sketch titled Yankee Doodle. Sketch titled Willard.

Page has bottom portion torn away.

Page 63 James, G.P.R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard; New York Hotel, New York, 1837 July 27. Page 64 Multiple items.

Includes: Wallace, William Ross, 1819-1881. Excerpt from Alban, undated. Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848. Letter to Charles Henry Brainard, 1845 June 6.

Page 65 Fredrika Bremer : engraving, undated.

Includes: Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865. Autograph.

Page 66 Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. The Poem : autograph manuscript poem, undated.

Also includes newspaper clipping of Cary's funeral.

Page 67 Daniel Webster : engraving, undated. Page 68 Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Autograph note, undated. Page 70 Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Letter to J.R.?, 1848 June 18. Page 71 Multiple items.

Includes: Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866. Letter to unidentified recipient; Washington D.C., 1852 September 15. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Letter to unidentified recipient, 1855 January.

Page 72 Duffy, Charles Gavan, Sir, 1816-1903. Autograph. Page 73 Hagkill, D.H.? Autograph. Page 74 A Short History of Lorenzo Da Ponte's Life : autograph manuscript, undated. Page 75 John Sartain : engraving, undated. Page 76 Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880. Letter to unknown recipient, undated. Page 77 Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860. Letter to Foster?, 1851 July 5. Page 78 Multiple items.

Includes: Newspaper clipping, obituary of Jacqueline S. Pendleton. 1859 April 12. Hope : autograph manuscript poem, undated. Pendleton, Jacqueline S. Autograph, 1858 March 15.

Page 80 Multiple items.

Includes: Hughes, John. Autograph. ?, Frank. Autograph.

Page 81 Shillaber, B.P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890. Letter written under the pen name Ruth Parington to an unidentified recipient, undated. Page 82 Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Letter to William, New York, 1834 May 8.

Signature has been cut out.

Page 84 Bull, Ole, 1810-1880. Letter to unidentified recipient; Astor House, New York, 1875? Page 85 Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872. Letter to Solyman Brown; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1837 May 18. Page 87 Horace Greeley : engraving, undated.

Includes: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872. Autograph; New York, 1848 April 16.

Page 90 Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889. Autograph note; New York, 1851 May 23. Page 106 Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Autograph note, 1848 March 17. Page 107 Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879. Letter to Horace Mann; London, England, 1851 February 14. Page 113 Multiple items.

Includes: Nott, Eliphalet, 1773-1866. Autograph note. International Exchange logo. Vattemare, Alexandre, 1796-1864. Autograph; Washington, 1848 January 21.

Page 116 Vermont Autograph and Remarker : pen printed newspaper, Huntington, Vermont, 1845 April 8.

Possibly written by James Johns.

Page 118 Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882. Letter to unknown recipient; Burlington, 1848 October 5. Page 119 Multiple items.

Includes: Of all the poets of our time, [first line] : manuscript poem, undated. Kimball, J.F.? Autograph.

Page 127 Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1899. Autograph, 1848 April 21. Page 129 Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison : advertisement. Page 130 Multiple items.

Includes: Illegible autograph, includes address, Boston. Phelps, Charles A. (Charles Abner), 1820-1902. Autograph, includes address, Boston. Illegible autograph, includes address, Custom House. Sawyer, Warren. Autograph, includes address, 65 Kilby Street. Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885. Autograph, includes address, W. Garland Street. Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888. Autograph, includes address, 46 Washington Street. Henshaw, Fred H. Autograph, includes address, 112 Washington Street. Hick, Amos? Autograph, includes address, Boston. Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Autograph. Smith, Garrett, 1812-1892. Autograph. Drew, John G. Autograph, includes address, 180 Read Street, New York. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Autograph.

Page 131 Publication announcement of A Large Lithographic Portrait of Dr. G. Bailey.

Subscribers include: Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885. Autograph, includes addresss, South Bend, Indiana. Brigham, Jason A.? Autograph. Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. Autograph, includes address, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Burlingame, N.? Autograph, includes address, Cambridge. Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890. Autograph, includes address, Mohawk, New York. Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883. Autograph, includes address, Orono, Maine. Blair, J.P.? Autograph, includes address, St. Louis, Missouri. Decker, Charles? Autograph, includes address, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Autograph, includes address, Auburn. King, Preston, 1806-1865. Autograph, includes address, Ogdensburgh, New York. Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891? Autograph, includes address, Hampden, Maine. Newspaper clipping describes D'Avignon, a prominent lithographic artist.

Page 132 Letter recommending Charles Henry Brainard for office of Messenger of the House; Washington, 1847 December 7.

Includes signatures of: King, Daniel P. (Daniel Putnam), 1801-1850. Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881. Hale, Artemas, 1783-1882. Roshwell, J.? Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Grinnell, Joseph, 1788-1885. George Arkman? Abbott, Amos, 1786-1868.

Page 133 Multiple items.

Includes: Chih-ta-jin, Minister of China, autograph. Sun-ta-jin, Minister of China, autograph.

Autographs are in Chinese characters.

Page 134 Multiple items.

Includes: Fung-jee, Attaché, autograph. Jn. Têh, from Peking, China. Autograph.

Autographs are in Chinese characters.

Page 135 Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Letter (facsimile) to Edmund Quincy, 1838 July 28. Page 136 Channing, W.H. (William Henry), 1810-1884. Letter to unidentified recipient; Boston, Massachusetts, 1849 January 8. Page 137 Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872. Letter to unidentified recipient; Columbia, South Carolina, 1848 January 15. Page 139 Multiple items.

Includes: Snelling, William Joseph, 1804-1848. Autograph pasted onto an epigram. Champagny, Jean-Baptiste Nompère de, duc de Cadore, 1756-1834. Autograph note; Paris, France, 1811 January 26, in French. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850. Autograph note. 1848 February 8.

Page 140 Beattie, William, 1793-1875. Letter to unidentified recipient; London, England, 1833 March 27. Page 141 Multiple items.

Includes: Addressed envelope with postmark to unknown recipient, 1835 June 6. Addressed envelope to Postmaster in Plymouth, 1835? June 29. Addressed envelope with postmark, 1833 to unknown recipient. Addressed envelope to Lt. Col Thornhill, 1827 January 30.

All envelopes are excised and pasted on Page.

Page 142 Multiple items.

Includes: Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865. Autograph, 1829 July 29. Melville,correspondent. Cut envelope addressed to Robert Trotter, Esq.; London, 1838 November 15.

Page 143 Multiple items.

Includes: Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854. Autograph. Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. Letter excerpt to unknown recipient. Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890. Letter excerpt to unknown recipient.

Page 144 Letter recommending Charles Henry Brainard for a clerkship in the New York Custom House by members of the Thirtieth Congress, 1849 February 24.

Signatures include: King, Daniel P. (Daniel Putnam), 1801-1850. Chapman, John G. (John Grant), 1798-1856. Canby, R.S. Crowell, John, 1801-1883. Slingerland, John I., 1804-1862. Blackmar, Esbon. Rockwell, Julius, 1805-1888. Strohm, John, 1793-1884. Nes, Henry, 1799-1850. Putnam, Harvey. Baker, E.D.?