Overview
Letters to various correspondents from American statesman, clergyman, orator, and president of Harvard University, Edward Everett.
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1819
Creator
- Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.16 linear feet (1 volume)Autograph copies of letters written by Everett to various family members and friends, including several to Harvard president John T. Kirkland, chiefly concerning Everett's travels in Italy. He gives detailed descriptions of various important landmarks and buildings, especially in Rome. He also describes meeting Letitia Bonaparte and discusses various plans for adding to library collections in Boston.
Pp. 84-140 in an unidentified hand.
Biographical / Historical
Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*64M-88. Gift of Dr. Edmund B. Fitzgerald, 563 Furnace Brook Parkway, Wollaston 70, Massachusetts; received: 1964 October.
Creator
- Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 (Person)
- Title
- Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Edward Everett letter book: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00687
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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