Letters from George Bradford to Sarah Alden Ripley, 1821, 1823, undated. Digital
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Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
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Papers of Sarah Alden Ripley, 1806-1867
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I. Correspondence with brothers
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Six letters from Harvard College, describing his studies (Gibbon, Xenophon, Herodotus, etc.), his fellow scholars and tutors, discussing his frequent melancholia and his choice of profession. One letter from Plymouth, July 11, [1826?], about his school and a botany class.
Letters to George F. Simmons, October 8, 1843 - May 13, 1845, undated. Digital
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Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
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Papers of Sarah Alden Ripley, 1806-1867
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II. Correspondence with children, their spouses, and grandchildren
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One earlier letter, undated; one letter, undated, after his marriage to Mary, ca.1850. The 22 letters were written during George F. Simmons' stay in Germany; he had been assistant minister at Waltham and there is discussion about his return to this post (some in notes written by Samuel Ripley); also other news of the parish as well as family and friends, some reports of Sarah Alden Ripley's reading, botanical studies, religious views. She often mentions Mr. Emerson and on October 7, 1844,...