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MS Am 1169.1

Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907, recipient. Letters from various corespondents: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1169.1
Creator: Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907, recipient.
Title: Letters from Wendell Phillips Garrison,
Date(s): 1865-1906.
Quantity: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Letters to Wendell Phillips Garrison, editor of The Nation.

Acquisition Information:

*49M-167

Gift of Mrs. Alan Valentine, President's House, 22 Berkeley Street, Rochester 3, N.Y.; received: 1950 April 3.

Historical Note

Wendell Phillips Garrison (1840-1907) was editor of The Nation.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Scope and Content

Letters written to Wendell Phillips Garrison primarily concerning his retirement from the Nation as editor due to poor health. Letters also address articles that appeared in the Nation, questions regarding the Nation, and one complaint about an article. Other letters thank Garrison for gifts, remembrances of Garrison's father, schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a letter inviting Garrison to join the Massachusetts Historical Society. Also contains one photograph.

Container List

(1) Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915. A.L.s. Boston, 10 Apr 1906. 1s.(2p.)

(2) T.L.s. same, 17 Apr 1906. 2s.(2p.)

(3) Bancroft, Frederic, 1860- A.L.s. Washington, 3 Jul 1906. 1s.(1p.)

(4) Becker, Carl Lotus, 1873-1945. A.L.s. Lawrence, Kansas, 1 Jul 1906. 1s.(1p.)

(5) Berenson, Bernard, 1865- A.L.s. Florence, 15 Dec 1898. 1s.(4p.)

(6) Bond, B W A.L.s. New York, 10 Sep 1885. 1s.(2p.)

(7) A.L.s.(B.) same, 13 Oct 1885. 1s.(2p.) postcard.

(8) A.L.s. same, 13 Oct 1885. 1s.(1p.)

(9) A.L.s. same, 30 Oct [1885] 1s.(2p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to [Francis Jackson Garrison]

(10) A.L.s. same, 4 Dec [1885] 1s.(1p.)

(11) A.L.s.(initials) same, 22 Dec [1885] 1s.(1p.)

(12) A.L.s. same, 29 Dec 1885. 1s.(1p.)

(13) A.L.s. same, 31 Aug 1886. 1s.(1p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 31 Aug 1886.

(14) A.L.s.(initials) same, 20 Feb 1889. 1s.(1p.)

(15) Bond, B W. A.L.s. New York, 27 Feb 1890. 1s.(1p.)

(16) T.L.s. [same? Jun 1890?] 1s.(1p.)
Incomplete: last part only of longer letter.

(17) Bowditch, Henry Pickering, 1840-1911. A.L.s. Jamaica Plain, 19 May [1898?] 1s.(2p.)

(18) A.L.s. same, 20 Nov [1898] 1s.(2p.)

(19) Bryce, James Bryce, viscount, 1838-1922. A.L.s. [London] 29 Jun 1900. 1s.(4p.)

(20) T.L.(copy) [n.p.] 19 Jul 1905. 1s.(1p.)

(21) A.L.s. [London] 11 May 1906. 1s.(4p.)

(22) A.L.s. [same] 18 Jul 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(23) Caine, William Sproston, 1842-1903. A.L.s. (or MS.L.?) same, 21 Oct 1884. 1s.(2p.)

(24) Chadwick, John White, 1840-1904. A.L.s. Brooklyn, 12 Oct 1885. 2s.(6p.)

(25) A.L.s. same, 27 Nov 1886. 1s.(2p.)

(26) A.L.s.(incomplete?) same, 13 Nov 1894. 1s.(2p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 18 Nov 1894.

(27) Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919. A.L.s. Windsor, Vt., 1 Jun 1898. 1s.(3p.)

(28) Davis, Edward Morris, 1811-1887. A.L.(printed signature) Philadelphia [5 Sep 1885] 1s.(2p.) postcard.

(29) A.L.s. same, 23 Jul 1886. 1s.(1p.)

(30) De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914. A.L.s. New York, 15 Nov 1881. 1s.(2p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to F. J. Garrison.

2 A.L.s. of 26 Feb 1885 and 3 Mar 1885 are with the letters of Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison.

(31) A.L.s. New York, 3 Mar 1885. 1s.(2p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to F. J. Garrison.

(32) A.L.s. same, 12 Oct 1885. 1s.(1p.)
Addressed to [] Scott.

(33) Dicey, Albert Venn, 1835-1922. T.L.s. Oxford, 11 Apr 1906. 1s.(2p.)

(34) Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. A.L.s. Cambridge, 10 Jun 1866. 1s.(4p.)

(35) Everett, William, 1839-1910. A.L.s. Quincy, 28 Apr 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(36) Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898. A.L.s. Naushon Island, 17 Oct 1868. 1s.(1p.)
From A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 19 Oct 1868.

(37) A.L.s. same, 18 Jul 1885. 2s.(3p.)
From A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 19 Jul 1885.

(38) Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941. A.L.s. Washington, 18 Apr 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(39) Foster, William Eaton, 1851-1930. A.L.s. Providence, 3 Oct 1884. 1s.(2p.)

(40) Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912. A.L.s. Wallingford, Pa., 17 May 1898. 1s.(3p.)

(41) Garrison, Augustus W B A.L.s. St. John, N.B., 27 Oct 1880. 1s.(2p.) postcard.
Addressed to Francis Jackson Garrison.

(42) A.L.s. New York, 16 Dec 1880. 1s.(2p.)
From A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 17 Dec 1880.

(43) A.L.s. [n.p., Dec 1880?] 1s.(2p.)
Incomplete: last 2 pages only of longer letter.

(44) Gibbons, James Sloan, 1810-1892. A.L.s. [n.p.] 3 Aug 1885. 1s.(2p.)

(45) Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908. A.L.s. Baltimore, 31 Mar 1906. 1s.(4p.)

(46) Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943. A.L.s. Cambridge, 8 Jul 1906. 1s.(2p.)

(47) Hart, James Morgan, 1839-1916. A.L.s. Cincinnati, 26 Mar 1888. 1s.(2p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 28 Mar 1888.

(48) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. A.L.s. [n.p., 188-?] 1s.(2p.)
Incomplete: last part only of longer letter.

(49) A.L.s. Cambridge, 23 May 1898. 1s.(2p.)

(50) Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. A.L.s. Boston, 14 May 1898. 1s.(1p.)

(51) Holyoake, George Jacob, 1817-1906. A.L.s. Brishton, Sussex [13 Apr 1887] 1s.(2p.) postcard.
Addressed to William L. Garrison, but Wendell Phillips Garrison is probably meant.

From A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 24 Apr 1887.

(52) Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. A.L.s. Cambridge, 1 Jun 1877. 1s.(1p.)
With signed photograph of Howells.

(53) Hubbard, James Mascarene, b.1836. A.L.s. Boston, 27 May 1886. 1s.(2p.)

(54) A.L.s. [same] 23 Sep 1895. 1s.(1p.)

(55) Johnson, Jane (Abbott) d.1900. A.L.s. [New York] 17 Jan [1884] 1s.(4p.)

(56) A.L.s. [same? 1884?] 1s.(4p.)

(57) A.L.s. [n.p., ca.1885] 1s.(4p.)

(58) A.L.s. [New York] 10 Feb 1888. 1s.(3p.)
From A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 12 Feb 1888.

(59) MS. telegram; Brooklyn, 10 Dec 1889. 1s.(1p.)
Addressed to Francis Jackson Garrison.

(60) Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889. A.L.s. Delaware Water Gap, Pa., 10 Aug 1885. 1s.(2p.)

(61) A.L.s. [n.p.] 10 Mar 1889. 1s.(2p.)

(62) A.L.s.(initials) [n.p.] 9 May 1889. 1s.(3p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garriso

(63) Kimball, John Calvin, 1832-1910. A.L.s. Hartford, Conn., 7 Dec 1886. 1s.(2p.) postcard.

(64) La Farge, John, 1835-1910. A.L.s. New York, 31 [?] Jun 1906. 1s.(1p.)

(65) Lanman, Charles Rockwell, 1850-1941. MS.L.(copy) Cambridge, 19 Mar 1888. 2s.(6p.)
Includes copy of a petition from some of Lloyd McKim Garrison's Harvard classmates.

(66) Larned, Ellen Douglas, 1825-1912. A.L.s.Thompson, 15 Sep 1886. 1s.(2p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 19 Sep 1886.

(67) Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. A.L.s. [Cambridge] 27 May 1877. 1s.(1p.)

(68) Massachusetts historical society, Boston. MS.L.(s. by Edward Stanwood) Boston, 16 Feb 1907. 2s.(2p.) env.

(69) May, Joseph, 1836-1918. A.L.s. Philadelphia, 29 Sep 1885. 2s.(5p.)

(70) A.L.s. same, 22 Nov 1898. 1s.(3p.)

(71) May, Samuel, 1810-1899. A.L.s. Leicester [Mass.] 16 Nov 1897. 1s.(1p.)

(72) A.L.s. same, 14 May 1898. 1s.(1p.)

(73) Mills, Lawrence Heyworth, 1837-1918. A.L.s. Oxford, 20 Jul 1906. 1s.(4p.)

(74) Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915. A.L.s. same, 30 Apr 1906. 2s.(6p.)

(75) Murray, Sir John, 1851-1928. A.L.s. London, 5 Nov 1903. 2s.(2p.)

(76) Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. A.L.s. [Cambridge] 1 Apr 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(77) Norton, Grace, 1834-1926. A.L.s. [n.p., ca.1885?] 1s.(4p.)
Incomplete: last part only of longer letter.

(78) Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. T.L.s. New York, 11 Jul 1906. 1s.(1p.)

(79) Pennell, Elizabeth (Robins) 1855-1936. A.L.s. [London] 29 Jun 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(80) Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927. A.L.s. Boston, 17 May 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(81) Ritchie, John, d.1919. A.L.s. Charleston, 7 May 1865. 1s.(4p.)
Signed only: John, but assumed to be from John Ritchie.

(82) MS. telegram; Boston, 26 May 1879. 1s.(1p.)

(83) Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott, 1864-1937. A.L.s. Oxford, 20 Apr 1906. 1s.(4p.)

(84) Scott, Frank Hall, 1848-1912. T.L.s. New York, 3 Nov 1890. 1s.(1p.)

(85) Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910. A.L.s. Toronto, 30 Nov 1897. 1s.(1p.)

(86) A.L.s. same, 5 Dec 1897. 1s.(2p.)

(87) Smith, Roswell, 1829-1892. A..L.s. New York, 11 Feb 1885. 1s.(1p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis Jackson Garrison, 13 Feb 1885.

(88) MSL.s. same, 20 Feb 1885. 1s.(3p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 20 Feb 1885.

(89) MS.L.s. same, 25 Feb 1885. 1s.(4p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 26 Feb 1885.

(90) MS.L.s. same, 3 Mar 1885. 1s.(4p.)
Removed from A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 4 Mar 1885.

(91) MS.L.s. same, 4 Nov 1885. 1s.(3p.)
Includes A.L.s.(initials), Wendell P. Garrison to [Francis J. Garrison]

(92) MS.L.s. same, 6 Nov 1885. 1s.(2p.)

(93) MS.L.s. same, 30 Nov 1886. 1s.(2p.)

(94) Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. A.L.s. New York, 3 Jul 1888. 1s.(4p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 5 Jul 1888.

(95) A.L.s. same, 12 Jul 1888. 1s.(4p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison; New York, 12 Jul 1888.

(96) Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909. T.L.s. same, 24 Jan 1899. 4s.(4p.)

(97) T.L.s. same, 26 Oct 1904. 4s.(4p.)

(98) Swift, Lindsay, 1856-1921. A.L.s. [n.p.] 16 Jul 1906. 1s.(3p.)

(99) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. A.L.s. Cambridge, 15 Nov 1897. 1s.(3p.)

(100) A.L.s. same, 16 May 1898. 1s.(2p.)

(101) A.L.s. same, 13 Nov 1898. 2s.(3p.)

(102) Tillinghast, William R T.L.s.(copy) Providence, 1 Aug 1895. 1s.(1p.)
Includes A.L.s., Wendell P. Garrison to Francis J. Garrison, 2 Aug 1895.

(103) Webb, Alfred, 1834-1908. A.L.s. Dublin, 22 Aug 1888. 1s.(1p.)

(104) A.L.s. San Francisco, 8 Apr 1896. 1s.(3p.)
Includes A.L.s.(initials); Wendell P. Garrison to [Samuel] May; New York, 13 Apr 1896.

Also includes A.L.s.(initials); Samuel May to Francis J. Garrison; Leicester [Mass.] 14 Apr [1896]

(105) A.L.s. Enniscorthy, Co. of Wexford, 10 Aug 1898. 2s.(6p.)

(106) Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872. A.L.s. Dublin, 24 Dec 1870. 1s.(1p.)
Enclosed: 1s.(2p.)

(107) Wells, Joseph M., d.1890. A.L.s. New York, 27 May 1886. 1s.(2p.)

(108) Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930. A.L.s. Beverly [Mass.] 5 Aug 1898. 1s.(4p.)

(109) Woodward, Charles L A.L.s. New York, 25 Nov 1886. 1s.(1p.)

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