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American literary figures: 36 letters, quotes and documents [decimalized .01-.37]
Hopkinson was a congressman, jurist and author of the lyrics to "Hail Columbia!"
GLC02453
23 June 1828
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to Levi Woodbury
Introducing Henry Lee to the recipient, and requesting that Woodbury offer any possible assistance on his research of a recent war.
GLC00801
28 July 1833
Southey, Robert (1774-1843)
to Thomas Pringle
Discusses his health and the conditions of South American natives forced into slavery. Complains about his past treatment by the Quarterly Review and their offers of meager compensation.
GLC00496.229
26 June 1825
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to William Smith Shaw
Former President Adams discusses Native American and African religion with Shaw, his nephew and former private secretary. States "Dr. Jarvis has assigned some good causes of the too general inattention to the religion of the indians. But those...
GLC07533
27 January 1821
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to William S. Cardell
Jefferson asks Cardell to thank the American Academy of Language & Belles Lettres for giving him an honorary membership. Comments on the role of language in the advancement of science, making references to England and France, and contends that...
GLC03785
27 April 1825
to Nathaniel Bowditch
Thanks Bowditch for the extract of his review from the North American and asks him to lecture at the University of Virginia. Bowditch, an astronomer and mathematician, turned down a position at the University in 1818, but kept in contact with...
GLC03415
29 December 1820
Madison, James (1751-1836)
to George A. Otis
Thanks Otis for the copy of a translation of Carlo Botta's History of the War of Independence, Vol. 2 (Storia della guerra della indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d'America, in Italian). Discusses the translation, noting that "Of the original work the...
GLC08928
6 February 1818
Waterhouse, Benjamin (1754-1846)
to Lucy Knox
Writes first to report on Knox's daughter (in law) Eliza's travels to and from Boston, and correspondence related to her (Eliza married Lucy's son Henry Jackson Knox). Next, discusses President [John] Adams's recent preoccupation with the idea of an...
GLC02437.08066
31 August 1828
Opie, Amelia Alderson (1769-1853)
Thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.
GLC00496.203
22 March 1828
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir (1786-1845)
to unknown
Thanks recipient for book of poetry. Discusses dinner plans with William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay. Buxton, Wilberforce and Macaulay were British abolitionists who worked for social reform. The letter also mentions Secretary of State...
GLC00496.137
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