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Edward Everett Collection, Accession 7572, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Deposit [1963 Dec 17] 1964 Jun 3
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[A review sent to John G. Palfrey of Life, Correspondence and Writings of Washington Published After the American Ed. and Preceded by an Introduction on the Influence of Washington on the American Revolution by Pierre G. Guizot . Comments that Guizot's introduction is valuable to the Americans because it was written by an objective and enlightened foreigner] (incomplete)
[Covering letter for AMs of "Guizot's Washington"; mentions George S. Hillard 's translation of the Introduction to Guizot's Washington.]
[Thanks Prescott for copy of his History of the Conquest of Mexico ; mentions that it is not yet published in England ; tells of death of his oldest daughter and expresses his deep sense of loss.]
[Concerns Joseph Henry 's and John Romeyn Broadhead 's qualifications to be the first Secretary of the Smithsonian ; mentions Alexander Dallas Bache and Sir Charles Wheatstone . ]
[Thanks Sargent for copy of his Songs of the Sea With Other Poems . ]
[Requests him to stop by his office before going to class.]
[Requests that William D. Ticknor 's and Joshua Bates ' letter concerning Boston City Library be returned; mentions William Appleton . ]
[Declines invitation to speak to Young Men's Lecture Association of Westfield, Massachusetts . ]
[Promises to send article on Thomas Dowse and discusses the proposal made by Dr. Palmer for the publication of the "Mount Vernon Papers."]
[Praises Wheeler's proposed new work (either Dictionary of Noted Names of Fiction or Concordance to the Poems of Shakespeare ); Ticknor notes his agreement with Everett's compliments.]
[Acknowledges receipt of Wheeler's Quarto edition of Webster's Dictionary , with Supplement: "Explanatory and Pronouncing Vocabulary of the Names of Fictitious Persons and Places"; praises supplement but suggests Joe Miller be added.]