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A Guide to the Robert Green Ingersoll Collection Ingersoll, Robert Green. 7025-a

A Guide to the Robert Green Ingersoll Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7025-a


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7025-a
Title
Robert Green Ingersoll Collection 1877-1899
Extent
21 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Robert Green Ingersoll Collection, Accession 7025-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit, 1964 November 17

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • A. Palmer
  • Clark Mills
  • Edgar Fawcett
  • J. Frank
  • J. W. Keller
  • James B. Pond
  • James W. Taylor
  • John J. Brady
  • John Sherzer Hittel
  • Raley Husted Bell
  • Robert Green Ingersoll
  • Samuel S. McClure
  • William Reed Dunrey
  • [Charles Warren] Clifford
  • [James B.] Pond
  • [John King] Cowen
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
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Item Listing

Manuscripts
  • Essay on Religion
    189[?]
    AMsS , 13 p.

    [States that religious sincerity is no guarantee against being deceitful, providing numerous examples of liars from the Bible, Jehovah not excluded. Includes two pages of typescript from the essay.]

  • Essay: "Has religion civilised the world?"
    n.d.
    AMs , 1 p.

    [Argues against Christianity, claiming Christians do not turn the other cheek but rather have developed many sophisticated weapons.]

  • Essay on Religion
    n.d.
    TMs , 2 p.

    [Argues that lying and falsehood are essential to orthodox religion.]

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Letters
  • Robert Green Ingersoll to James W. Taylor
    1877 Dec 26
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Thanks him for sending him the remarks of the Reverend A. Palmer which were stolen from his Steinway Hall speech; and calls Palmer a dishonest man.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Clark Mills
    1881 May 12
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Sends condolences on the occasion of the death of Mills' father.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Mr. Hutchins
    1884
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Offers his condolence.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to the Editor of the Herald
    1884 Dec 11
    ALS , 3 p.

    [Denies that he copied his lecture on "The Mistakes of Moses" from a work by John Sherzer Hittel and offers a one thousand dollar reward to anyone who can prove it.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Mr. Raymond
    1889 Feb 20
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Mentions Judge John J. Brady and his gratitude for an invitation to dine with the Insurance Men.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Major James B. Pond
    1890 Oct 23
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Asks Pond to advise Baron Harden-Hickey, an expert on Indian matters who was introduced to Ingersoll by Edgar Fawcett on the possibility of lecturing on Indian philosophy and religion.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to "My dear Friend"
    1890 Dec 14
    ALS , 3 p.

    [Compliments correspondent on his new political novel (no title given).]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to [John King] Cowen
    1891 Apr 8
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Promises his correspondent tickets for his lecture on Shakespeare at the Brooklyn Academy of Music . ]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to [Charles Warren] Clifford
    1891 Aug 28
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Asks Clifford to call the stock-brokers together to raise money before September 15, as he cannot depend on him for a dollar.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to [Charles Warren] Clifford
    1892 May 6
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Writes concerning financial matters.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Mr. Deacon
    1893 Apr 6
    ALS , 1 p.

    [Regrets his inability to come to the Clover Club because he wil not be in the city at that time.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Samuel S. McClure
    1893 Aug 10
    ALS , 1 p.

    [Requests the payment of $1,000 to "Ouida," as the agreed upon price of her manuscript on "Birds."]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to J. Frank
    1894 May 12
    ALS , 1 p.

    [Insists that he has never been indicted for blasphemy in Delaware or in any other state.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to [James B.] Pond
    1897 Feb 15
    ALS , 1 p.

    [Has instructed his agent to give Pond a box and regrets not receiving Pond's letter in time.]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Raley Husted Bell
    1897 Mar 28
    ALS , 4 p.

    [Has read Bell's article about himself in Bell's magazine; does not consider himself worthy of such praise but is deeply grateful; cautions Bell not to injure himself by praising him too much in Georgia . ]

  • Robert Green Ingersoll to Mr. Bloch
    1899
    ALS , 2 p.

    [Returns a letter which he does not find worth answering; and promises to write something on the subject soon.]

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Miscellaneous
  • Engraved New Year's card with text by Robert Green Ingersoll , plus a calling card
    n.d.
    Greeting card
  • J. W. Keller to the Managing Editor of Nebraska State Journal
    n.d.
    Telegram

    [Keller wants Ingersoll interviewed on the prayers that were offered in Cleveland, Ohio for him but Ingersoll refuses. With ANS by William Reed Dunrey and Robert Green Ingersoll . ]

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