A Guide to the Edward Everett Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7572
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Edward Everett Collection, Accession 7572, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Deposit [1963 Dec 17] 1964 Jun 3
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Alexander Dallas Bache
- Benjamin Pierce
- Charles Wheatstone
- Edward Everett
- Epes Sargent
- George S. Hillard
- George Ticknor
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Joe Miller
- John G. Palfrey
- John Romeyn Broadhead
- Joseph Henry
- Joshua Bates
- L. A. Dimock
- Nathan Appleton
- Pierre G. Guizot
- Thomas Dowse
- William A. Wheeler
- William Appleton
- William D. Ticknor
- William H. Prescott
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- England
- Massachusetts
- Westfield, Massachusetts
Item Listing
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"The Influence of Imagination"[1811]AMsS, 3 p.
[signature on verso]
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"Guizot's Washington"ca. 1840AMs, 4 p.
[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)
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Edward Everett to [Dr. John G. Palfrey ?]ca. 1840ALS, 2 p.
[Covering letter for AMs of "Guizot's Washington"; mentions George S. Hillard 's translation of the Introduction to Guizot's Washington.]
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Edward Everett to William H. Prescott1842 Oct 31ALS, 4 p.
[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.]
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Edward Everett to Benjamin Pierce1846 Nov 25ALS, 2 p.
[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 . ]
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Edward Everett to Epes Sargent1847 Feb 24ALS, 2 p.
[Thanks Sargent for copy of his Songs of the Sea With Other Poems . ]
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Edward Everett to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1847 Mar 9ALS, 1 p.
[Requests him to stop by his office before going to class.]
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Edward Everett to Nathan Appleton1853 Nov 7ALS, 2 p.
[Requests that William D. Ticknor 's and Joshua Bates ' letter concerning Boston City Library be returned; mentions William Appleton . ]
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Edward Everett to L. A. Dimock1858 Dec 20Printed letter w/AN, 1 p. w/env
[Declines invitation to speak to Young Men's Lecture Association of Westfield, Massachusetts . ]
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Edward Everett to D. Appleton Company1858 Dec 29ALS, 3 p.
[Promises to send article on Thomas Dowse and discusses the proposal made by Dr. Palmer for the publication of the "Mount Vernon Papers."]
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Edward Everett to William A. Wheeler , answer from George Ticknor1862 Dec 20ALS, w/AN 1 p.
[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.]
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Edward Everett to William A. Wheeler1864 Sep 6ALS, 2 p.
[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.]