Letter drafts to Edward Everett re: Rumford Professorship, 1846
File — Box: 31, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters written by Eben Norton Horsford in draft or copy form make up this sub-series which is arranged chronologically. Letters written as journals of Eben’s study abroad in Germany are included in this material. The letters were published in his hometown newspaper and transcribed into two volumes. A copy of a letter to his mother describes a visit to the plantation of former president John Tyler and includes remarks about slavery.
Dates
- Other: 1846
Creator
- From the File: Farlow, Lilian Horsford (Person)
- From the File: Wilson, George F. (George Francis), 1818-1883 (Person)
- From the File: Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 (Person)
- From the File: Hall, James, 1811-1898 (Person)
- From the File: Hunt, E. B. (Edward Bissell), 1822-1863 (Person)
- From the File: Nichols, James R. (James Robinson), 1819-1888 (Person)
- From the File: Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873 (Person)
- From the File: Horsford, Cornelia, 1861- (Person)
- From the File: Gardiner, Samuel Smith, 1789-1859 (Person)
- From the File: L'Hommedieu, Mary Catherine, 1765-1843 (Person)
- From the File: Webster, John White, 1793-1850 (Person)
- From the File: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 (Person)
- From the File: Tyler, John, 1790-1862 (Person)
- From the File: Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 (Person)
- From the File: Horsford, Mary Gardiner (Person)
- From the File: Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893 (Person)
Extent
From the File: 32.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Repository Details
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Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
lib-archives@rpi.edu