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Thomas J. Coolidge Autograph Collection

1852-1887

Guide to the Collection

Access to the originals is restricted. Users must use photocopies in the MHS Reading Room.

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Collection Summary

Collection Description

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Restrictions on Access

Item List

Preferred Citation

Access Terms


Collection Summary

Title:Thomas J. Coolidge autograph collection
Dates:1852-1887
Physical Description:1 document box and 1 box of photocopies
Call Number:Ms. N-290 (photocopies)
Call Number:Special Colls. T.J. Coolidge (originals)
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This is a small collection of autograph letters written to Thomas J. Coolidge (1831-1920), William Amory, and William Appleton, presumably collected by Thomas J. Coolidge (1893-1959).

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Collection Description

This is a small collection of autograph letters written to Thomas J. Coolidge (1831-1920), William Amory, and William Appleton, presumably collected by Thomas J. Coolidge (1893-1959). Correspondents include James F. Clarke, Edward Everett, Oliver W. Holmes, Henry W. Longfellow, and Edward E. Hale.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically.

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Acquisition Information

This autograph collection was deposited by Thomas J. Coolidge (1893-1959), ca. 1957.

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Restrictions on Access

Access to the originals is restricted. Users must use photocopies in the MHS Reading Room.

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Item List

Contents
Adams, Brooks (1848-1927)
8 Feb. 1887
Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886)
5 April 1881
14 April 1881
16 Dec 1881
Adams, John Quincy (1833-1894)
[after 6 Sept. 1879]
Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873)
15 Dec 1870
15 July 1881
Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)
18 April 1878
20 April 1878
9 Feb. 1882
10 Feb. 1882
17 Jan. 1884
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888)
11 Sept. 1878
24 Sept. 1879
4 Feb. 1885
15 Nov. 1885
19 Nov. 1885
Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson (1831-1920)
n.d.
Curtis, George Ticknor (1812-1894)
24 Nov. 1885
Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
11 June 1852
23 Sept. 1857
11 July 1859
23 Aug. 1859
1 Nov. 1859
5 Nov. 1859
10 Nov. 1859
23 Sept. 1861
24 Sept. 1861
27 Sept. 1861
29 Oct. 1861
2 letters
3 Nov. 1861
Includes carte-de-visite.
12 Dec 1861
Felton, Cornelius Conway (1807-1862)
22 September
Gray, Asa (1810-1888)
22 July 1879
Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
26 March 1881
25 April 1881
13 Oct. 1881
6 Jan. 1882
3 April 1882
5 Nov. 1884
Harcourt, [G?] C. Vernon
10 July 1871
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)
25 January
9 March
January 1861
On verso of carte-de-visite
23 Dec 1882
2 Aug. 1886
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
25 Jan. 1852
17 June
27 Aug. 1855
26 May 1874
Motley, John Lathrop (1814-1877)
26 Feb. 1859
9 Feb. 1863
2 Jan. 1866
18 Oct. 1866
19 Dec 1866
24 Dec 1866
9 Jan. 1867
18 Sept. 1872
10 Feb. 1877
Peabody, George
12 Feb. 1886
Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)
n.d.
21 January
9 October
3 August
5 August
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
10 Jan. 1852
13 July

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Preferred Citation

Thomas J. Coolidge autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Amory, William, 1804-1888.
Appleton, William, 1786-1862.
Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888.
Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, 1831-1920.
Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, 1893-1959.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.

Subjects:
Autographs -- Collections.

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Prepared by Jean Uy and Brenda Lawson, August 1996.
Encoded by Aimée Primeaux, March 2005


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