1826-1865
Guide to the Microfilm Edition
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| Creator: | Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 |
| Title: | Theodore Parker papers |
| Dates: | 1826-1865 |
| Physical Description: | 4
microfilm reels |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-661 |
| Microfilm Call Number: | P-175 |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of the papers of Unitarian
minister Theodore Parker, including an 11-volume letterbook containing copies
of incoming and outgoing correspondence and 2 volumes of original
letters.
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Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a Unitarian minister and abolitionist.
This microfilm edition of the Theodore Parker papers, 1826-1865, consists of
17 volumes and one document box on 4 reels of film. The bulk of the collection
is 13 volumes of correspondence between Theodore Parker and many significant
contemporary figures. Volumes 3-13 contain letterbook copies, in a hand other
than Parker's, of incoming and outgoing correspondence, and Volumes 14-15
contain original letters. Among the correspondents are Charles Francis Adams
(1807-1886), Joseph H. Allen, George Bancroft, James G. Birney, John Brown,
Salmon P. Chase, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Convers Francis, Ezra Stiles Gannett,
William L. Garrison, Horace Greeley, William H. Herndon, Horace Mann, William
H. Seward, and Charles Sumner. Subjects include slavery and the abolitionist
movement, fugitive slaves and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, Stephen A.
Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, the Republican and American
(Know-Nothing) parties, U.S. politics, "Bleeding" Kansas, Harvard, comparative
religion, Christian theology and doctrine, and Parker's relationship with the
Unitarian Church, as well as family and local news.
Other items include a European travel diary, 1844 (Volume 1); a
commonplace-book, 1844-1847 (Volume 2); a journal of lectures delivered and
fees collected, 1843-1858 (Volume 16); and a volume of miscellaneous notes,
1826-1846 (Volume 17). The collection also contains four small supplements of
loose papers including correspondence, sermon notes, diary notes, and newspaper
clippings.
The card catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is available
on microfiche in the MHS reference room. The microfiche contains brief
descriptions of approximately 300,000 manuscript items in many MHS collections,
including the Theodore Parker papers. Items from all collections are interfiled
together and arranged alphabetically by individual or subject. Researchers may
prefer to use the microfiche to access this collection, since items by a single
correspondent or relating to a single subject will be found together, rather
than in the order they appear on the microfilm reels, as in this guide. Items
that are part of the Theodore Parker papers are identified on the microfiche
with the words "T. Parker" in the upper right-hand corner of each card.
Deposited by Benjamin Franklin Sanborn, Dec. 1915.
Many of the letters in this collection are printed in the following
books:
Dumond, Dwight L., ed. Letters of James
Gillespie Birney. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co.,
1938.
Chadwick, John White. Theodore Parker: Preacher
and Reformer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1900.
Gannett, William C. Ezra Stiles Gannett:
Unitarian Minister in Boston, 1824-1871. Boston: Roberts Brothers,
1875.
Newton, Joseph Fort. Lincoln and
Herndon. Cedar Rapids, Ia.: The Torch Press, 1910.
Weiss, John. Life and Correspondence of Theodore
Parker. 2 vols. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970.
The collection is organized into the following series:
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| Reel | Contents |
| Reel 1 | Volumes 1-3 |
| Reel 2 | Volumes 4-7 |
| Reel 3 | Volumes 8-10 |
| Reel 4 | Volumes 11-17 |
| Reel 4 | Supplements 1-4 |
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| Volume | Contents |
| I. Journal and commonplace-book,
1844-1847 |
| Vol. 1 | | European travel diary,
1 July-1 Sep. 1844 This volume contains descriptions of Parker's travels in England, Germany,
and Switzerland, as well as miscellaneous sermon notes.
For Theodore Parker's diary notes, 11-28 Aug. 1857,
see Series VI.B. Supp. 4.
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| Vol. 2 | | Commonplace-book,
1 Nov. 1844-Nov. 1847 This volume includes an original letter from William Lloyd Garrison to
Theodore Parker, 28 Nov. 1845, announcing a meeting of the New England
Anti-Slavery Society (p. 205.5).
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| Volume | Page | Contents |
| | II. Outgoing correspondence,
1832-1863
This series consists of letterbooks containing copies of Theodore Parker's
outgoing correspondence, written in a hand other than Parker's. Letters are
grouped by correspondent and listed individually in the order in which they
appear on the reels. Volume 3 contains letters to Francis Jackson, Isaac
Parker, John B. Parker, Miss F. P. Cobbe, Patience Ford, Samuel P. Andrews,
William Silsbee, George E. Ellis, Columbus Greene, and others. Volume 4
contains letters to Matilda and Rebecca Goddard, Caroline C. Thayer, Ednah
Cheney, George Cabot, Chandler Robbins, David Wasson, Thomas J. Moore, Emmeline
Parker, Henry Wilcox, John G. Palfrey, Etta M. White, Noah Porter, and others.
Volume 5 contains letters to J. Lyman, Charles Ellis, Samuel J. May, George
Ripley, and others. Volume 6 contains letters to Caroline W. Healey Dall,
Joseph H. Allen, James G. Birney, William H. Fish, Robert White, Jr., William
H. Herndon, Charles Sumner, Horace Mann, and others. Volume 7 contains letters
to Increase G. Smith, John P. Hale, Carrie H. Pratt, Ellen Grover, Elizabeth
Peabody, William F. Channing, Convers Francis, and others.
Page numbers ending in ".5" indicate a letter inserted between two pages or
at the end of a volume. Letters that have been printed in published works
include references to book and page number. (See
Other Formats above for complete bibliographic
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| Vol. 3 | Page 1 | | Undated Notes on the history of the development of religion.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 31 | | 21 May 1862 Letter from James I. Dickinson (Middlefield, Conn.) to Mrs. L[ydia] Parker
concerning a forthcoming memoir of the life of Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 32 | | 25 May 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James Dickinson about Daniel
Webster's reputation as a great Christian and the difficulties inherent in the
popular theology.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 33 | | 31 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James Dickinson about the character
and writings of Horace Bushnell.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 36 | | 27 May 1854 Letter from S. C. Wales (Boston) to R[ichard] H[enry] Dana about procuring
funds for the purchase of a fugitive slave.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 36 | | 27 May 1854 List of subscribers donating money to obtain the freedom of fugitive slave
Anthony Burns, presented by Leonard A. Grimes.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 37 | | 29 May 1854 Letter from George B. Blake (Boston) to Hamilton Willis contributing money
to help secure the liberation of Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 38 | | 3 June 1854 Letter from Charles A. White (Boston) to Hamilton Willis informing him that
Anthony Burns is to be sold in Alexandria.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 38 | | [1854] Letter from Theodore Parker regarding the fugitive slave Anthony Burns.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 40 | | 24 Aug. 1832 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to D. Huntington about the death of
Huntington's brother and the progress of his education.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 41 | | [24 Aug. 1832] Letter from Theodore Parker to William P. Huntington about the Lexington
Academy, his own school in Watertown, and the progress of his education.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 42 | | 15 May 1836 Letter from Harvard University Divinity School to Henry Ware expressing
gratitude for Ware's "kindness, attention and urbanity."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 43 | | 16 June 1836 Letter from Henry Ware (1764-1845) to the senior class of the Harvard
Divinity School acknowledging receipt of their commendatory letter.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 44 | | 3 Oct. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Josiah Quincy acknowledging
receipt of his diploma from Harvard Divinity School. [duplicate]
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| Vol. 3 | Page 45 | | [1836] Diploma issued to Theodore Parker by Harvard University Divinity School.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 46 | | 20 July 1836 Certificate issued to Theodore Parker by John G. Palfrey (Cambridge) on
Parker's leaving Harvard Divinity School.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 46 | | 26 June 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Ellis, Charles L.
Thayer, and others declining their offer of a settlement. [partial copy]
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| Vol. 3 | Page 48 | | 11 Jan. 1843 Letter from Horace Seaver (Boston) to Theodore Parker inviting him to a
dinner in celebration of Thomas Paine's birthday.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 49 | | 14 Jan. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Horace Seaver declining
Seaver's invitation to a dinner for the celebration of Thomas Paine's birthday
because of Parker's lack of sympathy with Paine's views on theology and
religion.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 187.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 49 | | 20 June 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to R. W. Emerson enclosing a copy
of "Treatise of the Supernatural" and "The Song of the First Boba Link" by
Robert Lincoln.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 50 | | 24 Aug. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to W. H. Channing about
Channing's decision to preach to the parish of West Roxbury.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 50 | | 28 Nov. 1845 Letter from Mark Healey (Boston) and others to Theodore Parker inviting him
to preach at the Melodeon.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 51 | | 12 Dec. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mark Healey and others
accepting their invitation to leave his parish at West Roxbury and preach at
the Melodeon.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 52 | | 2 Feb. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Widdifield & Co. regarding
payment for a thermometer that he was sent.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 52 | | 2 Feb. 1847 Letter from Widdifield & Co. to Theodore Parker refusing to accept money
for the thermometer that was sent to Parker.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 52 | | 3 Jan. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John Allyn reflecting on the purpose
and function of a minister.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 53 | | 12 July 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Francis E. Parker regarding
documents in his possession that once belonged to Thomas Parker.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 53.5 | | 9 July 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to [Francis Parker] regarding the
history of the Parker family in New England.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 54 | | 18 July 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Professor Felton about the
obligation of the government of the United States to the great lexicographer
Dr. F.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 55 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to E. G. Loring regarding a petition relative to
the imprisonment of colored citizens.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 55 | | 26 Mar. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William H. White describing
his public and private life since he finished school.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 299-300.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 57 | | 14 Mar. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. White regarding his
sermon on Mr. Adams and the Cohasset Rocks.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 300-301.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 59 | | 13 May 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William White reminiscing about when
he was rebuked as a student at the Lexington Academy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 301.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 60 | | 21 Sep. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Miss White reflecting on the
death of her father William H. White and commenting on his role in fostering
Parker's desire for knowledge.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 301.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 62 | | 25 July 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. William White advising her on
the education of her daughter.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 62 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Sarah B. White reflecting on the
repressive doctrines contained in the New Testament.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 67 | | 21 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Suisse) to Francis Jackson commenting on
slavery and the Southern states, the pernicious influence of the Irish in the
United States, and the "transfiguration of Rufus Choate."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 71 | | 12 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Suisse) to Francis Jackson regarding the
distribution of the family land at Newton.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 72 | | 13 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Suisse) to Francis Jackson commenting on the
contributions of Horace Mann and John Augustus, the development of an
anti-slavery party in the South, and the character of the Swiss people.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 77 | | 3 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Francis Jackson about the division of
the Cabot estate and the hangings of John Brown and his five associates.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 83 | | 10 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Francis Jackson regarding the division
of the Cabot estate.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 88 | | 17 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Francis Jackson about the division of
the Cabot estate and John Brown's abortive project of a foray in the mountains
of Virginia.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 90 | | 21 Jan. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Francis Jackson about financial
matters, his health, and Buchanan's position on the issue of slavery.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 95 | | 19 Nov. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Eliza F. Eddy about John Brown's
attempt to free the slaves in Virginia and the death of her son in that
abortive expedition.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 99 | | 22 Jan. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to his brother Isaac Parker
explaining his reasons for remaining at the small parish of West Roxbury.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 143-144.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 102 | | 2 Sep. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to his brother Isaac Parker
informing him of his intention to sail to Italy.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 103 | | 12 Feb. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Naples) to his brother Isaac Parker describing
the farming techniques, customs of the state, and population in Italy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 220-221.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 108 | | 13 Oct. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to his brother Isaac Parker inquiring,
on behalf of Henry Bond, about the family of Benjamin Stearns.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 109 | | 26 Sep. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to his brother Isaac Parker about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 110 | | 28 July 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to his brother Isaac Parker
about personal matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 111 | | 5 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Parker
reflecting on the death of their daughter Emily.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 113 | | 28 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to his brother Isaac Parker
describing his European journey and discussing the topography and agriculture
of St. Croix, France, and Switzerland.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 308-310.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 120 | | 14 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (France) to his brother Isaac Parker describing
the process of making wine.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 368-369.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 130 | | 16 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to his brother Isaac Parker describing
the topography, agricultural methods, and people of Rome.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 426-428.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 139 | | 28 Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to his nephews, Theodore J. and George
E. Parker, sending them two books.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 139 | | 11 Aug. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Frances M. Parker about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 141 | | 1 Apr. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John B. Parker concerning
family matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 142 | | 17 Sep. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John B. Parker about personal
and family matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 144 | | 18 Nov. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John B. Parker apologizing for
his negligence in writing.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 145 | | 21 Aug. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John B. Parker scorning books
on heraldry and encouraging him to read Shakespeare.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 146 | | 29 Aug. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John B. Parker parodying the
work of genealogists.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 148 | | 9 Apr. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John Parker about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 149 | | 28 Apr. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John B. Parker advising him on the
purchase of a house.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 150 | | 23 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John B. Parker discussing the race
of people called Cimmerians.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 152 | | 1 Nov. 1833 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to Charles Miller about his
engagement to Lydia Cabot.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 154 | | 12 July 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Miller defending his
motives in contending that "Religion [is] independent of the foolish doctrines
men have piled upon it."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 175-176.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 157 | | 5 May 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss F. P. Cobbe discussing his
belief in the immortality of the soul and in the goodness and purity of Jesus's
teachings.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 458.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 161 | | 5 June 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss F. P. Cobbe commenting on the
validity of experiments in morals.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 459.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 162 | | 20 Dec. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss F. P. Cobbe regarding the
publication of Cobbe's book.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 459-460.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 164 | | [1856] Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss F. P. Cobbe introducing the Unitarian
minister E. E. Hale.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 165 | | 11 Aug. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss F. P. Cobbe discussing the
infinite perfection of God and the immortality of man and commenting on the
setbacks in attempting to publish her book.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 460-461.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 170 | | 4 Dec. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss F. P. Cobbe commenting on the
reception of her book, England's treatment of India, and the corrupting
influence of slavery.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 461-463.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 211 | | 2 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Miss Lucy Osgood reflecting on the
character of her dead sister and predicting violence between the North and the
South.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 383-385.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 223 | | 13 May 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Thomas) to Frank B. Sanborn commenting on
country academics and the aristocracy of St. Croix.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 229 | | 29 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Franklin B. Sanborn commenting
on the rights of women in Germany, Charles Sumner's anti-slavery position, the
upcoming presidential election, and politics in Europe.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 237 | | 23 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Franklin B. Sanborn commenting on
Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and [William Henry]
Seward's speech before the Congress.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 241 | | 4 May 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to E. J. Young about the death of
Young's father and about various German academics.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 243 | | 30 May 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to E. J. Young asking him to purchase
certain books.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 246 | | 18 Apr. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford discussing the
perfection of Jesus and the meaning of Christianity.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 446-447.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 256 | | 15 June 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford about the works
of Francois De Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon and the necessity of both reason
and religion.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 447-448.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 262 | | 5 July 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford explaining that
if two people feel alike about the "highest things," then they are in
agreement.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 448.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 263 | | 11 Sep. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford commenting on
her melancholy disposition and discussing the necessity of having faith. [The
correct date of this letter is 11 Aug. 1844.]
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 448-449.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 264 | | 7 Feb. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford discussing the
importance of loving God while not losing sight of the human element.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 449-450.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 267 | | 27 Oct. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford about the death
of her mother.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 450, but misdated 27 Aug.
1845.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 269 | | 10 July 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Patience Ford advising her in
respect to her future activity.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 271 | | 24 Oct. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Patience Ford discussing his belief
in the perfection of God and enclosing a poem entitled "God."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 276 | | 21 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Geneva) to Sarah and Caroline Whitney
reflecting on his 22 years as minister of West Roxbury and describing his
European trip.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 305.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 284 | | 19 Dec. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Bancroft requesting the
Transactions of the New York Geographical and
Statistical Society.
Original letter in the George Bancroft
papers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 285 | | 1 Mar. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Bancroft requesting that
Bancroft recommend the German scholar Dr. Gunther.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 296.
Original letter in the George Bancroft
papers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 286 | | 16 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Bancroft regarding the
participation of Africans at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 234-235.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 288 | | 6 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Edmund John Senkler commenting on
various errors contained in his books, discussing his continued interest in the
Greek classics, and describing the uproar created by his pamphlet on "True or
False Theology."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 365-366.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 295 | | 6 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Edmund John Senkler discussing the
works of [Ralph] Cudworth and [Joseph] Butler, the methods utilized by
theological seminaries in the United States, and the occurrence of the word
Rahab in the Old Testament.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 367-371.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 305 | | 9 Dec. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Edmund John Senkler describing his
health and discussing the works of Tindal, Daille, and Middleton.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 371-372.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 310 | | 22 Jan. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Edmund John Senkler discussing Roman
Christian mythology and theology and advocating the destruction of the
Pope.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 372-375.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 321 | | 10 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Bancroft commenting on
Bancroft's volume on the Revolution and advocating a history that deals with
the people rather than with "kings, priests and nobles."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 11-12.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 324 | | 11 Nov. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Reverend J. Martineau relating the
story of the fugitive slaves William and Ellen Craft.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 328 | | 15 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Reverend J. Martineau listing the
titles of his sermons and the books composing his historical development of
"Religion in the Caucasian Race."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 331 | | 26 July 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Samuel P. Andrews expressing his
anxieties about preaching.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 337 | | 12 Aug. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Barnstable) to Samuel P. Andrews describing the
people and sites of Barnstable.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 342 | | 20 Oct. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Northfield) to Samuel P. Andrews describing the
scenic beauty of Northfield and stating his belief in the necessity of having a
wife.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 348 | | 6 Oct. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Samuel P. Andrews describing his
activities and commenting on the circumstances of several of their friends.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 353 | | 13 Dec. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews inquiring about
Andrews's circumstances and discussing the notion of the divine right of
women.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 361 | | 3 Jan. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews commenting on the
habit of smoking and describing the activities of some of their friends.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 365 | | 15 Feb. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Greenfield) to Samuel P. Andrews reflecting on
the rewards and responsibilities of being a minister.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 97-98.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 371 | | 16 Mar. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Salem) to Samuel P. Andrews commenting on their
preaching skills and their congregations and reflecting on his forthcoming
marriage.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 375 | | 23 Apr. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews reflecting on his
recent marriage.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 380 | | 2 May 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews assuring him that
his recent marriage will not weaken the bonds of their friendship and
commenting on the recent economic troubles.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 384 | | 23 Aug. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews commenting
on the activities of some of their mutual friends and inviting Andrews to visit
West Roxbury.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 387 | | 30 Oct. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews inquiring
about his activities.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 389 | | 29 Nov. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews suggesting
to Andrews that he find himself a wife.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 392 | | 12 Dec. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews commenting
on Dr. Channing and the fact that most people fear "any new thing."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 395 | | 23 Dec. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews requesting
that Andrews not come and preach for him due to a sudden change of plans.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 396 | | 3 Apr. 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews inquiring
about Andrews's activities and gossiping about their mutual friends.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 400 | | 26 Jan. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews commenting
on the notion of preparing for death.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 404 | | 10 Apr. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews about his
desire to have a discussion with Dr. [John] Brazer.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 406 | | 18 Apr. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel P. Andrews regarding an
exchange with Dr. [John] Brazer.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 408 | | [18 Nov. 1844] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to the Heirs at Law or the next
of kin of the late Reverend Samuel Putnam Andrews inquiring about the
circumstances of Andrews's death. [The address of the letter is facetious;
Putnam was still alive at the time.]
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| Vol. 3 | Page 409 | | 4 Feb. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews lamenting his
inability to have children and stating his belief that "Religion is Piety and
Goodness - the loving of God, and the loving of Men."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 413 | | 18 June 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel P. Andrews commenting on how
opposition to the Fugitive Slave Bill is greater in Boston than in either New
York or Cincinnati.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 415 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel P. Andrews about personal matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 415 | | 17 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews about coming to
dine with him.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 416 | | 18 Oct. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews about his
health.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 418 | | 27 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel P. Andrews about his
prospective trip to Europe and his desire to complete "certain pieces of work"
before his death.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 420 | | 20 Apr. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Santa Cruz) to Samuel P. Andrews about his
improved state of health and the apathy prevailing among the people of Santa
Cruz.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 421 | | 21 Aug. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Barnstable) to William Silsbee inquiring about
Silsbee's activities and commenting on the need for a minister to possess both
knowledge and skill.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 92.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 428 | | 16 Sep. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Brookline) to William Silsbee gossiping about
the activities of their classmates, describing the 200th anniversary of Harvard
College, and commenting on Emerson's book entitled Nature.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 435 | | 30 Nov. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William Silsbee concerning the
possibility of his preaching in Salem and expressing his belief in the healing
power of love.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 438 | | 15 Mar. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Salem) to William Silsbee describing his
activities and commenting on the function of matrimony.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 442 | | 27 Mar. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William Silsbee describing his
activities, discussing the lectures of [Charles Wentworth] Upham, and
contending that [Francis] Bowen is unfit to become a professor at Harvard
College.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 448 | | 21 Apr. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Lowell) to William Silsbee describing the joys
of his recent marriage.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 453 | | 27 June 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee about
Silsbee's decision to remain in Ohio and Parker's ordination at the parish of
West Roxbury.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 459 | | 13 July 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
Silsbee's engagement, the powers of love, and several works on ethics.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 100.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 466 | | 22 Sep. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee describing his
situation in West Roxbury, the reception to his preaching of transcendentalism,
and his present course of studies.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 100-101.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 471 | | 24 Oct. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
the parish in Medford and describing the activities of some of their
classmates.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 474 | | 14 Nov. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee regarding
various religious issues.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 477 | | 13 Nov. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee concerning
[Orestes Augustus] Brownson and the Boston Quarterly
Review.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 104.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 482 | | 9 Dec. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
Plato's Phaedrus and the reaction of Boston
conservatives to Dr. Channing's use of Faneuil Hall.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 111.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 487 | | 19 May 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee about his
translation of De Wette's Einleitung in das alte
Testament and about [Alexander] Young's sermon on Dr. Bowditch.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 492 | | 10 Aug. 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee praising the
state of matrimony, describing his delight in the study of philosophy, and
stating his views on nature, God, Christ, man, and the Sacred Scriptures.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 109-110.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 503 | | 27 Nov. 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
the sources of religious and moral truth, the connection between religious
truth and revelation, and the relationship of miracles to the doctrine of
Christianity.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 116-117.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 515 | | 25 Mar. [1839] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee advising him
not to settle in Walpole, N.H.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 517 | | 22 May 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee advising him
to settle closer to Boston.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 521 | | 27 June 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee informing him
of the available parishes surrounding Boston.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 525 | | 16 July 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee attempting to
persuade him to move closer to Boston.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 528 | | 14 Sep. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
George Ripley's response to Professor Andrews Norton's The Latest Form of Infidelity.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 533 | | 15 Oct. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (Westfield) to William Silsbee describing the
activities of some of their classmates and commenting on George Ripley's
Letters on the Latest Form of Infidelity.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 152-153.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 537 | | 14 May 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker to William Silsbee about personal matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 539 | | 15 Sep. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee commenting on
[James] Walker's discourse on the connection between religion and philosophy
and describing a group of transcendentalists called "Come-outers."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 153.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 544 | | 23 Feb. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (Duxbury) to William Silsbee responding to the
queries: "How I know what Christianity is" and "How I get at the Absolute
Religion."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 549 | | 23 Apr. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee about [William
Dexter] Wilson's article in the Dial and the
difficulty in obtaining a logical and definite notion of God.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 166-167.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 553 | | 1 Jan. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William Silsbee about his
activities and the question of ministerial exchanges.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 557 | | 24 Mar. [1844] Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to William Silsbee discussing the state
of culture and religion in Rome.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 564 | | 4 Dec. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William Silsbee reflecting on the
death of Silsbee's wife.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 568 | | 9 Nov. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Barnstable) to George E. Ellis regarding the
controversy between Andrews Norton and George Ripley.
Original letter in the George E. Ellis
papers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 572 | | 20 Feb. [1837] Letter from Theodore Parker (Greenfield) to George E. Ellis regarding the
unjust treatment of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 574 | | 27 May 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis gossiping
about local news, commenting on Ralph Waldo Emerson's letter to Van Buren
relative to the Cherokee Indians, and mentioning his review of John Gorham
Palfrey's latest book. [The correct date of this letter is 29 May 1838.]
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| Vol. 3 | Page 581 | | 7 Aug. 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis describing an
exhibition of the Harvard Divinity School and commenting on a dispute between
[James] Walker and [John G.] Palfrey.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 588 | | 15 Oct. 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (Roxbury) to George E. Ellis commenting on the
religious dispute precipitated by Ralph Waldo Emerson's address to the Harvard
Divinity School.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 595 | | 3 Jan. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis commenting on
the debate over whether Ralph Waldo Emerson is truly a Christian, discussing
the division of the Unitarians into two parties, and describing the current
deficiency of Unitarian ministers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 602 | | 7 June 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis ordering
various books.
Original letter in the George E. Ellis
papers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 603 | | 21 May [1840] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 604 | | 4 Mar. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis requesting the
three volumes of Bentley's Works.
Original letter in the George E. Ellis
papers.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 605 | | 25 May [1841] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George E. Ellis returning
Ellis's book on Arabic grammar.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 608 | | 29 Feb. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to Columbus Greene regarding his
intention to begin Harvard Divinity School.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 611 | | 2 Apr. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene outlining the
contours of his religious beliefs and stating his expenses relative to the
Divinity School.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 66-67.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 615 | | 28 Apr. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about his
receiving funds from Harvard Divinity School, describing his activities there,
and gossiping about local news.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 67.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 619 | | 4 June 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene explaining the
meaning of the first chapter of John.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 625 | | 11 June 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about man's
responsibility to do good to his own family rather than attempting to reform
the whole world.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 629 | | 11 July 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene describing the
course of proceedings at Harvard Divinity School.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 67-68.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 634 | | 29 Aug. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene describing his
activities and advising Greene to attend church and read the Bible.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 637 | | 26 Sep. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene commenting on
Greene's decision to attend a Baptist lecture.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 642 | | 18 Nov. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene commenting on
Greene's decision to abandon the Unitarian Church, stating that the spirit of
Christianity exists in all sects, and giving advice on how to lead a Christian
life.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 648 | | 21 Dec. 1834 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene arguing against
the violent measures used at religious meetings to obtain conversions and
urging Greene to cultivate "the Spirit of Prayer."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 653 | | 15 Mar. 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene expressing his
fear of religious zeal and arguing that religion is the principle by which men
should conduct their business.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 658 | | 8 July 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about Greene's
contemplated expedition to the West and the need for each man to provide for
himself and his family.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 68.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 663 | | 8 Sep. 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene describing his
trip throughout New York.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 665 | | 6 Oct. 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene regarding
Greene's plans to go out West.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 667 | | 14 Nov. 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about Greene's
circumstances in Lowell and Parker's definition of religion as the "total
obedience to the will of God, in all things...."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 670 | | 6 Jan. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about his
appointment as an instructor in Hebrew at Harvard College.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 672 | | 1 Apr. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 675 | | 2 May 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene describing his
activities and encouraging Greene to go fight in Texas.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 678 | | 22 May 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker [Cambridge] to Columbus Greene suggesting that
Christianity is both an encouragement and a restraint and commenting on the
power of religion to satisfy "all the wants of our nature."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 682 | | 16 July 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to Columbus Greene contending that
life consists of religious as well as secular duties.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 685 | | 25 Nov. 1836 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene explaining his
reasons for not settling in either Barnstable or Northfield.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 688 | | 13 Feb. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Greenfield) to Columbus Greene about the
breaking off of Greene's engagement.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 691 | | 6 Mar. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about the doctrine
of the immortality of the soul.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 693 | | 10 Aug. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Dublin, N.H.) to Columbus Greene about his
indictment by the grand jury after attempting to rescue the fugitive slave
Anthony Burns and about the publication of his "Additional Sermons and
Speeches."
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| Vol. 3 | Page 696 | | 23 Sep. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about Greene's ill
health.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 697 | | 26 Sep. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene requesting a tub of
butter.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 698 | | 8 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene predicting violence
between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 700 | | 4 Aug. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Columbus Greene about his ill
health.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 701 | | 25 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 702 | | 24 Nov. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 703 | | 16 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 704 | | 18 Feb. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene offering to loan him
one hundred dollars.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 704 | | 2 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Columbus Greene describing
how his brother's family contracted typhoid fever.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 707 | | 26 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Columbus Greene about his proposed
journey to the West Indies.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 713 | | 27 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Martha P. Dingee with practical
advice for her son Charles.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 716 | | 10 June 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Martha P. Dingee about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 3 | Page 720 | | 6 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Martha P. Dingee describing the
character of the people and the sites of Rome.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 1 | | 15 May 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to [Matilda] Goddard expressing his
thanks for the purse that she made him.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 1 | | Sep. [1848] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss [Matilda] Goddard about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 2 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Goddard expressing his thanks.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 2 | | 19 Sep. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Miss [Matilda] Goddard
regarding his circumstances in West Newton.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 3 | | 23 Apr. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Matilda Goddard regarding the
Quakers.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 4 | | 2 May [n.d.] Letter from Theodore Parker to Matilda Goddard introducing Mrs. Hincley.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 5 | | 16 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Miss Matilda Goddard commenting
on the simplicity of the German character and the hypocrisy of Americans
thinking themselves a democratic people.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 8 | | 11 Nov. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Miss Matilda Goddard describing his
circumstances in Rome.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 11 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Mrs. Rebecca Goddard sending her a book.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 11 | | 1 Jan. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Rebecca Goddard sending her two
volumes of miscellaneous matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 12 | | 1 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Rebecca Goddard expressing his
thanks for her continued kindness.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 13 | | 5 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Rebecca and Matilda Goddard
regarding their works of charity.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 14 | | 26 Nov. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Rebecca and Matilda Goddard about the
death of their mother and about John Brown and his scheme for liberating the
slaves in Virginia.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
382-383.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 16 | | 1 Jan. 1858 Letter from R. Anne Nichols and others to Theodore and Lydia Parker
presenting them with a clock.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 16 | | 1 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore and Lydia Parker to R. Anne Nichols and others
expressing their thanks for the clock.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 18 | | 25 Dec. 1858 Letter from several of Parker's parishioners to Theodore and Lydia Parker
sending them a cup.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 19 | | 25 Dec. 1858 Letter from Theodore and Lydia Parker to several of Parker's parishioners
thanking them for their gift.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 21 | | 22 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to the standing committee of the 28th
Congregational Society about his decision to take a respite from preaching in
order to recover his health.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 23 | | 31 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Caroline Thayer and others
expressing his gratitude for the garments that they made for him.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 24 | | 26 June 1853 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "The Art of Happiness."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 25 | | 8 Oct. 1854 Extract of sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Power of Human Will
over or under adverse Circumstances."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 26 | | 23 Dec. 1855 Extract of sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Immediate and Ultimate
Consequences of Duty and the Claim of Right."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 27 | | 2 Mar. 1856 Prayer given by Theodore Parker at the Music Hall after the unveiling of the
statue of Beethoven.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 31 | | 2 Mar. 1856 Extract of sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Culture of the
Affections."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 31 | | 31 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney commenting on the
sculpture of [William Wetmore] Story, the religious architecture of Rome, and
the social background of the clerical class in Rome.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 402-405.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 33 | | 9 Mar. 1856 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Education of the
Religious Faculties."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 34 | | 18 Jan. 1857 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Dangers and Duties
of Young Women."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 37 | | 8 Mar. 1857 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of Gratitude and
Ingratitude."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 37 | | 13 Sep. 1857 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Ultimate Purpose of
Human Life for the Individual and the Peace."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 43 | | 13 June 1858 Extract from sermon by Theodore Parker entitled "Of the Practical
Consequence of the Idea of God as Infinite Perfection."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 44 | | 14 Feb. 1859 Letter from several of Parker's parishioners to Theodore Parker sending him
a gift in honor of Valentine's Day.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 45 | | 20 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Havana) to Caroline C. Thayer and others
expressing his thanks for their St. Valentine's Day remembrance.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 46 | | 23 Apr. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Santa Cruz) to Caroline C. Thayer requesting
news about his parish.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 284.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 48 | | 8 July 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Caroline C. Thayer concerning
personal matters.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
310-312.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 52 | | 16 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Caroline C. Thayer about the
study of homeopathy, the deterioration of women when exposed to the elements,
and the funeral honors paid to [Rufus] Choate.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 58 | | 2 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux) to Caroline C. Thayer commenting on
what Massachusetts has to learn from the democracy of Switzerland and
describing the activities of Wendell Phillips.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
365-367.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 64 | | 15 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Lyons) to Caroline C. Thayer about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 65 | | 10 Jan. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Caroline C. Thayer regarding [Edward]
Everett's speech at the Union Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Wendell Phillips's
address at the grave of John Brown, and Parker's violent hatred of slavery.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 72 | | 2 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Caroline C. Thayer commenting on the
writings and influence of Thomas Paine and the character of [Frederic Dan]
Huntington.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
425-426.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 76 | | 3 Apr. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Caroline C. Thayer describing his
interview with Elizabeth and Robert Browning.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 79 | | 1 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to George Jackson reflecting on the death
of Jackson's wife.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
424-425.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 82 | | 8 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (London) to Isaac and Sarah Clark describing the
agriculture and topography of Santa Cruz.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
293-294.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 86 | | 2 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (London) to Frances Power Cobbe and Mary
Carpenter regarding the publication of his sermons on "The Evidence of God
found in the world of Matter and of Mind."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 291-292.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 89 | | 23 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Mary Carpenter
describing the city of Dijon and praising her works of humanitarianism.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 298-299.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 92 | | 17 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Mary Drew describing the methods of
housekeeping in Rome.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 428-429.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 94 | | Undated Letter from E. D. Littlehale and others to Theodore Parker requesting that
he meet with his flock in order to strengthen their faith.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 95 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to the Tribe of Curtis and the Tribe of
Littlehale concerning his resolution to visit and strengthen them.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 96 | | 1 July 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney about his
decision to lecture in South Manchester, Conn.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 97 | | 18 July 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney about his
intention to pay her a visit.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 97 | | 31 July 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 98 | | 15 Sep. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney expressing his
thanks for her gift.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 100 | | 5 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 101 | | 28 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Mrs. Ednah Cheney
describing his activities in London and his visit with the fugitive slave Ellen
Craft.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 306-308.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 112 | | 24 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker to George Cabot filled with advice.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 113 | | 1 Jan. 1859 Poem from Theodore and Lydia Parker to George Cabot.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 114 | | 23 Apr. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Croix) to George Cabot inquiring about
Cabot's activities.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 116 | | 15 May 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Thomas) to George Cabot about his plans to
sail for Southampton.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 117 | | 2 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (London) to George Cabot advising him to be
attentive to business matters and to eschew frivolous pleasures.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 118 | | 9 July 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to George Cabot about Cabot's
circumstances in Boston, the Sons of Temperance, and the Austrian invasion of
Italy.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 122 | | 22 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to George Cabot commenting on the
susceptibility of idle men to temptation, arguing against the practice of
gambling, and advising Cabot on his business affairs.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 128 | | 3 Nov. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to George Cabot advising him on how to
become a well-accomplished merchant.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 130 | | 20 July 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Daniel F. Child describing the
railroads and steam engines in Switzerland, commenting on the defeat of the
Austrians and the motivation of Napoleon III, and discussing the
nationalization of slavery in the United States.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 134 | | 12 Nov. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Daniel F. Child commenting on the
collapse of the Boston Locomotive Works and describing Rome as a city ruled by
systematic villainy.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 136 | | 2 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Mrs. L. B. Meriam
stating that without health, an education "is nothing."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 139 | | 4 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Mrs. L. B. Meriam discussing the fate
of only children, describing his circumstances in Rome, and praising the works
of William Wetmore Story.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 143 | | 28 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to George Adams
commenting on the talents of [Thomas Starr] King and the aim of Ralph Waldo
Emerson to produce an intellectual rather than a religious or moral effect.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 346-347.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 146 | | 16 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Gerrit Smith expressing his anxiety
over the future of the United States.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 421-422.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 148 | | 8 Apr. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Mrs. Mary S. North commenting on the
role of women in Austria and the vast distinction between rich and poor
there.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 153 | | 4 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Mrs. Mary S. North reflecting on
his years as minister of the parish in West Roxbury.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 155 | | 13 May 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to the Reverend Abiel A. Livermore
about personal matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 156 | | 26 Jan. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to the Reverend Abiel A. Livermore
introducing a Mr. Sanford.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 157 | | 6 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Abiel A. Livermore about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 157 | | 26 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Abiel A. Livermore
commenting on the lack of society in Santa Cruz, [Henry] Bellow's sermon on the
Suspense of Faith, and Parker's
Defence following his indictment by the grand
jury.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 361-362.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 161 | | 7 Jan. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Cyrus Bartol sending him two volumes
of his sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 162 | | 1 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Cyrus Bartol stating that
differences of opinions should not impair one's friendships.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 163 | | 11 Jan. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Cyrus Bartol sending him a volume of
sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 163 | | 25 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Cyrus Bartol expressing his
appreciation for Bartol's kindness.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 267.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 165 | | 27 Jan. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Plymouth) to Chandler Robbins regarding his
disputes with the leaders of the popular theology.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 193-195.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 168 | | 13 Feb. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Chandler Robbins requesting a
copy of the "Resolution" of the Boston Association.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 169 | | 29 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Chandler Robbins discussing
his conflicts with the Boston Association and expressing his belief that most
theologies help toward obtaining truth.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 250-251.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 171 | | 28 Feb. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Chandler Robbins regarding the
actions of the Boston Association which would exclude him from preaching their
Thursday lecture.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 251.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 172 | | 18 Oct. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Chandler Robbins regarding
Reverend John Pierpont's conflict with his church over a sermon on the traffic
in liquor.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 174 | | 17 Apr. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Chandler Robins concerning his
History of the Development of Religion Amongst
Men.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 175 | | 3 Sep. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Chandler Robbins sending him a copy
of Parker's last printed sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 175 | | 10 Sep. 1855 Letter from Chandler Robbins (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of five sermons and a kind note.
Another copy in Volume 12, p. 19.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 177 | | 30 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David A. Wasson advising him on
whether to settle in Medford or in Columbus, Ohio.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 334-335.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 180 | | 14 June 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David Wasson regarding Wasson's
journey to Europe.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 180 | | 26 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David Wasson inquiring about
Wasson's health.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 181 | | 5 Dec. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David Wasson enclosing a check for
50 dollars.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 182 | | 12 Dec. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David Wasson about his defense of
the Celtic Irish, Blumenbach's five races, and the character of the Shemite
people.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 395-396.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 185 | | 2 Oct. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to David Wasson regarding his speech at
Groveland.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 186 | | 29 Dec. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry D. Rogers about Henry Thomas
Buckle's book on the "History of Civilization in England" and Jean Louis
Agassiz's latest work.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 189 | | 6 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Mrs. L. Cabot regarding his
activities.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 272.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 191 | | 19 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Elias Durfee stating that while his
mistakes will perish with him, the truths he has set forth will live
forever.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 192 | | 25 Dec. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Annie Gore expressing his
thanks for her gift of a cross and enclosing a sonnet.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 194 | | 30 Apr. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Dr. R. L. Howard discussing his
purposes in exposing the falsehoods of the popular theology.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 403-404.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 197 | | 21 June 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to E. E. Knowles discussing the issue
of violence and the liberation of fugitive slaves.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 198 | | 19 Dec. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Manchester regarding his
contribution to the Scriptural Interpreter.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 199 | | 17 Nov. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Manchester suggesting two
volumes relating to religion, atheism, and the popular theology.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 199 | | 10 Sep. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Manchester suggesting several
books on history, philosophy, belles lettres, and theology.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 202 | | 15 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding the
administration's decision to place slavery above freedom and the rights of
man.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 203 | | 16 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore discussing his case
before the grand jury.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 203 | | 29 Mar. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding his case
before the grand jury.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 204 | | 30 May 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding Parker's
Defence after his indictment by the grand
jury.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 205 | | 9 Feb. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker to Thomas J. Moore regarding the cost of his
books.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 205 | | 5 May 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore about his poor
health and his sermon on "The Present Triumph of Despotism in America."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 206 | | 27 July 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Thomas J. Moore about his
inability to prepare his sermon for the press.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 206 | | 18 Feb. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding his
sermons on Daniel Webster and on the hard times.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 207 | | 3 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding the
prayers of the "Brethren" either to convert him or to "remove him out of the
way and to let his influence die with him."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 207 | | 20 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore discussing the party
represented by Mr. Seaver and The
Investigator.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 209 | | 12 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore giving a brief
sketch of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 209 | | 1 July 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore regarding the cost
of his pamphlets and tracts.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 210 | | 2 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore supporting the
Republican Party because of its anti-slavery tendency.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 211 | | 15 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas J. Moore discussing the
reconstruction of the Democratic platform.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 213 | | 14 July 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Reverend J. L. Merrick
regarding the publication of Merrick's work.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 214 | | 6 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Abby M. Parker regarding her
journal to the South.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 216 | | 11 May 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Emmeline Parker about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 217 | | 2 Aug. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker advising
her on how to become less self-conscious.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 336.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 219 | | 5 Aug. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Emmeline Parker concerning her
recent illness.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 219 | | 22 Aug. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker advising
her to work, whether it be with her hands or her head.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 336-337.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 221 | | 4 Oct. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker
attempting to allay her fears about her schoolwork.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 337.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 222 | | 16 Nov. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker
attempting to build up her confidence and alleviate her fears about the
future.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 224 | | 13 Dec. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Emmeline Parker about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 224 | | 11 Apr. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker regarding
the absence of a teaching position for her.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 225 | | 28 Apr. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker advising
her on how to become an effective, as well as a confident, teacher.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 227 | | 20 Feb. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker about the
importance of rising early.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 228 | | 17 Apr. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker advising
her on the importance of leaving home and living amongst strangers.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 229 | | 25 Dec. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Emmeline Parker
commenting on her dissatisfaction with teaching in Salem.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 230 | | 21 May 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Emmeline Parker about her
obtaining a teaching position closer to Boston.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 230 | | 23 Mar. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Emmeline Parker commenting on
the necessity and sanctity of marriage.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 338.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 232 | | 18 Feb. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Emmeline Parker commenting on
her financial affairs.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 233 | | 24 Aug. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Miss Emmeline Parker advising
her to remain where she is rather than go to the Normal School of Boston.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 233 | | [Oct. 1853] Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Emmeline Parker alluding to a trip to
Iowa.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 234 | | 12 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joshua R. Giddings regarding John
Quincy Adams and his attitude toward slavery.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 236 | | 17 June 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Joshua R. Giddings requesting
information about Andrew Jackson and his conduct toward slaves.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 237 | | 21 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joshua R. Giddings requesting
information about Daniel Webster and the extent of his dedication to the cause
of anti-slavery.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 238 | | 28 Jan. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joshua R. Giddings repeating his
request for information on Daniel Webster's conduct.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 239 | | 1 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Helen P. Mills expressing his
belief that religion consists of two elements: morality, or the love of man,
and piety, or the love of God.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 241 | | 22 Sep. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William A. Taylor stating that the
tendency of his writings and preaching "is good and for the advantage of
mankind."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 242 | | 18 Apr. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Arthur O'Leary regarding a crayon
likeness of himself.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 242 | | 1 Nov. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Arthur O'Leary complaining that his
likeness "is too full, too young, too florid."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 243 | | 10 Oct. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry A. Wilcox about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 244 | | 3 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry Wilcox stating the necessity
of a fixed and abiding confidence in God.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 245 | | 15 Dec. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry Wilcox about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 246 | | 15 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry Wilcox commenting on the
longevity of farmers.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 247 | | 31 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry Wilcox concerning public
prejudice against Wilcox.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 247 | | 23 Oct. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry Wilcox about their respective
illnesses.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 248 | | 2 Dec. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Henry A. Wilcox regarding his hope
to replace prejudice and fear with piety and morality.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 249 | | 2 Feb. 1853 Letter of advice from Theodore Parker (Boston) to unknown recipient
regarding the necessity of employment.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 251 | | 22 May 1853 Letter from Philip D. Moore (Newark, N.J.) to Theodore Parker inviting him
to address an association in Waterloo, N.Y., whose platform is faith in and
love towards God and man.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 253 | | [May 1853] Letter from Theodore Parker to Philip D. Moore stating his belief that God's
power is infinite and that religion is natural to man. [extract]
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| Vol. 4 | Page 257 | | 9 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to C. E. Potter inquiring if one of
Daniel Webster's female ancestors was an Indian.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 258 | | 2 Apr. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to C. E. Potter concerning his
discourse on Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 259 | | 23 Jan. 1835 Letter from Theodore Parker (Cambridge) to John G. Palfrey describing the
affairs of Harvard Divinity School and the activities of several of its
students.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 261 | | 1 Dec. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John G. Palfrey about Palfrey's
stand on the issue of slavery. [The correct date of this letter is 9 Dec.
1847.]
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| Vol. 4 | Page 263 | | 14 June 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John G. Palfrey requesting
information on the Mexican War.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 264 | | 24 Jan. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John G. Palfrey enclosing "a couple
of little volumes."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 265 | | 25 Oct. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John G. Palfrey enclosing a copy of
his Defence.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 265 | | 3 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John G. Palfrey thanking him for his
kindness, as well as for "the noble example of Conscientiousness you have set
in all public affairs."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 267-268.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 267 | | 15 Mar. 1858 Letter from R. Parkinson (Oshkosh) to Theodore Parker requesting Parker's
views on certain theological issues.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 269 | | 20 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to R. Parkinson presenting his views on
the Old and New Testament, the character of Jesus of Nazareth, and man's
ability to be saved independent of Jesus.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 270 | | 3 Apr. 1863 Letter from Mrs. C. L. Parkinson (Oshkosh) to Mrs. Theodore Parker stating
that she views Mrs. Parker's husband as her spiritual father.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 272 | | 12 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White regarding
personal matters.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 273 | | 6 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White regarding her
circumstances in Salem.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 338-339.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 274 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White advising her to
run among the fields and study the works of nature.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 275 | | 25 Dec. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White about her
situation in Salem and his health.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 276 | | 20 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White regarding payment
for her education in Salem.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 276 | | 25 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Etta M. White enclosing a check
for 60 dollars.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 277 | | 28 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Collins regarding his sermon
on "A False and a True Revival of Religion."
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| Vol. 4 | Page 277 | | 15 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Collins enclosing two of his
sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 278 | | 2 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to W. C. C. E.
Wasserbohr advising him that education must be "of the moral and religious
powers as well as of the intellect."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 406.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 280 | | 22 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James Orton commenting on the goals
and accomplishments of the American Party.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 238.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 282 | | 4 Mar. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to M. A. H. Niles stating that he
finds no evidence that the writers of the Bible were inspired and arguing that
while miracles are possible, they must be settled by historical evidence
only.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 470-471.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 286 | | 16 Apr. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to M. A. H. Niles summarizing the
tenets of his theology.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 471-475.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 294 | | 1 Oct. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Dr. Noah Porter defending his
Discourse of Religion against Porter's
indictment in the New Englander of July
1844.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 300 | | 16 Oct. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Noah Porter regarding Porter's
article in the New Englander.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 301 | | 3 Jan. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Noah Porter inquiring about
Porter's writings.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 301 | | 5 Dec. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Noah Porter regarding the decision
of the people of Bridgeport to withdraw their invitation for Parker to lecture
there.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 303 | | 18 May 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Noah Porter about their meeting
together in Boston.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 304 | | 2 [Aug.] 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Noah Porter discussing the
defects of the Unitarian theology. [incomplete]
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| Vol. 4 | Page 306 | | 30 Aug. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Gloucester) to Noah Porter commenting on the
correlation between one's views of the atonement and one's disposition.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 307 | | 19 Nov. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Noah Porter praising Porter's
article in the New Englander on the Fugitive
Slave Law.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 310 | | 16 Dec. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Noah Porter concerning the
publication of an article by James G. Birney.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 313 | | 9 Oct. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mr. and Mrs. Hope acknowledging
receipt of the English edition of Benjamin Franklin's works.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 314 | | 2 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Switzerland) to Thomas Hope about his goal to
lead men and women to the formation of a noble character and about the people
and scenery of Switzerland.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 318 | | 30 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas G. Barnard commenting on
Barnard's conversion and his conviction that God is infinite.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 456-457.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 319 | | 22 Nov. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas G. Barnard agreeing to meet
Barnard when he lectures in Norway, Me.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 320 | | 23 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas Barnard about the dubious
right of Americans to extirpate the Indians and his indictment by the grand
jury.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 320 | | 23 Nov. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Thomas G. Barnard explaining that
lack of time prevents him from writing a long letter.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 322 | | 10 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Augustus Eggers finding fault with
the Germans because of their professed atheism.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 324 | | 14 Aug. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Center Harbor, N.H.) to Albert Sanford
concerning one of his sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 325 | | 14 Oct. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Albert Sanford concerning the
publication of his sermons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 326 | | 24 Aug. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Albert Sanford discussing the
character of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 356-357.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 328 | | 6 Apr. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Albert Sanford commenting on the
work of [Edmund Hamilton] Sears and the recent clamor over spiritualism.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 331 | | 28 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Catherine Johnson about personal
matters.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 287.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 332 | | 26 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Levi B. Meriam thanking him for his
gift.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 332 | | 5 Feb. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Levi B. Meriam commenting on an
exceedingly boring book.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 333 | | 9 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Martha M. Parker commenting on
the greatness of both Shakespeare and Emerson and her circumstances in
Pennsylvania.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 336 | | 12 Mar. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Martha M. Parker discussing her
circumstances in York and her plans for the future.
|
| Vol. 4 | Page 338 | | 16 May 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Martha M. Parker commenting on the
importance of hard work and advising her to read Shakespeare and Byron.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 339 | | 20 Sep. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Martha M. Parker discussing the
necessity both of exercise and of the acquaintance of educated and refined
persons.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 341 | | 28 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James B. Patterson commenting on
Patterson's role as a teacher.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 475-476.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 343 | | 26 Dec. 1855 Letter from James B. Patterson (Louisville, Ky.) to Theodore Parker
describing his plans for the future.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 345 | | 7 Jan. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James B. Patterson advising him to
be wary of the desire to surpass others.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 476.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 346 | | 16 June 1863 Letter from James B. Patterson (Steubenville, Ohio) to Mrs. Theodore Parker
describing in detail his acquaintance with Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 4 | Page 350 | | 28 Apr. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Innsbruck) to Miss Sarah Clark commenting on
the architecture and the character of the people in Italy and on the importance
of rank in Germany.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 1 | | 18 Feb. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Havana) to J. Lyman about his health and about
forwarding his letters to American ministers in Europe.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 2 | | 23 Apr. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Santa Cruz) to J. Lyman commenting on the
dispute over which version of the Bible should be in the public schools and the
intellectual sterility of Santa Cruz.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 4 | | 22 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman describing
his European excursion.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 297-298.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 7 | | 13 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman about his
activities in Europe and his resignation from his parish.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 9 | | 15 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman describing
his activities in Switzerland and stating how he wants his funeral services
arranged.
|
| Vol. 5 | Page 12 | | 17 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman about his
resignation from the 28th Congregational Society and the uproar he has created
among the Unitarians.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 15 | | 21 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to [Joseph] Lyman about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 17 | | 26 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman about his
health and his meeting with James Thomas Fields.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 364.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 20 | | 30 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman about his
activities and his plans for going to Rome.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 22 | | 4 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman describing
his activities and gossiping about their mutual friends and acquaintances.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 25 | | 5 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to J. Lyman describing
his plans for leaving Montreux.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 26 | | 9 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Neuchatel) to J. Lyman describing his friends
in Switzerland and commenting on the position of Louis Napoleon.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 28 | | 13 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Geneva) to J. Lyman describing his activities
in Geneva.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 31 | | 14 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Hotel de Lyons) to J. Lyman about the
revolution in Italy and about the discrepancy between the situation in the
United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 34 | | 21 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman describing his voyage to Rome
and his accommodations there.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
370-374.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 40 | | 29 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman commenting on the difference
between the masculine and feminine mind and on the uncontrollable temper of
women.
|
| Vol. 5 | Page 43 | | 10 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman about Harpers Ferry, the
leaders of the anti-slavery movement, and John T. Sargent's "Crisis of
Unitarianism."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 389-390.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 46 | | 13 Jan. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman commenting on the heroic
behavior of John Brown, the leaders of the anti-slavery movement, and the
passions of Louis Napoleon.
|
| Vol. 5 | Page 50 | | 26 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman discussing the presidential
contest of 1860, the unpopularity of the pope, the character of the Italian
people, the importance of work and self-help, and the need to improve the laws
and political institutions of the United States.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 61 | | 10 Mar. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman discussing the plight of the
pope, the impotence of the Roman Catholic Church, the similarities between
Protestantism and Catholicism, and the external prosperity of the United
States.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 69 | | 4 Apr. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman predicting his death,
outlining his future plans, and discussing the consequences of the federal
government's acknowledgment of the right of man to own property in human
beings.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 434-435.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 74 | | 14 Apr. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to J. Lyman about a bust being made of
him by William Wetmore Story.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 435-436.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 76 | | 1 Jan. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis requesting information
on slavery or Southern politics.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 78 | | 28 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis about his desire to
visit the South and his sermon on Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 79 | | 20 Nov. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis about the state
convention in Massachusetts to revise the Constitution.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 232-234.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 83 | | 12 Feb. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis discussing the
Kansas-Nebraska Act and the reaction to it in Massachusetts.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 124.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 85 | | 29 Apr. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis and others describing
the political scene in Boston.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 87 | | 22 Apr. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Croix) to Charles Ellis describing the
weather, the people, and the agriculture of Santa Cruz and commenting on the
plight of President James Buchanan.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
283-284.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 91 | | 29 Jan. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Charles Ellis describing the Roman
topography; the dress of its people; the changes in its population; and the
relics, artifacts, and monuments from different phases of Roman history.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 410-414.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 103 | | 3 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Mrs. Charles Ellis reflecting on the
death of her husband.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 414-415.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 106 | | 8 June 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Ellis requesting
information about the expenses of an individual soldier in the army.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 106 | | [13] June 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Ellis requesting
information about how many persons from Boston are sent to the state's
prison.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 107 | | 19 June 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis informing him of a meeting of
the executive committee.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 107 | | 14 Oct. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis requesting advice for
a young man aspiring to become a lawyer. [Date or place is an error.]
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| Vol. 5 | Page 108 | | 2 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis requesting a list of
all the grand jurors in the United States Circuit Court.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 108 | | 11 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis regarding his indictment by the
grand jury.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 109 | | 19 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis concerning his indictment by
the grand jury.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 144.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 109 | | 18 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis requesting information about
the jurors who will be drawn to try his case in the spring.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 109 | | 29 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Ellis concerning evidence
which would bolster his defense.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 110 | | 7 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Westfield) to Charles Ellis concerning his
pending trial following his indictment by the grand jury.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 112 | | 13 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Washington) to Charles Ellis stating that Ellis
is the sole counsel for Parker's defense.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 112 | | 17 Feb. 1855 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Charles Ellis offering his
assistance in the defense of Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 113 | | 18 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis summarizing his case against
Commissioner Loring, who kidnapped the fugitive slave Anthony Burns.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 117 | | 12 Apr. 1855 Dedication to Charles Ellis in regard to Theodore Parker's defense.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 118 | | 8 Aug. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Dublin, N.H.) to Charles Ellis concerning the
publication of his Defence.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 118 | | 11 Aug. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis inviting him to go sailing.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 119 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Ellis with a list of the names of
"Persons for meeting at Faneuil Hall."
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| Vol. 5 | Page 121 | | 22 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Charles Ellis
commenting on the character of [Edward] Everett, discussing the failure of
American newspapers to oppose revivals, and reproving the Unitarians for their
exclusive policies and for having neglected their theological duties.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
358-360.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 128 | | 4 Sep. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May about the
entrance of his niece into May's school.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 128 | | 23 Dec. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May regarding his
plans to preach in Lexington.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 129 | | 1 Apr. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May summarizing his
spiritual philosophy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 143.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 132 | | 24 Apr. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May lamenting the
fact that the Unitarians have become a static organization with no incentive
for reform.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 318-319.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 134 | | 15 July 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (Niagara Falls) to Samuel J. May regarding his
intention to write an anonymous "Letter to the American People touching the
matter of Slavery by one of the Million."
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| Vol. 5 | Page 137 | | 13 Nov. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May describing Jesus
as a perfect man, expressing his belief that "there is a progress of man's
capabilities on earth," and predicting the eventual "Democracy of Man."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 355-356.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 141 | | 14 June 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May describing the
Unitarians as "bigoted and little" and claiming that the Universalists are more
human and more concerned with reform.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 319-320.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 144 | | 14 Aug. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May concerning a
prospectus for his new journal.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 145 | | 11 Sep. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May commenting on the new
Constitution of New York.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 146 | | 16 Sep. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May about the new
Constitution of New York and his translation of De Wette.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 147 | | 11 Aug. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Samuel J. May regarding his
participation in political affairs.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 149 | | 4 Nov. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May calling for a state
convention in Massachusetts to consider the condition of fugitive slaves.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 150 | | 26 Apr. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel J. May commenting on the response to
his sermon.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 151 | | 17 June 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May endeavoring to find a
position for Dr. Otto Fock, a professor of philosophy at Kiel in Denmark.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 296.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 153 | | 2 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May about the kidnapping
of fugitive slaves and describing Millard Fillmore as "the most contemptible
President that ever sat in John Tyler's Chair."
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| Vol. 5 | Page 154 | | [27] Nov. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel J. May about May's anti-slavery
activities in Syracuse.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 321.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 156 | | 15 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May about his intention to
lecture in Buffalo.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 156 | | 16 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May regarding women
preachers.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 159 | | 7 Mar. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May about raising money
for May's church.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 321-322.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 160 | | 14 June 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Samuel J. May outlining the
academic creed of Harvard.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 165 | | 26 July 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Samuel J. May introducing Mr.
E. H. Chesney.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 165 | | [28 July] 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Samuel J. May requesting
information on the Mormons and Joseph Smith and discussing the political
scene.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 167 | | 18 Aug. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May requesting any books
or documents on the subject of Mormonism.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 168 | | 25 Sep. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Samuel J. May advocating civil
disobedience, for man's allegiance to the laws of his own nature and to the
constitution of the universe should override "all claims of any human
legislation."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 117-123.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 178 | | 5 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel J. May discussing the state convention
to revise the Constitution.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 181 | | 25 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May regarding the
dissolution of the Thursday lecture.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 182 | | 5 Apr. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May commenting on some of
their friends and acquaintances.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 185 | | 23 Sep. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Samuel J. May discussing the
hypocrisy of a republican nation demanding slavery as one of its institutions,
commenting on the role of the courts in perpetuating slavery, and imploring his
listeners to make aggressions against both slavery and the Fugitive Slave
Bill.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 200 | | 24 Oct. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May criticizing Harvard
Divinity School and discussing the criteria for receiving communion.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 322.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 202 | | 24 Oct. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel J. May praising the acts of Samuel
Eliot.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 322.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 203 | | Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to Samuel J. May satirizing the Unitarians.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 205 | | 27 Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May regarding the uproar
created by May's sermon at the "Great and Thursday lecture."
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
322-323.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 207 | | 1 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May describing how he was
arrested for speaking at Faneuil Hall.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 207 | | 11 Feb. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Burlington, Vt.) to Samuel J. May commenting on
the response to his A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to
Religion when it was first published in 1842.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 323.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 209 | | 15 July 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Samuel J. May describing his
activities.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 211 | | 11 Feb. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Samuel J. May about his health and
his activities.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 247-248.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 214 | | Aug. 1854 Paper by Theodore Parker, in answer to a request by George Ripley, providing
material for a biographical notice of himself.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 224 | | Aug. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker to George Ripley with information relative to
his life and his work.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 225 | | 21 Sep. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Ripley commenting on Ripley's
works on [John] Pierpont and Ralph Waldo Emerson and providing additional
material about his boyhood.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 230 | | 1 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Ripley about his health,
[Frances Power] Cobbe, and the works of [William Henry] Furness.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
255-256.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 231 | | 19 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Ripley discussing De Wette's
Introduction to the Old Testament and his
translation of that German work.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 401-403.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 234 | | 13 May 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Thomas) to George Ripley describing Santa
Cruz; claiming that Alexander Hamilton was the son of a Mr. Stevens, an
Englishman living in Antigua; and discussing his "Letter to the 28th
Congregational Society."
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
288-289.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 239 | | 29 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to George Ripley commenting on the
location of Rome, the absurdity of Catholicism, and the Italian preference for
beauty over utility.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
375-378.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 246 | | 28 Feb. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to George Ripley predicting the downfall
of Catholicism and discussing the make-up of all religions.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
432-433.
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| Vol. 5 | Page 253 | | 10 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George Ripley about the poor state
of his health and his intention to travel first to the West Indies and then to
Europe.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 268-269.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 1 | | 3 Dec. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Caroline W. Healey
commenting on her religious history and expressing his views on the miraculous
character of Jesus and the infallibility of the Scriptures.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 175.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 7 | | 4 Feb. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Caroline W. Healey
commenting on the death of her brother and recommending several books on the
subject of miracles.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 9 | | 21 July 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Caroline W. Healey reflecting
on the fact that the apparent accidents of life are often converted into
greater goods.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 11 | | 5 Oct. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Caroline W. Healey commenting
on the death of [William Ellery] Channing.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 14 | | 29 Nov. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Caroline W. Healey describing
his activities, commenting on her circumstances in Georgetown, and inquiring
about her experience on the subject of slavery.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 351-352.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 17 | | 4 Apr. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Caroline W. Healey describing
the religious goings-on in Boston.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 352-353.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 21 | | 14 Dec. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline Dall advocating
a ministry to the poor and commenting on her plan to Christianize the heart of
the slaveholder.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 254-255.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 25 | | 25 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline Dall regarding
accusations by the clergy that his writings are full of abuse, sarcasm, and
contumely.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 30 | | 30 May 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline H. Dall
commenting on his separation from the Unitarians and the narrowness of the
sect's thinking.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 252-253.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 32 | | 4 Aug. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline Dall commenting
on her "work of enlightening the ignorant and comforting the afflicted" and on
the place and duty of women.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 340-341.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 35 | | 21 Sep. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline Dall suggesting
readings relative to the anti-slavery movement and discussing his conflict with
the Boston association.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 255-256.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 38 | | 23 Oct. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Mrs. Caroline Dall discussing
a few of their mutual acquaintances.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 341-342.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 40 | | 17 Jan. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Caroline Dall regarding his
dispute with the Boston association.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 272-273.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 43 | | 28 Jan. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Caroline Dall replying to her
accusation that his writings contain untruths and are filled with sarcasm.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 273-274.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 45 | | 2 June 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Caroline Dall commenting that
the Unitarians are becoming increasingly sectarian and lack a sufficient
dogmatic basis for a sect.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 274.
Original in the Caroline Wells Healey Dall
papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 47 | | 27 Nov. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Caroline Dall commenting on the
deleterious effects of a standing army.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 50 | | 27 Nov. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Joseph H. Allen commenting on
a Free Discussion Society.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 51 | | 12 Aug. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Joseph H. Allen regarding the
matter of intercourse and professional reciprocity.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 53 | | 22 Aug. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Joseph H. Allen commenting on
the publication of Allen's book.
Original in Miscellaneous Bound.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 54 | | 27 Sep. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen describing slavery
as a momentous evil.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 56 | | 14 Feb. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen discussing Allen's
sermon on Senator [John] Fairfield and the influence of [David Friedrich]
Strauss.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 60 | | 22 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen commenting on the
sermons and eulogies on John Quincy Adams and the deterioration of Edward
Everett.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 63 | | 14 May 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen commenting on the
study of theology in Germany and the lack of organized ecclesiastical action in
the area of social reform.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 66 | | 29 Oct. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen stating that
"Sentimentalism is the degeneracy of Religion" and suggesting that there should
be an association of theologians for the advancement of theological
science.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 379-380.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 70 | | 29 Nov. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen discussing his
method for preparing a lecture.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 72 | | 29 Jan. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen explaining that his
hatred of slavery does not extend to slaveholders, expressing his belief in an
infinite God, and commenting on the works of Ritter.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 380-381.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 75 | | 23 Apr. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen predicting civil war
between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 110.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 77 | | 5 May 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen generalizing about
Unitarian ministers.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 381-382.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 78 | | 1 Aug. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Brookline) to Joseph H. Allen discussing the
old theological notion of an imperfect God.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 382-383.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 81 | | 2 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen making suggestions
relative to Allen's paper.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 83 | | 8 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen praising Allen's
labors in the cause of temperance.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 83 | | 9 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen encouraging him to
publish his work.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 85 | | [1852] Letter from Theodore Parker to Joseph H. Allen requesting a reference to a
stanza quoted in Allen's dissertation.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 85 | | 5 Mar. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen discussing various
books and friends.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 86 | | 8 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker to Joseph H. Allen discussing the motives
underlying Daniel Webster's latest speech.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 88 | | 4 July 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Joseph H. Allen about the
possibility of starting a new journal.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 90 | | 12 Sep. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen about Parker's
inability to attend Allen's meeting.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 91 | | 6 Dec. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen commenting on two
new books dealing with the "first three centuries of the Christian Era."
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 92 | | 25 Feb. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen discussing the
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 92 | | 27 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph H. Allen regarding his ideas
on theism.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 95 | | 25 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney discussing John
Quincy Adams and his views on slavery.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 99 | | 17 June 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to James G. Birney inquiring
about whether Andrew Jackson was ever involved in the slave trade.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 100 | | 27 Nov. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney regarding Birney's
article on "The Constitutionality of Slavery" to be published in the
Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 101 | | 14 Apr. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney concerning the
publication of Birney's article in the Massachusetts
Quarterly Review.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 102 | | 14 May 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney acknowledging
receipt of Birney's article.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 103 | | 16 July 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to James G. Birney about the
termination of the Massachusetts Quarterly
Review.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 105 | | 14 Oct. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney regarding the
publication of Birney's manuscript.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 106 | | 16 Dec. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney about Parker's
difficulty in finding a publisher for Birney's articles.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 107 | | 22 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney regarding the
location of Birney's manuscript.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 108 | | 3 Oct. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney stating that God is
infinite and his works perfect.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 149-150.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 110 | | 28 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to James G. Birney attempting to secure
publishers for Birney's books.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 111 | | 17 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish commenting on the
election of James Buchanan.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 111 | | 25 July 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to William H. Fish describing
his hectic schedule and the consequent deterioration of his health.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 246-247.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 114 | | 3 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish listing the titles
of several of his sermons.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 116 | | 21 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish defending Parker's
work against Fish's criticisms.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 117 | | 2 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish discussing the
"Gospel of the Newness."
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 119 | | 11 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish about the poor state
of his health.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 247.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 120 | | 31 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Fish about personal
matters.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 268.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 121 | | 8 Apr. 1860 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to William H. Fish reflecting on his
contribution to humanity.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 123 | | 11 Feb. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. commenting on the
way of life of the Shakers.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 383-384.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 125 | | 25 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. advocating the
institution of marriage.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 126 | | 31 July 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Robert White, Jr. praising the
domestic economy of the Shakers, but condemning their neglect of marriage.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 384.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 128 | | 11 Aug. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Robert White, Jr. stating that
each sect, party, or class possesses some fraction of the Truth.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 384-385.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 130 | | 29 Mar. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about his busy
schedule and the poor state of his health.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 131 | | 7 Oct. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. advocating the
institution of marriage, which he views as a physical, as well as a spiritual,
affair.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 385-386.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 135 | | 31 Dec. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. discussing the
issue of whether or not Jesus sanctioned the institution of marriage.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 386-388.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 139 | | 20 Oct. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. discussing
Buddhism, prostitution, industrial feudalism, and John Stuart Mill's
Political Economy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 388-389.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 142 | | 29 Nov. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. regarding his
hectic schedule.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 389-390.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 143 | | 17 Mar. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about the meetings
of the executive committee of the Vigilance Committee.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 145 | | 27 May 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about his
inability to visit the Shaker community because of his involvement with the
Fugitive Slave Law.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 145 | | 15 July 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. criticizing a
certain clergyman who is as "lascivious as a goat, abstemious as a hermit,
capricious as a monkey and as irritable as a Hornet."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 390.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 147 | | 21 Sep. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. explaining that up
to now the great results of human science "have been for te few not the
many."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 390-391.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 150 | | 27 Nov. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. concerning the
possibility of his writing a book on the "History of the Idea of Woman and of
the (Practical) Relations of Woman to Man."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 152 | | 20 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about the positive
response to his works in England.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 153 | | 8 June 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Robert White, Jr. contending
that it is sometimes necessary to repel violence with violence, despite the
teachings of Jesus.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 392-393.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 156 | | 21 Nov. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 157 | | 9 Aug. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Robert White, Jr. about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 158 | | 20 Jan. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about a religious
sect called Hemero-Baptists and his plans for arriving in New York.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 159 | | 15 Feb. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. regarding Parker's
plans to visit White in New York.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 159 | | 15 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. expressing his
attitude toward death.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 393-394.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 162 | | 4 July 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Robert White, Jr. regarding
the publication of a volume of his sermons.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 163 | | 16 Sep. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Robert White, Jr. regarding
the work done by Charles Loring Brace in New York.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 164 | | 15 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. arguing that
prostitution arises from the "false idea that Woman is to be the Fool of man,
not his Equal, But Slave."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 394.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 166 | | 24 Aug. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 167 | | 17 Sep. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 167 | | 30 Oct. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Robert White, Jr. regarding the
completion of his Defence.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 169 | | 12 July 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to [William R.] Alger regarding Alger's
paper on the Pauline eschatology.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 170 | | 27 Apr. [n.d.] Letter from Theodore Parker to William R. Alger advising him to take his
German lessons from a Dr. Füster.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 171 | | 7 July 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to William R. Alger regarding
the dangers of both the despotic church of the Irish and the despotic state of
the slaveholders.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 219-220.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 173 | | 28 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William R. Alger praising him for
his noble words and brave spirit.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 174 | | 15 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon about his
forthcoming trial and his hatred of slavery.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 174 | | 30 Nov. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon commenting on the
work of [Henry Ward] Beecher and the political situation in the United
States.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 176 | | 17 Apr. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon describing his
hectic schedule.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 238-239.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 177 | | 17 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon predicting that
slavery will engender either the ruin of democratic institutions or a civil war
between the North and the South.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 178 | | 31 Dec. [1857] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon about the issue
of slavery in Kansas, the conquest of Nicaragua, the obligation of Franklin
Pierce to the South, and the political schemes of Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
239-240.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 183 | | 9 Aug. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to William H. Herndon denouncing
the Democrats and their support of the Dred Scott decision.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 184 | | 1 July 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to William H. Herndon about the
shaky political position of Stephen A. Douglas.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 185 | | 28 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon calling Stephen
A. Douglas "a mad dog" and discussing the character and politics of [Horace]
Greeley.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
240-241.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 186 | | 9 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon commenting on the
debate between Lincoln and Douglas and an attempt to "lower the Republican
Platform."
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 241.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 188 | | 23 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon commenting on
Horace Greeley, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Republican platform and advocating
[William] Seward for the presidential nominations.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 242.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 190 | | 13 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William H. Herndon discussing
Douglas's victory over Lincoln in his bid for re-election to the Senate and
predicting that the 1860 presidential election will be between Seward and
Douglas.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 243.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 193 | | 15 Nov. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Peter Lesley discussing the work of
[Jean Louis] Agassiz.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
335-336.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 195 | | 12 Feb. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Peter Lesley discussing the
professional relationship between Jean Louis Agassiz and Edouard Desor.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 197 | | 10 Apr. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Edward N. Dennys about his
arraignment before the Fugitive Slave Bill judges in the Circuit Court in
Boston.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 198 | | 4 June 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker to Edward N. Dennys enclosing a volume of his
latest book.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 199 | | 6 Oct. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Rakhal Das Haldan expressing his
belief in the infinite perfection of God and arguing that this idea of God is
derives not from miraculous revelation but from the spontaneous intuitions and
reflective thoughts of man.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 201 | | 22 June 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ruth and Stephen Crooker about
anti-slavery feelings in Boston.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 202 | | 1 Oct. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ruth and Stephen Crooker about
Milford, N.H.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 203 | | 26 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ruth and Stephen Crooker commenting
on the financial troubles disturbing New England.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 348.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 205 | | 7 June 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ruth and Stephen Crooker advocating
the organization of men and women into communities.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 348-349.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 207 | | 15 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ruth and Stephen Crooker about his
delight in teaching young children, as well as older ones.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 349-350.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 209 | | 24 Sep. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Dr. E. H. Bowman about the
difference between theology and religion and about the false ideas contained in
the popular theology.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 211 | | 3 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Dr. E. H. Bowman about Bowman's
conversion from the popular theology to natural religion.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 211 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Dr. E. H. Bowman about the direful
consequences of a popular theology.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 212 | | 11 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Dr. E. H. Bowman about the gradual
adoption in New England of a natural theology and about the different methods
used by men of science and ministers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 215 | | 16 Apr. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Peter Robertson predicting the
disintegration of the popular theology and outlining the tenets of the natural
theology.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 452-453.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 218 | | 3 Nov. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Lydia M. Child discussing her
Progress of Religious Ideas Through Successive
Ages.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 219 | | 5 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child about the
sack of Lawrence, Kan.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 220 | | 20 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child about their
first meeting in Watertown in 1833.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 221 | | 17 Aug. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner praising his
oration entitled "What is the True Grandeur of Nations?"
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 263.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 222 | | 1 Nov. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner mentioning
several works on the Anglo-Saxons.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 223 | | 23 Nov. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner requesting
information about the cost of the Revolutionary War.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 224 | | 24 Feb. [1847] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner with a reference to Guizot's
History of the English Revolution.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 225 | | 21 Mar. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner about the deep
degradation of the clergy and the lack of interest in religion by the more
respectable portions of society.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 317-318.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 227 | | Sep. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner reflecting on
the statement that "the people are always true to a good man who truly trusts
them."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 316.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 228 | | [Fall 1847] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about Sumner becoming
the editor of a new review.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 268.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 229 | | [1847] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner discussing the positive
influences of a new journal.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 267.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 229 | | [1847] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about a meeting of
the "council of Conservative Reformers."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 230 | | 7 July 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Charles Sumner acknowledging
receipt of Sumner's oration.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 231 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner about personal matters.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 231 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner referring to a Mr.
Sennott.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 232 | | 19 Feb. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner regarding a meeting
of the anti-slavery petitioners at the Senate chamber.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 232 | | 19 Apr. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about Boston and the
Fugitive Slave Law.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 107.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 233 | | 26 Apr. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner congratulating him on
his election to the Senate and counseling him to always represent justice.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 111.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 236 | | 11 July 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Brookline) to Charles Sumner reflecting on
Sumner's election to the Senate.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 112-113.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 238 | | 6 Aug. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Brookline) to Charles Sumner suggesting that
the paper of James G. Birney be published in the Commonwealth.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 238 | | 3 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting that he
give his support to a young Hungarian poet.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 239 | | 21 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner enclosing an article
by James G. Birney.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 239 | | 22 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting some
information regarding law books.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 240 | | 2 Nov. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting copies of
Revue de Legislation et du Jurisprudence.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 240 | | 23 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner praising the
Hungarian patriot Lajos Kossuth.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 241 | | 9 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner commenting on the
office-limitation bill and Sumner's speech on the public lands.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 212.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 242 | | 21 Feb. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about Ephraim
Peabody's criticism of Sumner's land speech.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
212-213.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 244 | | 3 Aug. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Dr. [Samuel Gridley] Howe
regarding the predicament of Charles Sumner.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 213.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 245 | | 6 Sep. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Charles Sumner praising
Sumner's speech and discussing the political situation in Massachusetts.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 215-216.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 247 | | 20 Sep. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Newton) to Charles Sumner discussing his
intention to publish a book on the "progressive Development of Religion in the
leading (Caucasian) Races of Mankind" and commenting on the Whigs and the
Democrats.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 317.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 247 | | 20 Dec. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner commenting on
Seward's remarks on Daniel Webster and complaining that the Senate is dominated
by pro-slavery men.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 216-217.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 252 | | [Feb. 1853] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner requesting a copy of one of
Daniel Webster's speeches in the Senate.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 253 | | 3 Jan. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting the
publication of the Cuban correspondence and the correspondence regarding San
Domingo.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 254 | | 4 Aug. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Center) to Charles Sumner requesting
information on Judges Parsons and Shaw.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 255 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner enclosing a copy of his
"Sermons on Theism" and requesting a copy of the Coast Survey.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 255 | | 24 Oct. [1853] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner requesting a copy of the
proceedings of the convention to revise the Constitution.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 257 | | 23 Jan. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner regarding Sumner's
involvement in the "Nebraska Business."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 258 | | 5 Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about his appeal to
philanthropists to help the poor girls on the streets of Boston and a scheme he
devised in the event of the passage of the Nebraska Act.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 217.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 259 | | 19 Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about some books on
"the Negro Character" and about the plight of [Edward] Everett.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 260 | | 20 Mar. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner about his being
misrepresented by the editor of the Era.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 261 | | 18 Aug. [n.d.] Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to Charles Sumner about his
desire to write a book "showing the Effect of Slavery on the Population,
Production, Industry, Etc. of America from 1840 to 1850."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 262 | | 2 Feb. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner requesting information
regarding Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 263 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner concerning [Gamaliel] Bailey's
criticism of him in the National Era.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 266 | | 8 Dec. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner suggesting materials
relative to the Mormons and outlining the history of polygamy.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 268 | | Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner praising him for maintaining
his integrity since his election to the Senate.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 157.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 269 | | [Feb. 1855] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner praising [Salmon] Chase and
discussing his pending trial before Judges Benjamin Curtis and Benjamin
Hallett.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 271 | | 2 Feb. [1855] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner concerning a movement
to repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 272 | | Apr. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner requesting information about
any case where the jury found a verdict against the ruling of the court.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 272 | | 24 Apr. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting the names
"of some judges of England whom it is safe to praise."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 273 | | 4 Jan. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner requesting
information about the proper conduct of a grand juror and discussing the
lawyers for his defense.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 275 | | 31 Oct. [1855] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner commenting on various
public figures.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 275 | | 18 Dec. [1855] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner concerning political
matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 276 | | 14 Jan. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner discussing the
character of Benjamin Curtis, measures for the eradication of slavery, the war
between slavery and freedom in Congress and in Kansas, and the possibility of
electing a Northern president in 1860.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 157-160.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 282 | | 16 Feb. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (St. Albans, Vt.) to Charles Sumner discussing
political issues.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 283 | | 21 May 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Burlington, Vt.) to Charles Sumner stating that
three evils in the United States are the extermination of the Indians, the
filibuster against Central America, and the extension of slavery, and naming
his preferences for the presidency.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 179-180.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 285 | | 23 May 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale regarding the attack on
Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 180.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 286 | | 4 Nov. [n.d.] Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner attempting to set up a meeting
with him.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 286 | | 17 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner enclosing one of his
sermons.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 287 | | 27 Feb. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker to Charles Sumner expressing Parker's hope that
Sumner will revitalize the fight against slavery now that he has returned to
the Senate.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 218.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 288 | | 15 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner expressing his
contempt for the slaveholders' threat of disunion and refuting the idea that
slavery was consistent with a republican form of government in Athens and
Rome.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 219.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 289 | | 28 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner discussing [Nathaniel
Prentiss] Banks's removal of [Edward Greely] Loring from office.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 220-221.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 292 | | 6 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner describing the
courses open to Kansas men in order to become a free state.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 221-222.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 294 | | 10 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner concerning Edward
Everett.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 295 | | 16 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner commenting on the
repeal of the fishing bounty, the Spoliation Bill, and the misuse of Edward
Everett's powers and opportunities.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 297 | | 21 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Charles Sumner commenting on Frances
P. Cobbe and Edward Everett.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 298 | | 11 Mar. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Santa Cruz) to Charles Sumner about the
intentions of the United States regarding Cuba and about the situation in
Italy.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 300 | | 2 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (London) to Charles Sumner commenting on the
situation in Europe.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 302 | | 7 June 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (London) to Charles Sumner about Sumner's
health, the situation in Italy, and his plans for sailing to the Continent.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 290-291.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 303 | | 13 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Neuchatel, Switzerland) to Charles Sumner
discussing Louis Napoleon and the situation in France and Italy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 334-336.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 309 | | 31 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to Charles Sumner
contrasting the careers and characters of Rufus Choate and Horace Mann.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 313 | | 11 Oct. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Neuchatel, Switzerland) to Charles Sumner
commenting on his resignation of his ministry, Governor Nathaniel Banks, and
the political situation in Italy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 369-370.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 316 | | 2 May 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph Dugdale stating that there is
only one religion in the world and it consists of morality and piety.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 318 | | 19 May 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph Dugdale discussing the
development of a new form of religion which would consist of two elements:
piety and morality. [printed]
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 319 | | 15 Mar. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph Dugdale about making an
address for Dugdale.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 319 | | 2 June 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker [Boston] to Joseph Dugdale concerning the
preparation of his manuscript.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 320 | | 12 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Joseph Dugdale about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 321 | | 1 June 1859 Letter from Joseph Dugdale and others to Theodore Parker expressing their
sympathy and affection for him. [printed]
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| Vol. 6 | Page 321 | | 25 Sep. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Montreux, Switzerland) to the Progressive
Friends in Pennsylvania commenting on the spirit of fellowship that exists
between them. [printed]
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 363.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 323 | | 30 Apr. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann praising his conduct in
the "Education matter."
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| Vol. 6 | Page 323 | | 14 Nov. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann praising his sermon and
his "Instinct of Justice and for Truth."
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 325 | | 6 Feb. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann concerning a petition
from the inhabitants of Danvers, Mass., for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Law.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 326 | | 6 Oct. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker [Boston] to Horace Mann enclosing an article
Parker has written for Mann.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 326 | | 7 Oct. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann attempting to predict
the reception of Mann's manuscript on Daniel Webster.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 328 | | 19 Oct. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann enclosing legal
citations for use in a libel case.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 328 | | 19 Oct. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann discussing various cases
throughout history that dealt with the issue of libel.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 222-223.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 330 | | 4 Mar. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Horace Mann regarding his
endorsement, in his speech at the Anti-Slavery Convention, of what [Wendell]
Phillips said of H. Mann.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 331 | | 27 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Horace Mann speculating on the
consequences in the United States if Buchanan is elected president.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 188.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 333 | | 19 Nov. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Paris) to Cornelius Cowing describing his visit
to Paris and commenting that men whose businesses do not occupy all their time
often end up in the temperance or anti-slavery movements.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 323-325.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 337 | | 15 Apr. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Cornelius Cowing praising the
intellectual and moral powers of Richard Edwards.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 339 | | 12 June 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Leipsic) to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Billings
reflecting on the meaning of their son's death.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 355-357.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 343 | | 9 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mrs. Julia Bridges replying to
Bridges's attempt to convert him to her own theological opinions.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 251-252.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 345 | | 12 Oct. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker to Henry I. Bowditch describing "the consumptive
history of a single family."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 513-515.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 352 | | 21 Aug. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Dublin, N.H.) to Passmore Williamson commending
him for his noble actions.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 353 | | 13 Apr. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Darius Lyman, Jr. discussing the
authenticity of the gospel and letters attributed to John.
|
| Vol. 6 | Page 357 | | 31 Nov. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William Sturgis thanking him for the
kindness he displayed 14 years earlier.
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| Vol. 6 | Page 358 | | 27 Mar. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to George D. Cabot reflecting on the
death of Cabot's daughter and describing the charms of Rome.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 1 | | 15 Sep. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith about a
house and a lot of land located in West Roxbury.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 1 | | 10 Oct. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith concerning
his translation of De Wette's Introduction to the Old
Testament.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 188.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 3 | | 16 June 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith describing
the life of his niece Emmeline Parker.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 5 | | 29 Aug. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith enclosing 17
dollars as payment for Smith's bill.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 6 | | 24 Oct. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith about his
intention to write a Lyceum lecture on slavery among the Romans.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 7 | | 24 Mar. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker [West Roxbury] to Increase G. Smith concerning
personal matters.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 7 | | 28 June 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith concerning
Smith's studies and investigations.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 8 | | 30 Nov. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase Smith concerning a
meeting.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 258.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 9 | | 12 Mar. 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase G. Smith defending the
character of William Adams and commenting on the ambiguous position of Governor
George Nixon Briggs on the issue of slavery.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 11 | | 4 Feb. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase G. Smith commenting on the
thinking underlying the Anti-Sabbath Convention.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 275-276.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 14 | | 3 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker [Boston] to Increase G. Smith discussing the
outcome of the Anti-Sabbath Convention.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 15 | | 21 Nov. 1849 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase G. Smith commenting on
several Massachusetts ministers.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 15 | | 21 July 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Increase G. Smith introducing
a Miss Baker.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 16 | | 11 Nov. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase G. Smith about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 16 | | 23 May 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase G. Smith about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 17 | | 16 Oct. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase Smith recommending a Mr.
Sennott for the position of schoolmaster for the Norfolk County Grammar
School.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 18 | | 25 Jan. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Increase Smith recalling "those days
of my early struggle."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 269.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 19 | | 18 Oct. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Oxford) to Alvan Lamson awed by the literary,
artistic, and architectural wonders at Oxford.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 224-225.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 24 | | 4 Jan. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Lyons) to Alvan Lamson commenting on the
Christian massacres and the sights of Arles and Avignon.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
225-226.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 29 | | 12 Mar. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Alvan Lamson endeavoring to
secure a teaching position for his niece Emmeline A. Parker.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 30 | | 19 July 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker to Alvan Lamson praising his address "Plea for
Theology," presented before the Association of the Alumni of the Cambridge
Theological School.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 258.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 31 | | 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Alvan Lamson expressing his
gratitude to Lamson for his "encouragement in the hard work of theologic
Study."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 269.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 32 | | 24 June 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George Adams about his aim to
"help anyone see the real Beauty of true Religion."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 453.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 33 | | 5 Dec. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to George Adams discussing his
failure to support the Latimer Petition.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 74-75.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 36 | | 4 Sep. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker to George Adams expressing his thanks for "the
expressions of your sympathy - and for the interest you have all along taken,
not in me only, but in the cause of truth."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 38 | | 21 June 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting that he
contribute to a new journal to be called the Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 39 | | 22 Feb. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale commending his
anti-slavery activities in the Senate.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 40 | | 5 June 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting any Senate
documents relating to the Mexican affairs.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 40 | | 21 June [1848] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John P. Hale requesting
documents relating to the Slidell correspondence.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 41 | | 9 Aug. 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to John P. Hale requesting
information regarding the administration and the abilities of Zachary
Taylor.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 42 | | 18 [Dec.] 1850 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting government
documents on the geography and geology of California.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 43 | | 31 Jan. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale enclosing a petition
for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law to be laid before the Senate.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 43 | | 24 May 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting for his
friend, E. Desor, some copies of the Senate edition of the report of the
commissioners appointed to survey the Lake Superior region.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 44 | | 31 Dec. 1851 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale enclosing a copy of a
collection of his speeches.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 44 | | 20 Nov. 1852 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting information
regarding Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 45 | | 2 Feb. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting a copy of
Owen's book on the geology of Iowa for his friend Edouard Desor.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 46 | | 23 May 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale suggesting that "there
should be a convention from all the free states on the fourth of July to
organize for action against slavery."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 47 | | 3 Feb. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale enclosing a book.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 47 | | 8 Aug. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Dublin, N.H.) to John P. Hale concerning his
indictment by the grand jury and his written Defence.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 48 | | [28 May 1856] Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale concerning the
condition of Charles Sumner following the attack on him by Preston Brooks.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 49 | | 19 June 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale commenting on [Andrew
Horatio] Reeder, the unsuccessful Democratic governor of Kansas Territory, and
stating that the issue before the people is the extension or non-extension of
slavery.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 49 | | 8 Aug. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to John P. Hale requesting a
book on the strength of cannon and an inventory of all the military stores of
the United States.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 50 | | 4 Sep. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting Peter
Force's American Archives.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 51 | | 21 Oct. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Galesburg) to John P. Hale describing a speech
by Stephen A. Douglas, discussing the upcoming presidential election, and
predicting civil war between the North and the South.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 187.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 53 | | 19 Dec. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale commenting on the
timidity of the Republican men in not discussing "the relation of Master and
Slave" and in declaring it was never their intention to interfere with slavery
in the states.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 223.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 53 | | [3 Aug.] 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker to John P. Hale requesting a copy of "Volume I,
Japan Documents."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 54 | | 16 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John Parker Hale concerning
Massachusetts politics.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 54 | | 9 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale requesting information
on the Indians for his History of Religion Among the
Leading Races of Mankind.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 55 | | 21 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale praising his
anti-slavery speech in the Senate.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 56 | | 21 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale regarding Nathaniel
Banks's removal of Mr. Loring.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 56 | | 24 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale about his sermons and
the actions of Nathaniel Banks.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 224.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 58 | | 11 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale commenting on the
character and the actions of Captain Hugh Forbes.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 59 | | 12 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale inquiring about Hugh
Forbes and describing the alternative courses to be pursued in Kansas.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 225.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 62 | | 18 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale inquiring about Hale's
reference to the Constitution of New Hampshire made in 1775.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 63 | | 27 May 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker to John P. Hale acknowledging receipt of two
volumes of the Pacific Railroad, etc.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 63 | | 8 June 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to John P. Hale concerning the
Republican senators and a possible war with England.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 63 | | 21 June 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to John P. Hale congratulating
him on his election to the Senate and inquiring about when slavery was
abolished in New Hampshire.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 65 | | 25 July 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Newton Corner) to John P. Hale acknowledging
receipt of Hale's books.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 66 | | 14 May 1833 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to George T. Bigelow about his
activities and social events in Boston.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 69 | | 4 June 1833 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to George T. Bigelow commenting on
the credulity of man and stating that only skepticism is rational.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 74 | | 5 June 1833 Letter from Theodore Parker (Watertown) to George T. Bigelow regarding the
differences in their religious beliefs.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 77 | | 27 Nov. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Carrie H. Pratt setting up an
appointment to meet with her.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 77 | | 3 Sep. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt reflecting on the
power of love.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 343.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 78 | | 14 Dec. 1855 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt about personal
matters.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 344.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 79 | | 18 Feb. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt regarding personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 80 | | 16 May 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt expressing his
thanks for her kind remembrance of him.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 80 | | 12 Sep. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker to Carrie H. Pratt stating that her sorrows are
from unreal and imaginary causes.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 344-345.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 82 | | 9 Mar. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt stating that "the
common duties of life are the best training for mankind and womankind."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 345.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 82 | | 18 Aug. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (New York) to Carrie H. Pratt stating that she
can cure the unreal romantic woes of her daydreams by undertaking the plain
duties of life.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 345-346.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 84 | | 10 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Carrie H. Pratt condemning her for
"the foolish melancholy you indulge in and seem to cherish."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 346.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 85 | | 14 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Neuchatel, Switzerland) to Carrie H. Pratt
commenting on her brother's death and her situation at Concord.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 346-347.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 89 | | 7 June 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George P. Delaplaine stating that
many men in both the United States and Europe have already abandoned the
popular theology and accepted the truths of natural religion.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 90 | | 2 Dec. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to George P. Delaplaine stating that
the Germans tend to the side of freedom and the Irish to that of slavery.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 92 | | 1 Nov. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Miss Ellen Grover suggesting several
books on the history of the Christian church.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 342.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 93 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Ellen Grover. [fragments]
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 342-343.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 93 | | 29 Apr. 1854 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover about the printing of
his sermons.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 94 | | 12 Nov. 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker to Ellen Grover enclosing the reply of Mr.
Hovey.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 94 | | 6 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover about his receipt for
writing and about books relating to the issue of paper money.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 95 | | 6 Nov. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover concerning a woman
slave brought to Massachusetts.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 235-236.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 96 | | 20 Nov. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover about personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 97 | | 11 Jan. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover discussing the "Black
People."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 236.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 98 | | 15 Nov. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Ellen Grover agreeing to conduct the
ceremony for her marriage.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 343.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 99 | | 5 June 1847 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to [Frederich Münch?] commenting on the
response to his works in Germany and discussing the history of the Unitarians
and the destiny of the sect.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 105 | | Undated Translation by Theodore Parker of Mary's Reply to the
Angel's Salvation from the Knaben
Wunderhorn.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 107 | | Undated Translation by Theodore Parker of The Swiftness of
Time in God from the Knaben
Wunderhorn.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 113 | | [1837] Letter from Theodore Parker to Elizabeth P. Peabody expressing his gratitude
for her remembrance of him on his marriage.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 115 | | 28 July 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker to Elizabeth Peabody concerning a change in his
plans.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 116 | | 24 Aug. 1837 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Elizabeth Peabody apologizing
for his inability to go to Bangor.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 120 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Elizabeth Peabody about
personal matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 121 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody
concerning a teaching position and living accommodations for her brother.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 121 | | 25 Mar. [n.d.] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody
concerning a teaching position for her brother.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 123 | | 30 Aug. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker [West Roxbury] to Miss Elizabeth Peabody about
his duty to speak the truth irrespective of the consequences, Margaret Fuller's
scheme to cultivate the minds of women, and [Andrews] Norton's address on
Christianity.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 141-142.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 127 | | 3 Oct. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody about
the matter of prudence and the absence of absolute evil.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 130 | | [1841] Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody about her continued
kindness and his attempts at drawing.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 131 | | [1841] Letter from Theodore Parker to Elizabeth P. Peabody commenting on her great
strength in "that furnace of affliction."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 133 | | [1841] Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody describing her as "a
colossus of Christian obedience and resignation."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 136 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody commenting on her
strong interest in others and explaining that the seeds of sorrow often produce
the richest harvest.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 139 | | 1 July 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (Walpole, N.H.) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody
praising her plan for a bookstore and circulating library and describing his
activities.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 141 | | 18 Dec. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody speculating on the
theme of creation.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 153-154.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 144 | | Jan. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody praising her writings,
especially her "Story with an End."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 145 | | 21 June 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody denying any similarity
between the Thermopylae of philosophy and himself.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 147 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody attempting to explain
her "exaggerated opinion of myself."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 148 | | May 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody commenting on some
poetry.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 149 | | [3 May] 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody praising the contents
of her letters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 150 | | 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody praising her ability
to write verse and commenting on her letter to [Frederic Henry] Hedge.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 151 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody giving the address of
[Isaac] Sears.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 153 | | [7] Jan. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody requesting that she
criticize his "Sermon of Pharisees."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 340.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 153 | | 7 May 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody describing his
activities.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 154 | | 21 July 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody concerning personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 155 | | 26 June 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody about her criticism of
his work and about his alienation from the clergy.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 176.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 156 | | 29 July 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody concerning personal
matters.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 157 | | 15 July 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody expressing his thanks
for her notes and her books.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 158 | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody amplifying on the idea
that "Law as such is relative."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 160 | | 14 Sep. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody
advising her to shorten her preface.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 161 | | 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody praising her journal
and discussing the question of the resurrection and miracles.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 164 | | 3 June 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody expressing his
"dislike for sectarian subtleties."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 165 | | 184- Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody about his readiness to
listen to advice.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 166 | | 184- Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Miss Elizabeth Peabody
concerning the reading of his sermons.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 166 | | Apr. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker to Miss Elizabeth Peabody concerning his
inability to meet with her.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 168 | | 12 Aug. 1840 Speech delivered by Theodore Parker at the Groton Convention suggesting that
radical reforms are necessary if religion is to vindicate its claim to be the
savior of mankind.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 177 | | 8 Jan. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Elizabeth Peabody commenting
on her articles on Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 190 | | 24 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William F. Channing about his
differences with [James Freeman] Clarke and ministerial exchanges.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 191 | | 30 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to William F. Channing concerning
the preparation of his sermon for the press.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 192 | | 27 Apr. 1848 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William F. Channing requesting
permission to continue to borrow Channing's copy of Origen's works.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 193 | | 14 Apr. 1853 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William F. Channing praising
Channing's "brave and beautiful" letter to Governor Kossuth.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 193 | | 30 Oct. 1857 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William F. Channing concerning the
application of medical electricity to cases of scarlet fever.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 194 | | 1 Apr. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William F. Channing discussing the
development of both the highest individuality and the highest sociality.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 195 | | 12 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to William F. Channing expressing his
gratitude for Channing's gift of the Lives of the Two
Mathers.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 196 | | 16 Apr. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Bologna) to Joseph H. Billings observing that
we have much to fear from an ignorant people and corrupt leaders, discussing
his desire to promote education, and commenting on the attitudes of the people
of Rome.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 202 | | 17 May 1838 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis commenting on
[Jean Paul] Richter's opinion of the immortality of the soul and discussing the
origin of writing.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 205 | | 8 Jan. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis discussing
several passages in the gospel of John.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 209 | | 9 Feb. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis denying the pre-existence of
Jesus; arguing that it is the inspiration, rather than the authenticity of the
New Testament, that should be understood; and stating that the soul should be
placed above the Bible.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 213 | | 22 Mar. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis commenting on the story of
Archimedes and his burning glasses, outlining the four periods of artistic
genius, and suggesting that the New Testament contains numerous myths.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 217 | | 6 Dec. 1839 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis commenting on
a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson and inquiring about the hymns sung in the
early Christian church, the story of Cupid and Psyche, and the
Milesian Fables.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 221 | | 14 Feb. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis arguing that
we cannot rely on the gospel writers' understanding of the truths of Jesus and
searching for a classification of religions.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 225 | | 28 Feb. [1840] Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis suggesting
that "there is an almost rhythmical progress of theocratic ideas" contained in
the Pentateuch.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 228 | | 10 Mar. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis inquiring
about the etymology of the Greek word meaning "an ark."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 229 | | 10 Mar. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) "to whom it may concern"
recommending Miss Mary Hudson.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 230 | | 23 June 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis about their
meeting together and Shakespeare's sonnets.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 232 | | 21 Nov. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis explaining why
he signed the call for the Groton Convention and inquiring about certain
biblical events.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 234 | | 18 Dec. 1840 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis discussing the
Dial, Emanuel Swedenborg, and theological
methods.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 239 | | 24 May 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis commenting on the divisions
within the Unitarian Party.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 241 | | 5 June 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis concerning Parker's inability
to ride to Concord with Francis.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 242 | | 26 Aug. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis inquiring about the question
of civilization as it relates to the history of religions.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 173-174.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 244 | | 9 Dec. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis posing several
historical and theological questions.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 247 | | [5 Feb. 1842] Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis requesting "Maret's book on
Pantheism, and Davies on the Mythology of the Druids."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 247 | | 14 Feb. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis commenting on his alienation
from the rest of the clergy and discussing the origin of our knowledge of God
and "the progress of the species."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 180.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 251 | | 8 Mar. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis discussing various books.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 180-181.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 254 | | 5 May 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis discussing the history of
"The Table Talk" and commenting on the organization of the Unitarians.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 181-182.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 257 | | 24 June 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis about his isolation from the
Boston clergy, his disappointment with the Unitarian ministers, and his desire
to tear down the foundations of the old New England theology.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
183-184.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 260 | | 2 July 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis commenting on Francis's
position as professor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral care at the Harvard
Divinity School.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 262 | | 25 July 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis discussing the comparison
between the Platonic and Christian theology.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 184-185.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 265 | | 9 Aug. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis claiming that if Francis is
seen conversing with Parker, he will incur the censure of the Divinity
School.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, p. 185.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 267 | | 25 Sep. 1842 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis commenting on the neglect of
scholarship among younger Unitarians and stressing the need to revise "the
whole matter of Theology."
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 185-186.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 270 | | 18 Feb. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis inquiring
about Saint Leonard and describing his interview with [Thomas Starr] King.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 272 | | [Mar. 1843] Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis about Francis's suspecting
him "of sneers and sarcasms."
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| Vol. 7 | Page 275 | | 5 Apr. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis about his
letter full of sneers and sarcasms.
|
| Vol. 7 | Page 276 | | 18 Apr. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis humorously
describing his encounter with the devil.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 279 | | 18-23 Oct. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Oxford) to Convers Francis commenting on the
people and places that he encountered in England and discussing the growth of
Puseyism there.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
223-224.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 284 | | 20 Nov. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (Paris) to Convers Francis condemning sectarian
parties, describing the sights of Paris, and listing numerous works of German
literature.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 227.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 291 | | 28 Jan. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Florence) to Convers Francis discussing the
life of Savonarola, describing the churches in Florence, and explaining his
determination to "war against the false Gods - and their priests as false."
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
227-228.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 302 | | 10 Feb. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Naples) to Convers Francis discussing the
battle between the university and the church in France and describing the
lectures he attended at the Sorbonne.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 306 | | 18 Mar. 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to Convers Francis portraying the present
society as irrational, asserting the need to "change the system radically in
regard to the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of power," describing the
relics of the saints, and denouncing the doctrines and practical effects of the
Catholic Church.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 229-234.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 318 | | 26 May 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Convers Francis describing his
journey through Germany, his activities there, and the lectures he attended by
Schelling.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 234-239.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 331 | | 12 June 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker to Convers Francis describing his interviews
with various German writers and critics.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 239-241.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 338 | | 17 July 1844 Letter from Theodore Parker (Zurich) to Convers Francis describing his
visits with various German theologians and scholars, commenting on different
paintings of Erasmus, and discussing the Swiss Unitarians.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 241-246.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 350 | | 29 July [1844] Letter from Theodore Parker (Brussels) to Convers Francis claiming that he
thinks worse of both the Catholics and the Protestants after having seen their
works and their men.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 246-247.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 351 | | 24 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis concerning the
Oxford Party in England.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 353 | | 8 Feb. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis criticizing
the writings of Andrews Norton.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 356 | | 21 Nov. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis concerning the
miracles of the Old Testament.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 358 | | 17 Jan. 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis concerning the
use and the meaning of Serbonis.
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| Vol. 7 | Page 361 | | 15 May 1846 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury) to Convers Francis requesting
information about anyone who has written anything against "the foul doctrine of
human depravity."
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| Volume | Page | Contents |
| | III. Incoming correspondence,
1833-1862
This series consists of letterbooks containing copies of Theodore Parker's
incoming correspondence, written in a hand other than Parker's. Letters are
grouped by correspondent and listed individually in the order in which they
appear on the reels. Volume 8 contains letters from Henry A. Wilcox, George P.
Delaplaine, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, Horace Greeley, John
P. Hale, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Francis Jackson, Charles Lowell, and many
others. Volume 9 contains letters from Charles Lyell, John McCall, Thomas J.
Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, John G. Palfrey, Noah Porter, R. Redington, John
Brown, Anson Burlingame, and others. Volume 10 contains letters from Salmon P.
Chase, James G. Birney, William H. Herndon, Henry Lee, Charles Sumner, Francis
W. Newman, and others. Volume 11 contains letters from William H. Seward,
Edmund John Senkler, Horace Mann, Charles Francis Adams, Henry Wilson, Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, William H. Fish, Charles Lowell, George Bancroft, Patience
Ford, and others. Volume 12 contains letters from Ezra Stiles Gannett, Chandler
Robbins, William P. Atkinson, Convers Francis, Joseph H. Allen, and others.
Volume 13 contains letters from Marianne Skerrett, George Jacob Holyoake,
Robert Everest, Mary Carpenter, and others.
Page numbers ending in ".5" indicate a letter inserted between two pages or
at the end of a volume. Letters that have been printed in published works
include references to book and page number. (See
Other Formats above for complete bibliographic
information.) |
| Vol. 8 | Page 1 | | 12 Jan. 1854 Letter from Elijah De Voe (Syracuse) to Theodore Parker requesting a copy of
Parker's theological works and public discourses and a "course of reading" for
a theological student.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 3 | | 17 Mar. 1854 Letter from Elijah De Voe (Higginsville, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for two volumes of this theological works, praising him as "the fearless,
unfettered, uncompromising advocate of moral, social and political freedom,"
describing himself and his career as a minister in considerable detail, and
seeking Parker's advice.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 12 | | 24 July 1854 Letter from Elijah De Voe (Deansville, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker enclosing
payment for two volumes of his theological works and complimenting him on a
lecture delivered in May 1854.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 13 | | 15 Nov. 1854 Letter from Elijah De Voe (Deansville, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker concerning
the Reverend De Voe's settlement upon two churches in Oneida County, N.Y.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 17 | | 3 Oct. 1856 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker requesting
assistance in gaining a position among Parker's congregation.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 18 | | 20 Oct. 1856 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker about his life
and religious awakening.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 21 | | 3 Dec. 1856 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his sympathy and support.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 23 | | 21 Feb. 1857 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker warmly
thanking him for his sympathy and support during Wilcox's spiritual crisis.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 24 | | 21 Apr. 1857 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker expressing the
joy and peace that the discovery of religion has brought to him and thanking
Parker for the role that his writings played in this discover.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 25 | | 4 Apr. 1858 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker recounting his
activities and requesting a reply to several of his letters.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 28 | | 2 Aug. 1858 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his letter and printed sermons.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 30 | | 24 Oct. 1858 Letter from [Henry A. Wilcox] (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker, written for
Henry Wilcox, thanking Parker for his religious guidance (should Wilcox not
recover from an illness) and requesting a sermon on immortal life.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 30 | | 6 Nov. 1858 Letter from Henry A. Wilcox (Mendon, Ill.) to Theodore Parker expressing
hope that Parker has recovered from his illness and thanking him for the
religious counsel he has provided.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 33 | | 7 July 1858 Letter from A. B. Farquhar (York, Pa.) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
his letter and copies of his sermons and describing Farquhar's own religious
beliefs, various Quaker factions in the York area, and local disputes about
slavery.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 38 | | 22 July 1856 Letter from William M. Evans (Ross, Herefordshire, England) to Theodore
Parker enclosed with an article from the (English) Spectator requesting a written commentary on the
political situation in the United States.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 41 | | 23 Aug. 1856 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker
requesting his Ten Sermons on Atheism and
Deism.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 41 | | 24 Sep. 1856 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for his published sermons and giving news of political events in Wisconsin
and Kansas.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 42 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a copy of his speech upon the "present aspect of slavery in America,
and the immediate duty of the North," describing Delaplaine's visit to Boston,
and thanking Parker for the many kindnesses he has shown him.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 46 | | 24 Nov. 1858 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker
congratulating him on his recovery from an illness and inviting him to visit
Wisconsin.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 48 | | 30 Jan. 1859 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker
concerning Parker's recent illness and his decision to "seek rest and benefit
in a southern clime."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 270.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 49 | | 4 Mar. 1860 Letter from George P. Delaplaine (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker at Rome
expressing hope that Parker has recovered from his illness.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 51 | | 27 Mar. 1853 Letter from Thomas G. Barnard (Norway, Me.) to Theodore Parker relating
Barnard's religious conversion and his gratitude to Parker for the inspiration
and guidance his sermons and writings have provided.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 56 | | 5 June 1833 Letter from George T. Bigelow (Boston) to Theodore Parker criticizing Parker
for the ridicule with which he greeted a previous letter, defending Bigelow's
religious skepticism, and condemning Parker's formal Christian beliefs as "the
museum of absurdities of every nation, sect and age."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 59 | | 16 Apr. 1853 Letter from William H. Collins (Lasalle, Ill.), a young religious teacher,
to Theodore Parker requesting any of Parker's "documents" that have been
printed.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 60 | | 9 Apr. 1853 Letter from Rebecca L. Curtis (Boston) to Theodore Parker concerning the
death of her daughter and the comfort that Parker has been to her.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 62 | | 11 Apr. 1848 Letter from J. S. M. Curry (Talladega, Ala.) to Theodore Parker requesting a
copy of his pamphlet "A Letter to the People of the United States Touching the
Matter of Slavery."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 64 | | 21 June 1858 Letter from James Dinsmore (Elkhorn, Wis.) to Theodore Parker requesting a
printed sermon by Parker and giving Dinsmore's views of leading churchmen and
religious publications.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 67 | | 18 Feb. 1851 Letter from M. De Ropez (Paris) to Theodore Parker describing the corruption
of the Catholic Church in France and the danger the rise of Catholicism poses
to American liberty.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 77 | | 8 Aug. 1857 Letter from Charles H. A. Dall (Calcutta) to Theodore Parker inviting him to
visit and preach in India and giving Dall's opinion of the causes of the Sepoy
Rebellion.
Enclosed with extract of letter from Charles H. A.
Dall to William Dall, p. 78.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 78 | | 6 Nov. 1858 Extract of letter from Charles H. A. Dall [Calcutta] to William Dall about
the declining health of Theodore Parker.
Enclosed with letter from Charles H. A. Dall to
Theodore Parker, p. 77.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 80 | | 11 Oct. 1853 Letter from Eliza Davis (Worcester) to Theodore Parker inviting him to stay
with the Davis family while the Convention of Unitarians is in session.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 81 | | 17 Oct. 1853 Letter from Eliza Davis (Worcester) to Theodore Parker inviting him to stay
with the Davis family if he lectures in Worcester during the winter.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 82 | | 10 June 1855 Letter from Eliza Davis (Worcester) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
copy of a sermon and replying to a letter from him.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 84 | | 7 Feb. 1855 Letter from Edward N. Dennys (London) to Theodore Parker accompanying three
copies of the Dennys's Alpha, which is dedicated
to Parker.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 86 | | 28 Dec. 1856 Letter from Edward N. Dennys (London) to Theodore Parker accompanying copies
of the revised edition of Dennys's Alpha for
Parker and Ralph Waldo Emerson, remarking on Parker's fame, and quoting, by way
of illustration, a letter from a "Hindoo" correspondent.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 92 | | 1 Apr. 1856 Letter from Samuel W. Derrey (Richmond, Va.), an ardent supporter of the
South and slavery, to Theodore Parker exulting in the superiority of the South
and crediting Parker and other abolitionists for the increased profitability of
slavery.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 100 | | 1 June 1859 Letter from the Seventh Annual Convocation of the Pennsylvania Yearly
Meeting of Progressive Friends [Old Kennett, Pa.] to Theodore Parker.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 270-271.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 101 | | 16 Feb. 1852 Letter from Elias Durfee (Marian, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the guidance that Durfee has found in his printed works.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 103 | | 25 Jan. 1859 Letter from William Rounseville Alger (Boston) to Theodore Parker expressing
sympathy for him in his illness and thanking him for the many kindnesses he has
shown Alger.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 104 | | 7 Oct. 1849 Letter from John Y. Bassett (Huntsville, Ala.) to Theodore Parker in regard
to Bassett's review of Dr. Prichard's Researches into
the Physical History of Man for the Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 105 | | 15 Dec. 1849 Letter from John Y. Bassett (Huntsville, Ala.) to Theodore Parker replying
to Parker's criticism of an article Bassett submitted to the
Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 110 | | 23 Nov. 1856 Letter from Henry Elkins (Glover, Vt.) to Theodore Parker concurring with
his theological views and requesting information about his writings.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 111 | | 19 Oct. 1858 Letter from Henry Elkins (Williston, Vt.) to Theodore Parker requesting free
copies of his printed sermons and books.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 112 | | 19 Mar. 1853 Letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson (Concord) to Theodore Parker concerning a
book that Parker dedicated to Emerson.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 45.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 114 | | 25 Oct. 1856 Letter from C. R. Ford (Brandon, Vt.) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of a number of books and ordering others.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 117 | | 12 June 1854 Letter from Andrew T. Foss (Manchester, N.H.) to Theodore Parker concerning
a successful attempt to conceal an escaped slave from Virginian slave
hunters.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 123-124.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 119 | | 7 Jan. 1852 Letter from O. Frazer (Starky, N.Y.), a Presbyterian minister, to Theodore
Parker requesting a copy of Parker's "Sermon on the Chief Sins of the
People."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 120 | | 11 Sep. 1855 Letter from M. Frazer (New York) to Theodore Parker replying to Parker's
letter and announcing Frazer's intention to visit Boston in the near
future.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 121 | | 14 Apr. 1851 Letter from Octavius B. Frothingham (Salem, Mass.), Parker's future
biographer, to Theodore Parker in regard to the great spiritual comfort that
Frothingham received from the writings and preaching of Parker.
Printed in part in Chadwick, pp. 301-302.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 124 | | 10 June 1857 Letter from James Fuller (Boston), lodged in Suffolk County Jail for
drunkenness, to Theodore Parker asking for assistance.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 127 | | 24 Feb. 1854 Letter from William H. Furness (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker thanking
and praising him for his sermon on slavery in Nebraska that was printed in the
New York Times.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 128 | | 1 Apr. 1856 Letter from William H. Furness (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker praising
Parker's writings but differing with him concerning the life and works of Jesus
and including a note on the visit Parker made with [James M. McKim] to the
Philadelphia Underground Railroad depot.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 131 | | Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Furness [Philadelphia] to Theodore Parker in regard
to their dispute over the "Jesus of fact" and the "Jesus of fiction" and
accompanying a newspaper clipping concerning the family of Benjamin
Franklin.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 135 | | 25 Nov. 1856 Letter from Antoine Fuster (New York), a political refugee to whom Parker
had given some small financial assistance, to Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 138 | | 2 May 1859 Letter from John Gage (Santo Domingo) to Theodore Parker describing the
geography and inhabitants of Santo Domingo, the prospects for settlement there,
and the circumstances of free American blacks who came there from Philadelphia
in the 1820s.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 143 | | 8 Nov. 1857 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison (Boston) to Theodore Parker introducing
two French refugees who escaped from Cayenne and asking Parker to find them
support and employment.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 143 | | 26 May 1858 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison [Boston] to Theodore Parker concerning a
manuscript submitted for publication in the Liberator and complaining that Garrison is unable to
"decipher" Parker's handwriting.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 144 | | 3 June 1858 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison [Boston] to Theodore Parker concerning
Garrison's substitution for Parker at a church service and his refusal of
payment from Parker for this favor.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 145 | | 17 June 1858 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison [Boston] to Theodore Parker thanking him
for the loan of a book and the gift of a set of books to Garrison's son and
taking note of a proposed discourse by Parker on Alexander von Humboldt to be
delivered in Framingham on July 4th.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 146 | | 15 Jan. 1859 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison (Boston) to Theodore Parker taking note
of the fact that Parker must leave Boston to recover his health and begging
leave to say farewell to Parker in person.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 150 | | 6 May 1852 Letter from Eben Gay (Hingham, Mass.) to Theodore Parker in reference to the
lecture that Parker was selected to deliver at Derby Academy on 19 May
1852.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 151 | | 26 Apr. 1848 Letter from Joshua R. Giddings (Washington) to Theodore Parker answering a
series of Parker's questions concerning the political career of John Quincy
Adams.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 153 | | 6 July 1848 Letter from Joshua R. Giddings (Washington) to Theodore Parker regarding the
availability of military and diplomatic correspondence, including that of John
Slidell as U.S. commissioner to Mexico to resolve the Texas boundary
dispute.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 154 | | 20 July 1857 Letter from Merritt E. Goddard (Hanover, N.H.) to Theodore Parker requesting
advice and suggestions for study to better prepare to become a minister "of the
Liberal Religion."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 158 | | 17 Dec. 1855 Letter from Homer Goodwin (Sandusky) to Theodore Parker regarding several of
Parker's published sermons and an engagement to lecture and preach in
Sandusky.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 161 | | 6 Dec. 1857 Letter from Martha B. Goodwin (China) to Theodore Parker recollecting Mrs.
Goodwin's attendance at Parker's sermons at the Music Hall in Boston and
describing her experiences in China.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 164 | | 6 July 1856 Letter from William Gordon (Ogdensburgh, N.Y.), a blacksmith who much
admired Parker, to Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 165 | | 1 Mar. 1856 Letter from James Gorton (Rochester, Mich.) to Theodore Parker stating
Gorton's admiration for Parker and requesting a copy of his published
works.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 167 | | 20 July 1857 Letter from A. F. Goss (Leavenworth, Kan.) to Theodore Parker describing the
geography and inhabitants of the Kansas Territory and claiming that three
quarters of the inhabitants are "free soil" men.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 172 | | 12 June 1854 Letter from Beriah Green (Whitestown, [N.Y.]), on behalf of his
congregation, to Theodore Parker requesting 200 copies of Parker's sermon "on
the recent outrage in Boston."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 173 | | 12 Mar. 1853 Letter from Horace Greeley (New York) to Theodore Parker requesting that he
review George E. Baker's (ed.) The Life of William H.
Seward.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 173 | | 23 May 1854 Letter from Horace Greeley (New York) to Theodore Parker stating Greeley's
belief that public temperament will not support an independent anti-slavery
party.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 174 | | 5 Nov. 1855 Letter from Horace Greeley (New York) to Lydia Maria Child acknowledging the
publication of her Progress of Religious Ideas
and giving his opinion of "spiritualists."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 177 | | 4 July 1854 Letter from Luther Griffing (Richmond, Mass.) to Theodore Parker criticizing
his sermon preached after the restoration of the fugitive slave Burns to his
owner, indicating Griffing's sympathy and support for slaveholders, and
condemning the abolitionists as hypocritical and envious.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 181 | | 9 Nov. 1853 Letter from George Grote (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for his
favorable reception of Grote's History of
Greece.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 182 | | 19 Mar. 1856 Letter from George Grote (London) to Theodore Parker accompanying the
twelfth volume of Grote's History of Greece.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 184 | | 5 Nov. 1857 Letter from Ellen Grover (Lawrence, Mass.) to Theodore Parker regarding what
action she should take to assist a female slave brought into Massachusetts, in
light of the Dred Scott decision.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 186 | | 6 Nov. 1857 Letter from Ellen Grover (Lawrence, Mass.) to Theodore Parker concerning a
slave held in Lawrence Miss Grover wishes to assist in obtaining her
freedom.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 188 | | 17 Nov. 1857 Letter from Ellen Grover (Lawrence, Mass.) to Theodore Parker concerning her
efforts to assist a slave named Betty who has been brought into
Massachusetts.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 192 | | 6 Mar. 1850 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker asking for specific
information on how the abolitionists were treated by the Whigs and the
Democrats in the North between 1835 and 1846 to answer a speech of John C.
Calhoun on this subject.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 193 | | 12 Apr. 1850 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker giving an account
of political maneuvering in the Senate and the actions of Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 194 | | 15 May 1850 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker regarding Henry
Clay's great compromise and speculating on what actions Daniel Webster and
others will take.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 195 | | 2 Sep. 1855 Letter from John P. Hale (Bangor, Me.) to Theodore Parker concerning Hale's
opinion of various English and American jurists.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 196 | | 16 Dec. 1855 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker concerning
political activity in the new Congress and the inability of the Northern
anti-slavery faction to organize.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 199 | | 25 May 1856 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker concerning the
assault on Charles Sumner in the Senate.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 201 | | 23 Dec. 1856 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker concerning a
conversation Hale once had with Robert Toombs about sympathy for slavery in the
North.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 223-224.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 203 | | 6 Feb. 1859 Letter from John P. Hale (Washington) to Theodore Parker offering homely
medical advice and solicitude for Parker during his current illness.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 205 | | 8 Dec. 1857 Letter from Robert Hassall (Haverhill, Mass.) to Theodore Parker relating
the circumstances under which Hassall has been forced to resign as minister of
the Unitarian Society in Haverhill.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 206 | | 7 June 1854 Letter from Joseph R. Hawley (Hartford) to Theodore Parker accompanying
copies of documents Hawley made for Parker, describing the political climate in
Connecticut with respect to anti-slavery agitation, and comparing the situation
to the American Revolution.
Enclosed with bill of sale from William B. Clarke to
John Hooker, p. 208, and bill of sale from John Hooker to James Pembroke, p.
210.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 208 | | 20 May 1851 Bill of sale from William B. Clarke (Washington County, Md.) to John Hooker
for the slave James Pembroke for $150.00, as part of the estate of the late
Frisby Tilghman, signed by William B. Clarke, administrator of Frisby Tilghman,
deceased. [copy of copy]
Enclosed with letter from Joseph R. Hawley to Theodore
Parker, p. 206.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 210 | | 3 June 1851 Bill of sale from John Hooker (Hartford) to James Pembroke, a slave Hooker
purchased from the estate of Frisbie [Frisby] Tilghman for the purpose of
manumitting him, for Pembroke's freedom from slavery, witnessed and attested to
by Joseph R. Hawley and Henry Francis. [copy of copy]
Enclosed with letter from Joseph R. Hawley to Theodore
Parker, p. 206.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 212 | | 12 June 1854 Letter from John Henderson (New York Mills, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker about
the availability of copies of the sermon he preached concerning the rendition
of the fugitive slave Burns.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 213 | | 12 Nov. 1854 Letter from William Henczenberger (Boston), a refugee from Hungary, to
Theodore Parker asking for assistance.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 214 | | 7 Dec. 1850 Letter from George W. Julian (Washington) to Theodore Parker complimenting
him on various printed sermons.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 215 | | 3 June 1857 Letter from William T. Harris (New Haven), a college student at Yale, to
Theodore Parker describing the popularity of Parker's writings among the
faculty and student body.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 217 | | 11 May 1855 Letter from Joseph P. Hazard (Gennessee Valley, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
describing Hazard's experiences with various spiritualists and mediums.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 220 | | 12 Nov. 1856 Letter from Joseph P. Hazard (Brodeck, Isle of Arran) to Theodore Parker
describing his stay in Scotland and Parker's spreading fame there.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 222 | | 9 Sep. 1855 Letter from J. G. Hofmann (Breslau, Prussia) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for the support Hofmann has received from Parker's writings which have been
translated into German by Dr. Johannes Liethen.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 226 | | 30 May 1856 Letter from Richard J. Hinton (Boston) to Theodore Parker seeking advice as
to whether Hinton should go to Kansas and join the "Army of Freedom."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 228 | | 10 June 1852 Letter from William H. Hoisington (Fluvanna, N.Y.), a minister, to Theodore
Parker seeking guidance in a course of reading that will allow him to resolve a
number of theological questions.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 231 | | 6 Jan. 1853 Letter from William H. Hoisington (Stockton, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for his guidance and describing the congregations to which
Hoisington served as minister.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 235 | | 31 Jan. 1853 Letter from William H. Hoisington (Laona, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a donation and describing Hoisington's success as a minister.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 236 | | 27 Jan. 1854 Letter from William H. Hoisington (West Randolph, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
concerning his ministry and describing his enthusiasm for spiritualism among
his congregation.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 237 | | 17 July 1856 Letter from William H. Hoisington (Collins, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
describing Hoisington's circumstances and explaining how he has been reduced to
selling "progressive" religious pamphlets door-to-door.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 241 | | 20 Aug. 1856 Letter from Rachel Hoisington (Collins, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
acknowledging the gift of pamphlets to her husband William H. Hoisington and
describing his reduced circumstances.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 243 | | 15 Apr. 1849 Letter from Richard L. Howard (Columbus) to Theodore Parker stating the
inspiration that Howard had received from reading Parker's
A Discourse of Religion.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 246 | | 4 Mar. 1850 Letter from Richard L. Howard (Columbus) to Theodore Parker describing
Howard's long illness and his conviction of the correctness of Parker's
position on religion.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 251 | | 2 Aug. 1858 Letter from David Hunter (Clinton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker concerning a
number of theological points raised in Parker's writings.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 253 | | 14 Sep. 1857 Letter from Oliver W. Holmes (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing the life
and career of Dr. John Forbes and giving an estimate of his capacity as a
doctor.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 255 | | 13 Sep. 1858 Letter from Oliver W. Holmes (Boston) to Theodore Parker concerning the
dangers of homeopathic medicine and giving a humorous defense of various
details of construction mentioned in his "one-hoss-shay."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 257 | | 26 Jan. 1859 Letter from Oliver W. Holmes (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
some books and expressing Holmes's hope that Parker's health will be restored
through travel.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 258 | | 14 Mar. 1852 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker raising a number of
questions in reference to Parker's sermon that morning on temptation.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 258 | | 3 Sep. 1854 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore and Lydia Parker
proclaiming Jackson a "Fugitive Slave Agent" and asking the Parkers to take
under their care "a little Fugitive slave girl, about four years old."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 260 | | 5 Mar. 1855 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker accompanying payment
for his sermons and a donation.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 260 | | 18 May 1855 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker informing him that
John P. Hale was paid for legal services by subscription.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 261 | | 20 Aug. 1855 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him that he
should not have a large number of copies of his "defense" printed because it
will not sell now that events have subsided.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 262 | | 4 Sep. 1857 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
letter and describing Jackson's own religious beliefs.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 263 | | 13 May 1859 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker with long excerpts
from a sermon preached by Wendell Phillips on 24 Apr. 1859.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 267 | | 17 May 1859 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker informing him of a
bequest from C. F. Hovey to the anti-slavery movement and warning Parker not to
overwork himself.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 268 | | 6 July 1859 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker acknowledging a
letter from him in London and warning Parker not to risk his fragile health by
corresponding at length.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 269 | | 7 Nov. 1859 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving news of the
anti-slavery movement in Boston and the Harpers Ferry insurrection, as well as
extracts from letters Jackson received from Lydia Maria Child and Henry Catlin
concerning Parker's Experience as a
Minister.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 272 | | 29 Nov. 1859 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker reviewing the
newspaper extracts of Boston Thanksgiving Day sermons.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 275 | | 12 Jan. 1860 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving news of the
death of Charles Ellis and the Pemberton Mills disaster.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 277 | | 24 Feb. 1860 Letter from Francis Jackson (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving Parker advice
about returning to America to testify before the Senate committee investigating
the Harpers Ferry raid and quoting an account of his son James Jackson's
testimony before the committee.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 280 | | 2 May 1848 Letter from William Jay (Bedford, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker citing the
documents he used to implicate John Quincy Adams in the negotiation of a
fugitive slave treaty with Mexico.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 282 | | 31 May 1858 Letter from L. E. Jouanne (Newark, N.J.) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the influence his writings on religion have had on him.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 283 | | 14 June 1858 Letter from L. E. Jouanne (Newark, N.J.) to Theodore Parker expressing his
gratitude "for the healthy spiritual food, with which lately you supplied my
soul" and giving Jouanne's opinion of the condition of religion in France.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 285 | | 1 June 1855 Letter from Thomas H. Jordan (Savannah) to Theodore Parker explaining that
Jordan has read a number of Parker's discourses and is perplexed by some
questions they raise.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 286 | | 28 May 1856 Letter from Thomas H. Jordan (Savannah) to Theodore Parker telling him that
his "books have been of inestimable benefit to me as a man, and as a public
teacher" and asking Parker for suggestions on "the course of reading that would
likely benefit...a religious teacher."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 288 | | 12 June 1856 Letter from Thomas H. Jordan (Savannah) to Theodore Parker sending money for
some books and pamphlets Jordan has ordered.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 290 | | 19 Jan. 1847 Letter from Sylvester Judd, Jr. (Augusta, Me.) to Theodore Parker
disagreeing with Parker's claim that Paul held to the doctrine of the
resurrection of the body.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 293 | | 13 Jan. 1849 Letter from M. De Ropez (Angonlenui, France) to Theodore Parker sending him
her translation of his discourses for final corrections and warning him in the
most emphatic terms of the danger to liberty the spread of Catholicism in
America presents.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 297 | | 29 July 1851 Letter from M. De Ropez (Paris) to Theodore Parker warning him of the
growing power of Roman Catholicism in the United States and launching a
vituperative attack on Archbishop John J. Hughes of New York.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 301 | | 23 Oct. 1856 Letter from John K. Karcher (Rome, N.Y.), a Universalist minister who
embraces "Liberal Christianity," to Theodore Parker seeking counsel.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 303 | | 3 June 1854 Letter from Levi M. Keen (Fishkill Landing, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Keen's full agreement with Parker's views on religion, politics, and
especially slavery.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 308 | | 18 June 1853 Letter from Andrew Kelly (Glasgow, Scotland) to Theodore Parker on behalf of
the Union Street Congregation, whose members have the deepest sympathy for
Parker's work.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 309 | | 25 Nov. 1853 Letter from Andrew Kelly (Glasgow, Scotland) to Theodore Parker telling him
of Kelly's own religious instruction and beliefs and giving news of the state
of religious liberalism in Glasgow.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 312 | | 29 Jan. 1854 Letter from Andrew Kelly (Glasgow, Scotland) to Theodore Parker explaining a
dispute in Kelly's congregation over an address sent to Parker by that
congregation.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 316 | | 20 Oct. 1851 Letter from H. A. Kench (Burrillville, R.I.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a letter on public speaking an asking permission to publish it.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 317 | | 11 Nov. 1846 Letter from James Kennard, Jr. (Portsmouth, N.H.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a visit and telling of Kennard's high regard for Parker's
Discourses.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 320 | | 21 Sep. 1858 Letter from William Kent (New York) to Theodore Parker acknowledging receipt
of Parker's works, raising a number of questions concerning Parker's treatment
of Daniel Webster and the Federalists, and inviting Parker to vacation at his
house in Fishkill, N.Y.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 325 | | 6 Sep. 1858 Letter from Silas Ketchum (Hopkinton, N.H.) to Theodore Parker describing
Ketchum's upbringing and asking Parker for financial assistance so that he can
enter Dartmouth College.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 329 | | 10 Sep. 1857 Letter from D. Y. Kilgore (Madison, Wis.) to Theodore Parker requesting a
complete set of Parker's writings for the library of the school where Kilgore
teaches and any other liberal religious materials that Parker can secure for
him.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 331 | | 28 Sep. 1856 Letter from W. W. King (Chicago) to Theodore Parker informing Parker of
arrangements for his speaking engagement on October 26 and asking that all
Parker's writings be sent to him.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 331 | | 5 Oct. 1857 Letter from W. W. King (Chicago) to Theodore Parker complimenting him and
ordering all of his published works.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 332 | | 12 Jan. 1858 Letter from W. W. King (Chicago) to Theodore Parker remitting the cost of
Parker's writings.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 333 | | 17 Mar. 1855 Letter from Minor Knowlton (Burlington, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker making an
inquiry concerning the latest edition of Parker's Discourse of Religion.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 334 | | 3 Feb. 1859 Letter from Alvan Lamson (Dedham) to Theodore Parker recalling Parker's
early days as a minister in West Roxbury and expressing Lamson's hope that
Parker will recover his health through a trip to a "more genial clime."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 335 | | Apr. 1853 Letter from Sibyl Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Mich.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the "noble sentiments" expressed in his sermon on the "Public Function
of Woman."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 335 | | 25 May 1853 Letter from Sibyl Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Mich.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the gift of a sermon and telling him of her family history.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 337 | | 1 Nov. 1852 Letter from Walter E. Lawton (Boston), a young English immigrant, to
Theodore Parker asking him for advice on what to study.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 339 | | 8 Feb. 1857 Letter from Francis Le Baron (Worcester), a minister, to Theodore Parker
seeking advice on whether to go west in search of a more enlightened church
following.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 340 | | 10 Sep. 1855 Letter from E. D. Linton (New Bedford) to Theodore Parker with information
on the status of liberal religion in New Bedford.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 342 | | 16 Oct. 1847 Letter from George Lippard (Philadelphia), a novelist, to Theodore Parker
describing Lippard's upbringing and defending himself against the charge of
being a lover of war.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 347 | | 2 Apr. 1855 Letter from Eldridge W. Little (Mount Morris, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
accompanying payment for a number of his printed works.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 348 | | 24 Oct. 1852 Letter from James Lowe (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for his
offer of the use of his library and suggestions for the "development of
[Lowe's] higher nature."
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| Vol. 8 | Page 352 | | [29 June 1854] Letter from Charles Lowell (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker defending
members of Lowell's parish whom Parker accused of having pro-slavery beliefs
and quoting a letter from Lowell's son Robert Traill Spence Lowell, an
Episcopal minister in Newark who opposes slavery and advocates the admission of
blacks to his church.
Another copy in Volume 11, p. 256.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 353 | | 23 June 1854 Letter from Charles Lowell (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for his support of Lowell's public opposition to slavery and explaining, in
an addendum, the controversy over the seating of "our colored
fellow-worshippers" in West Church.
Another copy in Volume 11, p. 253.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 355 | | [June 1854] Letter from Charles Lowell [Cambridge] to Theodore Parker describing
Lowell's public opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law during the Shadrach escape
episode.
Another copy in Volume 11, p. 252.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 357 | | 19 Dec. 1846 Letter from George L. Lumsden (Bellehaven, Va.), an independent minister, to
Theodore Parker seeking a congregation in a more healthy climate through Parker
and telling Parker of his opinions on certain theological points.
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| Vol. 8 | Page 360 | | 6 Apr. 1849 Letter from Darius Lyman, Jr. (Ravenna, Ohio) to Theodore Parker requesting
some sermons and asking Parker's opinion "as to the authenticity of the Gospel
and Letters attributed to John."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 1 | | 30 May 1854 Letter from James Loring (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving a detailed
genealogy of the Loring family and the descent of Judge Edward G. Loring from
the immigrant John Loring.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 7 | | 10 June 1854 Letter from James Loring (Boston) to Theodore Parker enclosing an editorial
from the New York Day Book that strongly attacks
the abolitionists in Boston.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 8 | | 11 Feb. 1853 Letter from Sir Charles Lyell (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
his sermons and describing the progress of Lyell's ninth edition of
Principles of Geology.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 9 | | 15 June 1858 Letter from A. B. MacKenzie (Bourneville, Ohio) to Theodore Parker asking
him to send additional printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 11 | | 29 Mar. 1858 Letter from J. H. Marshall (Hampstead, N.H.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to send his writings.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 13 | | 27 Apr. 1852 Letter from James Martineau (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker introducing Mr.
Henry Bright and encouraging Parker to undertake his proposed history of
religion "within the limits of the Caucasian race."
Another copy in Volume 11, p. 272.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 15 | | 7 June 1859 Letter from Samuel May (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him of the first
reading of his Experience as a Minister before
the 28th Congregational Society and the plans to publish it.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 17 | | 9 Nov. 1847 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker asking for additional
sermons and stating McCall's own religious beliefs.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 18 | | 27 Nov. 1847 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker thanking him for books
and pamphlets.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 20 | | 27 Sep. 1848 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a number
of his books and complimenting him on his discourse on the life and character
of John Quincy Adams "because it is strictly on phrenological principles."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 24 | | 8 Oct. 1848 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker agreeing with Parker's
writings concerning the war with Mexico and describing McCall's own experiences
as a surgeon in the War of 1812.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 28 | | 18 Mar. 1850 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker asking him to send
additional copies of his printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 30 | | 17 Apr. 1850 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker thanking him for books
sent and giving McCall's view, as a doctor, of phrenology.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 31 | | 13 Nov. 1852 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker accompanying an article
by McCall's friend, the former Congressman Ezekial Bacon.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 33 | | 1 Nov. 1853 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker thanking him for the gift
of his latest work, On Theism.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 34 | | 11 May 1857 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker expressing McCall's
concern over newspaper reports that Parker has contracted typhoid fever.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 35 | | 20 May 1857 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker stating his relief that
Parker has recovered from his illness and describing McCall's "non-treatment"
of most diseases and the salutary effect of this course of action.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 37 | | 5 Feb. 1859 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to Theodore Parker wishing him well after
hearing that he has not yet departed for the West Indies.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 38 | | 13 July 1859 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to John R. Manley thanking him for sending
Theodore Parker's Experience as a Minister.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 39 | | 18 July 1859 Letter from John McCall (Utica) to John R. Manley thanking him for sending a
copy of a letter from Theodore Parker that was printed in
The Atlas and Daily Bee.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 41 | | 5 June 1858 Letter from J. F. McCalmont [Cannonsburg, Pa.], a college student, to
Theodore Parker asking for advice in religious matters.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 43 | | 15 June 1858 Letter from J. F. McCalmont [Cannonsburg, Pa.] to Theodore Parker thanking
him for his letter and sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 44 | | 28 Aug. 1858 Letter from J. F. McCalmont (Venango County, Pa.) to Theodore Parker asking
for advice in a course of self-study.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 47 | | 7 Oct. 1858 Letter from J. F. McCalmont (Venango County, Pa.) to Theodore Parker
relating the reasons for McCalmont's withdrawal from Jefferson College.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 51 | | 5 Dec. 1858 Letter from J. F. McCalmont [Venango County, Pa.] to Theodore Parker asking
for a reply to McCalmont's previous letter.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 54 | | 29 Mar. 1858 Letter from B. McCaskey (New Lisbon, Ohio) to Theodore Parker describing
McCaskey's "lost and depraved state of mind" and asking Parker for comforting
words.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 57 | | 10 Dec. 1855 Letter from John McIntire (New York), a destitute invalid, to Theodore
Parker asking him for copies of his printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 59 | | 20 Jan. 1855 Letter from Helen P. Mills (Chatham, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking what
it means to be "born again."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 61 | | 29 July 1851 Letter from Thomas S. Minniss (Meadville, Pa.), a "poor obscure mechanic,"
to Theodore Parker expressing Minniss's agreement with Parker's religious
beliefs.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 63 | | 14 Sep. 1855 Letter from Joel H. Moody (Geneva, Ill.) to Theodore Parker requesting
copies of Parker's sermons and relating the difficulties of holding liberal
religious views in a conservative community.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 65 | | 11 Oct. 1855 Letter from Joel H. Moody (Geneva, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
copies of his books.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 66 | | 29 Dec. 1854 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker asking for
a number of printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 67 | | 6 Feb. 1855 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
accompanying payment for a number of books and describing the "route" and
operation of the Underground Railroad in Illinois, anti-slavery agitation, and
resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 70 | | 21 Mar. 1855 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker stating
Moore's opposition to orthodox religion and "slave power."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 72 | | 20 Apr. 1857 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker requesting
a number of his printed sermons and giving news of the abolitionist movement in
Illinois and Missouri.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 73 | | 27 May 1857 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for copies of his printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 74 | | 27 Mar. 1858 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker regarding a
rumor that the "Orthodox people of Boston have concluded to offer
frequent...supplications for the conversion of Theodore Parker."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 75 | | 2 May 1858 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a bundle of printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 76 | | 20 June 1858 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker requesting
large numbers of several of his printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 77 | | 2 Nov. 1858 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker after
learning from newspaper accounts of Parker's illness.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 78 | | 26 Dec. 1859 Letter from Thomas J. Moore (Starfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker in Rome
sending news of events in the United States.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 80 | | 30 July 1854 Letter from Sarah W. Moore (Washington, D.C.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the comfort his printed sermons have brought to Mrs. Moore, her son,
and her friends, with a postscript dated 8 Sep. 1854.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 82 | | 1 July 1851 Letter from Horace H. Moses (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
in detail Moses's liberal religious upbringing and asking Parker's advice on
where he can meet like-minded companions.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 89 | | 9 July 1851 Letter from Horace H. Moses (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker agreeing to
meet him at the Melodeon on the following Sunday.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 90 | | 26 Jan. 1852 Letter from Horace H. Moses (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
how Moses's "black doubts" about religion have returned.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 93 | | 23 Sep. 1846 Letter from Frederich Münch (Marthasville, Mo.) to Theodore Parker asking
for his assistance in having a book on rational theology printed in Boston,
giving chapter headings for the proposed book [A
Treatise on Religion and Christianity, or Theology and Rationalism,
etc.], and telling of his own background.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 97 | | 12 Nov. 1846 Letter from Frederich Münch (Warren County, Mo.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to edit a manuscript that will be sent to him and giving the popular view
of the Mexican War shared by westerners.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 100 | | 29 Dec. 1847 Letter from Frederich Münch (Marthasville, Mo.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for many kindnesses and suggesting that he should start a liberal religious
periodical.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 102 | | 18 Aug. 1849 Letter from Frederich Münch (Marthasville, Mo.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to translate for publication a sermon preached by Münch on the impropriety
of the practice of fasting.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 103 | | 16 Dec. 1856 Letter from J. W. North (Northfield, Minn.) to Theodore Parker asking for
his views on the history and substance of the Bible.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 105 | | 5 Feb. 1857 Letter from J. W. North (St. Paul, Minn.) to Theodore Parker with payment
for several of Parker's printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 107 | | 6 Nov. 1856 Letter from Frederick Law Olmsted (New York) to Theodore Parker giving
details of the election in New York, the defeat of John C. Fremont, and the
good morale of the Republican Party; and recounting [John T.] Delane's
admiration for Parker and his desire for Parker's printed sermons.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 110 | | 1 Apr. 1855 Letter from William H. Oram (Terrebonne, Canada), a Catholic convert
teaching at College Masson Terrebonne in Canada, to Theodore Parker asking for
financial assistance.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 116 | | 10 Dec. 1857 Letter from John Orr (Comber, Ireland) to Theodore Parker informing him of
the state of "the Non-Subscribing Association of Ireland."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 120 | | [1836] Letter from John G. Palfrey (Cambridge) to Theodore Parker with instructions
for the Hebrew lessons to be taught by Parker.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 120 | | 18 Feb. 1836 Letter from John G. Palfrey (Attakapas Parish, La.) to Theodore Parker
describing Palfrey's reunion with his father, Louisiana, and the state of
orthodox religion there.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 123 | | 15 Jan. 1848 Letter from John G. Palfrey (Washington, D.C.), a representative of
Massachusetts in Congress, to Theodore Parker thanking him for papers on the
Mexican War and the "lame monitor of Slavery."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 123 | | 21 Mar. 1853 Letter from John G. Palfrey [Cambridge] to Theodore Parker thanking him for
his "masterly Discourse on Mr. Webster."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 124 | | 27 Jan. 1854 Letter from John G. Palfrey (Cambridge) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of several volumes of his works, while rejecting his "distinctive
opinions in theology."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 125 | | 14 Nov. 1855 Letter from John G. Palfrey (Cambridge) to Theodore Parker praising his
published Defence against the judicial charges
brought against him.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 125 | | 16 Feb. 1836 Extract of a letter from John G. Palfrey (St. Martinsville, La.) to Henry
Ware, Jr. describing his trip to Louisiana.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 126 | | 1 June 1852 Letter from Seth C. Parker (Peru, Ohio) to Theodore Parker asking for copies
of his printed works.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 128 | | 13 Jan. 1853 Letter from Seth C. Parker (Peru, Ohio) to Theodore Parker requesting copies
of his printed sermons and giving genealogical information on his branch of the
Parker family.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 129 | | 22 Feb. 1854 Letter from S. L. Pavatt (Camden, Tenn.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Pavatt's wish, after reading Parker's Discourse of
Religion, to read any other books or articles written by him.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 131 | | 13 Nov. 1852 Letter from Robert T. Pearson (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking
for a copy of his sermon preached on the death of Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 132 | | 17 Nov. 1852 Letter from Robert T. Pearson (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a sermon and telling him of Pearson's attempts to discover
religious "truth."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 134 | | 18 Mar. 1853 Letter from Robert T. Pearson (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a printed sermon and complimenting him on his stand in the
face of vigorous opposition.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 135 | | 2 Nov. 1855 Letter from Hugh N. Pendleton (Jefferson County, Va.) to Theodore Parker
offering to emancipate his 55 slaves if he will be paid half their value.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 137 | | 7 Dec. 1855 Letter from John C. Perry (Kingston, [N.Y.]) to Theodore Parker informing
him of the peculiar circumstances of his impending lecture and the nature of
the audience he will address.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 139 | | 10 Apr. 1856 Letter from John Phillips (Eastham, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
"some questions concerning the character and attributes of the Creator."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 143 | | 13 Mar. 1856 Letter from F. K. Phoenix (Bloomington, Ill.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Phoenix's admiration for Parker's Ten Sermons of
[Religion] and asking him for a "course of reading."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 145 | | 1 Jan. 1846 Letter from Noah Porter (Springfield, [Mass.]) to Theodore Parker asking him
to continue a loan of the memoirs of Blanco White.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 145 | | 19 Feb. 1846 Letter from Noah Porter (Springfield, [Mass.]) to Theodore Parker returning
a borrowed book that Porter reviewed and asking Parker to secure a copy of
George Ripley's replies to Andrews Norton for him.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 146 | | 2 July 1847 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker introducing
Rev. Benjamin N. Martin.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 147 | | 29 Nov. 1847 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker soliciting a
review of the new edition of Webster's
Dictionary in Parker's Quarterly Review,
describing Porter's own contributions to the dictionary, and explaining why
Parker will not be invited to lecture at Bridgeport.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 149 | | 9 Apr. 1853 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.), about to leave for Europe, to
Theodore Parker asking for a letter of introduction to James Martineau and
Thomas Carlyle.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 150 | | 2 Nov. 1854 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker introducing a
teacher, "Mr. Sobiesky."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 151 | | 24 Nov. 1854 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker defending the
reputation of a Polish refugee he introduced to Parker.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 155 | | 13 Apr. 1856 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a gift of his books.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 156 | | 24 Jan. 1859 Letter from Noah Porter (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker concerning
Parker's illness and their disagreement about religious matters.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 158 | | 10 Dec. 1852 Letter from Chandler E. Potter (Manchester, N.H.) to Theodore Parker giving
genealogical information concerning Daniel Webster and denying that he was of
Indian descent.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 160 | | 28 Mar. 1853 Letter from Chandler E. Potter (Manchester, N.H.) to Theodore Parker
correcting two errors in his "Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel
Webster."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 163 | | 3 Mar. [1849] Letter from William H. Prescott (Boston) to Theodore Parker responding to
criticism of Prescott's writings which appeared in the Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 164 | | 18 Apr. 1856 Letter from Henry S. Randall (Cortland Village, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker
giving a detailed defense of Thomas Jefferson against charges that he fathered
children by his slave Sally Hemings and quoting Thomas J. Randolph.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 169 | | 26 Oct. 1856 Letter from Henry B. Rankin (Athens, Ill.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for the guidance and comfort Rankin found in his writings.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 171 | | 24 July 1848 Letter from R. Redington (Cleveland, Ohio) to Theodore Parker requesting
cheaper editions of his printed sermons and telling him that the Western
Reserve is "ripe" for liberal religion.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 173 | | 15 Oct. 1848 Letter from R. Redington (Warren, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
his offer to let Redington republish Parker's sermons and discourses for local
consumption.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 175 | | 7 May 1851 Letter from R. Redington (Elyria, Ohio) to Theodore Parker listing Ohio
residents in the Elyria area who are sympathetic with Parker's religious
views.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 175 | | 27 Apr. 1851 Letter from R. Redington (Elyria, Ohio) to Theodore Parker agreeing with his
stand on the Fugitive Slave Bill, signed by R. Redington and 15 others.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 175 | | 23 Jan. 1853 Letter from R. Redington (Jefferson, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a number of sermons, including one on woman's duties and mission.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 178 | | 13 Aug. 1853 Letter from R. Redington (Wooster, Ohio) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the strength of liberal religion in the Western Reserve.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 179 | | 3 Sep. 1853 Letter from R. Redington (Elyria, Ohio) to Theodore Parker agreeing with his
assessment of the "old Theology."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 179 | | 21 Oct. 1853 Letter from R. Redington (Wooster, Ohio) to Theodore Parker about the
formation of a Unitarian church in Austinburgh, Ohio.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 180 | | 16 June 1854 Letter from R. Redington (Canton, Ohio) to Theodore Parker asking for copies
of sermons on slavery and old age.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 181 | | 18 July 1854 Letter from R. Redington (Elyria, Ohio) to Theodore Parker about Parker's
printed sermons and informing him of the state of popular religion in Ohio.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 182 | | 26 Nov. 1855 Letter from R. Redington (Mount Vernon, Ohio) to Theodore Parker about a
failed lecture tour by Parker in Ohio.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 182 | | 11 Dec. 1855 Letter from R. Redington (Cleveland) to Theodore Parker about Parker's
attempt to secure a minister for Marsillon, Ohio, and giving his own thoughts
on religion.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 184 | | 20 Feb. 1858 Letter from R. Redington (Elyria, Ohio) to Theodore Parker ordering two sets
of his works.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 185 | | 12 Feb. 1856 Letter from B. W. Richmond (Jefferson, Ohio) to Theodore Parker describing
the plight of William H. Hoisington, a blind, itinerant minister of liberal
religious convictions, and asking if Parker can intervene to raise money to
support Hoisington.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 189 | | 26 Sep. 1853 Letter from George Ripley (New York) to Theodore Parker outlining his
disagreement with Parker's volume of sermons on atheism and describing his own
religious beliefs.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 192 | | 28 Feb. 1856 Letter from George Ripley (New York) to Theodore Parker thanking him for the
"new edition of [his] brave books."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 193 | | 15 Jan. 1859 Letter from George Ripley (New York) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
letter from his sickbed and expressing Ripley's hope that Parker will recover
during his trip to the West Indies or Europe.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 195 | | 1 Dec. 1857 Letter from John Roberts (Boston), a destitute young immigrant, to Theodore
Parker asking for a loan so that he can move west and be saved "from a
soldier's life."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 197 | | 20 Feb. 1850 Letter from D. A. Robertson (Lancaster, Ohio) to Theodore Parker telling him
that Robertson holds his "great work on Religion...in the highest
estimation."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 199 | | 14 Dec. 1854 Letter from George C. Robinson (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker asking
for counsel in regard to moral and philosophical questions.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 201 | | 24 Apr. 1856 Letter from George C. Robinson (New Haven, Conn.) to Theodore Parker
describing a debate among Yale students over a recent Parker sermon on
"conscious religion."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 203 | | 1 Jan. 1853 Letter from Henry D. Rogers (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to "abate
his toil" in order to preserve his health.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 205 | | 17 Oct. 1859 Letter from William Barton Rogers (Lunenburg, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Rogers's hope that Parker has recovered his health and will enjoy
his stay in the Alps.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 208 | | 19 Sep. 1855 Letter from William C. Rogers (Green Island, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking
for a "course of study" so that Rogers will be better able to spread "Vital
Theism throughout the world."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 210 | | 2 Dec. 1855 Letter from William C. Rogers (Green Island, N.Y.), a physician, to Theodore
Parker expressing Rogers's wish to become a "teacher and preacher...of Absolute
Religion."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 214 | | 26 Sep. 1856 Letter from Johannes Ronge (London) to Theodore Parker offering the services
of a "German Legion of 10,000 men, well disciplined," to fight against "the
rabble of the man-seller" in America.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 215 | | 6 Feb. 1857 Letter from Johannes Ronge (London) to Theodore Parker asking the Boston
"Community" to support their London brethren so that they might erect a meeting
room or hall.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 218 | | 3 Apr. 1848 Letter from Joseph E. Sprague (Salem, Mass.) to Theodore Parker giving
Sprague's opinion of Parker's sermon on the death of John Quincy Adams and
discussing different historical matters and questions, including the John
Adams-Timothy Pickering controversy and the embargo.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 221 | | 27 Sep. 1857 Letter from M. E. Sublette (Henderson, [Pa.]) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the inspiration his writings and lectures have provided.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 223 | | 22 Apr. 1858 Letter from J. H. Turner (Bedford, Iowa) to Theodore Parker asking for his
advice on how to organize an association or society "according to [Parker's]
ideas of Religion and Christianity."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 225 | | 19 Sep. [1858] Letter from J. H. Turner (Bedford, Iowa) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the success of a liberal religious association on the frontier.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 227 | | 27 Nov. [1858] Letter from J. H. Turner (Bedford, Iowa) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the opposition faced by the Progressive Society of Friends in Bedford.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 229 | | 10 Feb. 1856 Letter from D. H. Tweedy (Stanfordville, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker giving an
account of the effects of a religious revival in Stanfordville.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 463-464.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 231 | | 15 June 1859 Letter from J. W. Wade (London) to Theodore Parker inviting him to the
annual meeting of the Sunday School Association on 16 June 1859.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 232 | | 6 Feb. 1853 Letter from Levi Wilder (Jersey City, N.J.) to Theodore Parker expressing
his gratification upon discovering Parker's discourses on religion and sermons
and telling of Wilder's own religious education and views on religion.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 236 | | 13 Mar. 1853 Letter from Levi Wilder (Jersey City, N.J.) to Theodore Parker expressing
his gratification upon finding someone "whose spirit evidently chimes with
mine" and commenting on various passages in Parker's writings.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 240 | | 18 Dec. 1853 Letter from Levi Wilder (Jersey City, N.J.) to Theodore Parker expressing
his inability to comprehend orthodox Christianity.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 243 | | 4 Mar. 1855 Letter from Levi Wilder (Patterson, N.J.) to Theodore Parker describing the
reasons for, and the circumstances of, Wilder's leaving the church to which he
belonged.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 247 | | 22 Apr. 1851 Letter from L. L. Woods (New York Mills, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for copies of some of his sermons and ordering others.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 249 | | 27 Nov. 1855 Letter from Edward J. Young (Halle, Germany) to Theodore Parker describing
in detail Young's visits to the great universities of Germany and a trip to
England and sending the regards of a number of Parker's acquaintances and
correspondents.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 253 | | 15 May 1858 Letter from L. W. R. Blair (Lynchwood, S.C.) to Theodore Parker asking for
his help in locating a "candid and ingenuous" commentary on the Bible.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 253 | | 12 June 1858 Letter from L. W. R. Blair (Lynchwood, S.C.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his assistance in providing Blair with candid criticism of the Bible.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 255 | | 7 July 1858 Letter from L. W. R. Blair (Lynchwood, S.C.) to Theodore Parker apologizing
for the actions of an unknown Southern postman who has returned a parcel of
sermons sent to Blair by Parker and asking for all of Parker's writings for his
library, even though Blair is a slaveholder.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 256 | | 28 Feb. 1859 Letter from L. W. R. Blair (Lynchwood, S.C.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his sermon on "What religion may do for a man" and expressing his concern
that Parker's health has failed.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 258 | | 11 Sep. 1856 Letter from E. H. Bowman (Edgington, Ill.), a physician who has rejected his
Presbyterian religious training, to Theodore Parker asking him for his views on
religion and support.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 260 | | 25 Oct. 1856 Letter from E. H. Bowman (Edgington, Ill.) to Theodore Parker expressing his
view that Parker's writings are like "good news from a far country."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 263 | | 25 Dec. 1857 Letter from E. H. Bowman (Edgington, Ill.) to Theodore Parker relating his
views on religious education; the advance of medical science; and the future
prospects of slavery, based on his observations in Kentucky.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 464-466.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 268 | | 17 May 1858 Letter from E. H. Bowman (Edgington, Ill.) to Theodore Parker relating Dr.
Bowman's experiences with "cases of insanity from erroneous religious
views."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 269 | | 26 July 1853 Letter from Charles Loring Brace (New York) to Theodore Parker asking him to
delay his visit to New York until the fall, describing Brace's work among the
poor, and telling how organized religion has failed to support and assist the
downtrodden.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 272 | | 24 Aug. 1856 Letter from Charles Loring Brace (Dalecarlia, Sweden) to Theodore Parker
describing Swedish life and religion and asking for news from America.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 275 | | 30 Jan. 1859 Letter from George P. Bradford (Salem, Mass.) to Theodore Parker wishing him
well after hearing he is going away to recover his health.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 277 | | 17 Oct. 1854 Letter from B. F. Bradford (Seneca Falls, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking
for a copy of each of Parker's works.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 278 | | 9 Apr. 1857 Letter from Henry W. Brown (Cambridge, Mass.), senior class secretary, to
Theodore Parker informing him that he has been elected to preach the Harvard
Divinity School annual sermon on July 12.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 278 | | 14 Apr. 1857 Letter from Henry W. Brown (Cambridge, Mass.), senior class secretary, to
Theodore Parker enclosing a copy of the protest letter submitted by the senior
class of the Harvard Divinity School to the faculty when they refused to permit
Parker to preach the annual sermon.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 280 | | 11 Sep. 1857 Letter from John Brown (Tabor, Iowa) to Theodore Parker asking him to raise
money for a "secret service" and enclosing a tract directed to the soldiers of
the U.S. Army that Brown denies writing. [Brown gives his current alias: Jonas
Jones.]
Enclosed with tract "The Duty of the Soldier," p.
281.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 162-163.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 281 | | 11 Sep. 1857 Tract entitled "The Duty of the Soldier," directed at local garrisons of the
U.S. Army, proclaiming that soldiers have a duty to disobey unjust and immoral
orders.
Enclosed with letter from John Brown to Theodore
Parker, p. 280.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 285 | | 2 Feb. 1858 Letter from John Brown (Rochester, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking for money
and the names of abolitionists who will support Brown's proposed violent
actions. [Brown gives his current alias: N. Hawkins.]
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 163-164.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 287 | | 4 Mar. 1858 Letter from John Brown (Boston) to Theodore Parker inviting him to visit
Brown at his room at the American House.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 163.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 287 | | 7 Mar. 1858 Letter from John Brown (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to produce a
series of tracts directed at soldiers and civilians to be used when Brown
undertakes his "colporteur" plan.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 164-165.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 290 | | 12 Dec. 1848 Letter from Samuel Brown (Edinburgh, Scotland) to Theodore Parker in regard
to an article on mesmerism that Brown submitted to the Atlantic Monthly.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 292 | | 27 Mar. 1858 Letter from Henry Thomas Buckle (London) to Theodore Parker concerning a
review of Buckle's writings by Parker.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 467.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 293 | | 14 Apr. 1858 Letter from Henry Thomas Buckle (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of his books with information on Buckle's proposed history of the
civilization of the United States.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, p. 467.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 294 | | 9 July 1858 Letter from Henry Thomas Buckle (London) to Theodore Parker giving
information on Buckle's future literary plans and some facts concerning his
family and education.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 468-469.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 298 | | 5 July 1859 Letter from Henry Thomas Buckle (Blackheath, England) to Theodore Parker
expressing Buckle's regrets at not having met Parker when he called at Buckle's
Oxford Terrace address.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 469-470.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 299 | | 8 May 1858 Letter from Anson Burlingame (Washington, D.C.) to Theodore Parker
discussing the position of the abolitionists in Congress and their chances in
the next elections.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 301 | | 30 May 1854 Copy of resolutions in regard to Mrs. Anna E. Sibley, who was suspended from
the communion and fellowship of the Broadway Church on 25 May 1854 for a number
of "unchristian" acts, including "attending the ministry of Theodore
Parker."
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| Vol. 9 | Page 303 | | 18 Jan. 1858 Letter from Henry Brown (West Newbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the "score of times" that Brown has heard Parker preach at the Music
Hall.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 304 | | 25 Jan. 1858 Letter from Henry Brown (West Newbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a letter and invitation to visit him in Boston and complimenting Parker
on his sermon of the previous day.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 307 | | 4 Aug. 1853 Letter from Ichabod Morton (Plymouth, Mass.) to Theodore Parker urging him
to join a campaign for free, universal education and describing other necessary
reforms.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 310 | | 23 Nov. 1856 Letter from Ichabod Morton (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing in detail
Morton's own religious views.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 315 | | 6 Dec. 1858 Letter from Ichabod Morton (Plymouth) to Theodore Parker urging him to rest
from his great mental exertions and reflecting that Parker has aged "many
years" in less than 12 months.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 317 | | 14 Sep. 1856 Letter from Ephraim Nute (Lawrence, Kan.) to Theodore Parker describing the
aftermath of the raid on Lawrence, Kan., 21 May 1856, and the inaction of the
U.S. Army, asking Parker to arrange a loan for him, and giving news of another
attack on Lawrence in a postscript dated 15 Sep. 1856.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 324 | | [1856] Letter from the [London Humanistic Association] to "the Community of the
Reverend Theodore Parker" describing the activities of the association between
1853 and 1855.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 327 | | 5 Mar. 1855 Letter from the London Humanistic Association to Theodore Parker conveying
its support for Parker, who is under indictment for his abolitionist
activities.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 330 | | 9 Feb. 1858 Letter from Edward L. Pierce (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing his
pamphlets attacking the Know-Nothings and expanding on the arguments in
them.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 334 | | 13 Jan. 1856 Letter from Anthony Burns (Oberlin, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for the assistance and kindnesses he has offered Burns.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 152.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 335 | | 3 Feb. 1856 Letter from Anthony Burns (Oberlin, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his letter and the advice in it.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 152-153.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 336 | | 6 Nov. 1859 Letter from George F. Noyes (New York) to Theodore Parker, on behalf of the
First Independent Society of New York, expressing their sympathy for Parker in
his illness.
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| Vol. 9 | Page 339 | | 7 Nov. 1859 Letter from George F. Noyes (New York) to Theodore Parker describing the
reasons why Noyes resigned his position in Chicago and came to preach in New
York and recounting how his religious association is now becoming important
enough to be attacked.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 1 | | 13 Feb. 1854 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
a pamphlet and various favors and describing the current political
situation.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 517.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 2 | | 14 Feb. 1854 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Washington) to Theodore Parker about maps
published by the government.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 2 | | 12 Mar. 1854 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Washington) to Theodore Parker reviewing
Parker's sermon on "the Nebraska question," describing the debate in Congress
over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and pointing out his sharp disagreement with
Parker on questions of religion.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 517.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 6 | | 5 Apr. 1854 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing the
status of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 518.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 7 | | 23 June 1856 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Columbus, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his "New lesson for the day" and expressing Chase's optimism that "slave
power" will be defeated.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 518.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 8 | | 17 July 1856 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Columbus, Ohio) to Theodore Parker objecting to
the characterization of some of his remarks on slavery by Parker in "The Great
Battle."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 519-520.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 12 | | 3 Mar. 1858 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Columbus, Ohio) to Theodore Parker
complimenting him on his speech before the Massachusetts legislature and
stating Chase's optimistic opinion of the political future of the anti-slavery
movement.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 13 | | 25 Mar. 1858 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Columbus, Ohio) to Theodore Parker stating his
belief that slavery can be contained and eliminated through the political
process.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 520.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 15 | | 16 Aug. 1858 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Newport, R.I.) to Theodore Parker describing
Chase's visit to New England.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 520-521.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 17 | | 13 Jan. 1859 Letter from Salmon P. Chase (Columbus, Ohio) to Theodore Parker expressing
his "deep sorrow" that Parker's physicians have ordered him to the West Indies
to restore his health.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 521.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 18 | | 27 Mar. 1848 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
informing him, after reading his discourse on John Quincy Adams, of the attempt
by Adams and Henry Clay to negotiate a fugitive slave law with Mexico during
Adams's administration.
Printed in Dumond, vol. II, pp. 1095-1096.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 22 | | 19 June 1848 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
replying to a letter from Parker and asking him to locate a minister in Lower
Saginaw.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 26 | | 5-10 July 1848 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
commenting, in considerable detail, on the question of whether or not Andrew
Jackson was a slave trader, recalling a number of anecdotes concerning the
career of Jackson, and giving an account of the dispute between Jackson and
U.S. agent to the Choctaws Silas [Dinsmore].
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| Vol. 10 | Page 45 | | 15 Jan. 1849 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to George W. Jenson
thanking him for his letter and the accompanying letter from Mary S. [Dinsmore]
concerning Andrew Jackson's dispute with Silas [Dinsmore].
Enclosed with letter from James G. Birney to Theodore
Parker, p. 46.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 46 | | 22 Jan. 1849 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker about
locating a minister for Lower Saginaw, Michigan.
Enclosed with letter from George W. Jenson to James G.
Birney, p. 50, letter from Mary G. [Dinsmore] to James G. Birney, p. 52, and
letter from James G. Birney to George W. Jenson, p. 45.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 50 | | 29 Dec. 1848 Letter from George W. Jenson (Buffalo) to James G. Birney about the dispute
between Andrew Jackson and the Choctaw Indian agent Silas [Dinsmore].
Enclosed with letter from James G. Birney to Theodore
Parker, p. 46.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 52 | | 11 Nov. 1848 Letter from Mary G. [Dinsmore] (Bellevue, Ky.) to James G. Birney
accompanying a statement concerning the dispute between her late husband Silas
[Dinsmore] and Andrew Jackson.
Enclosed with letter from James G. Birney to Theodore
Parker, p. 46.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 55 | | 21 Aug. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Cincinnati) to Theodore Parker discussing
various publishing matters and describing Birney's plan to review the case of
Edward Prigg vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for
possible publication.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 60 | | 6 Nov. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to edit a manuscript that will be sent to him.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 61 | | 2 Dec. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
informing him of the method used to transmit a manuscript to Boston.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 62 | | 10 Feb. 1851 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to forward a letter to Worcester.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 63 | | 6 Aug. 1851 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
informing him of Birney's plan to spend the winter in Cincinnati.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 64 | | 15 Dec. 1851 Letter from James G. Birney (Cincinnati) to Theodore Parker asking about the
status of Birney's manuscript on the Prigg case.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 65 | | 20 Sep. 1852 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker asking
him for his opinion on what makes man a "Free Agent."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 66 | | 6 Mar. 1853 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker asking
how much it would cost to have a collection of his miscellaneous writings
published.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 69 | | 11 June 1854 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
expressing his sympathy for Parker and Wendell Phillips, who are being
prosecuted for their roles in the Burns fugitive slave case.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 70 | | 27 Oct. 1848 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
offering to produce an article on the Constitutional aspects of the slavery
question.
Printed in Dumond, vol. II, pp. 1113-1114.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 72 | | 13 Mar. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for the gift of a book and expressing his intention to write an
article on the right of petition.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 74 | | 26 Apr. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
stating he has completed his next article for the Massachusetts Quarterly Review.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 75 | | 8 July 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Cincinnati) to Theodore Parker expressing his
wish to have an article he wrote on the Fugitive Slave Bill printed.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 79 | | 7 Oct. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker
stating he has finished a manuscript on the Prigg fugitive slave case and
wishes Parker to have it printed for him.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 82 | | 30 Oct. 1850 Letter from James G. Birney (Lower Saginaw, Mich.) to Theodore Parker about
having Birney's article on the Prigg fugitive slave case published as a
pamphlet or in a newspaper.
Enclosed with letter from John T. Norton to James G.
Birney, p. 85.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 85 | | 1 Jan. 1847 Letter from John T. Norton (Albany) to James G. Birney with an account of
the interest and amount Norton loaned Birney in 1841.
Enclosed with letter from James G. Birney to Theodore
Parker, p. 82.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 86 | | 13 May 1854 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker asking
for his advice in selecting books and calling Parker his "ideal."
Printed in Newton, p. 72.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 87 | | 11 June 1854 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for the gift of a printed sermon and stating that Herndon has made
presents of Parker's and Emerson's works "rather than not have them read."
Printed in Newton, p. 73.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 87 | | 7 Jan. 1855 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to make a speaking tour of Illinois.
Printed in Newton, p. 73, but misdated 5 Jan.
1855.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 88 | | 13 Feb. 1855 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Herndon's regret that Parker cannot lecture in the west and
assessing the political situation in Illinois, the strength of Senator Stephen
A. Douglas, and the character of Lyman Trumbull, who has just been elected to
the U.S. Senate.
Printed in Newton, p. 76-77.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 91 | | 12 Apr. 1855 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
accompanying a printed copy of Herndon's valedictory speech as mayor of
Springfield.
Printed in Newton, p. 78.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 92 | | 23 Apr. 1855 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
congratulating him on his "escape from the inquisition of Slavery."
Printed in Newton, pp. 78-79.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 92 | | 30 Oct. 1855 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the growth of the Republican Party in Illinois, political
campaigning by Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, and lecture tours by
Joshua Reed Giddings and Henry Ward Beecher.
Printed in Newton, pp. 82-84.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 98 | | 16 Feb. 1856 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Herndon's hatred for slavery and love for the South, describing
anti-slavery agitation in Illinois, and calling Henry Ward Beecher "a new rose,
fresh from the garden of the Almighty forces."
Printed in Newton, pp. 85-87.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 102 | | 28 Apr. 1856 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing an anti-slavery speech Herndon delivered and enclosing a newspaper
clipping in which his name is forwarded as a fusionist candidate for governor
of Illinois.
Printed in Newton, pp. 91-92.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 106 | | 12 Nov. 1856 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
containing information on the election in Illinois and Herndon's possible
candidacy for governor and enclosing a newspaper clipping that describes
speeches by Herndon and Abraham Lincoln.
Enclosed with letter from Herbert Post to Theodore
Parker, p. 107.
Printed in Newton, p. 99.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 107 | | 11 Nov. 1856 Letter from Herbert Post (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker denying any
arrangement has been made for a lecture fee for Parker.
Enclosed with letter from William H. Herndon to
Theodore Parker, p.106.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 108 | | 27 Dec. 1856 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
outlining the steps Herndon has taken to promote the Republican Party in
Illinois.
Printed in Newton, pp. 101-102.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 112 | | 24 Jan. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
relating a winter idyll in the Illinois woods.
Printed in Newton, pp. 103-106.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 118 | | Feb. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
stating that he is troubled by Parker's theory that there are no laws in
nature.
Printed in Newton, pp. 107-108.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 119 | | 10 Mar. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing recent national advances of pro-slavery forces.
Printed in Newton, pp. 109-111.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 121 | | 30 Mar. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Herndon's hope that Parker will soon recover from an illness and his
belief that the civil war may grow larger.
Printed in Newton, pp. 111-112.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 122 | | 8 Apr. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the Republican defeat in Illinois and the activities of
emancipationists in border and southern states.
Printed in Newton, pp. 113-114.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 123 | | 14 May 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker giving
Herndon's views of the Dred Scott case.
Printed in Newton, pp. 115-116.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 126 | | 29 June 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
sending Abraham Lincoln's regards and a copy of one of his speeches and
commenting on Stephen A. Douglas's latest speech.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 127 | | 4 July 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
commenting on and sending newspaper articles about speeches by Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, pp. 122-123.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 129 | | 29 July 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
accompanying newspaper clippings of speeches by Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A.
Douglas, and Lyman Trumbull.
Printed in Newton, pp. 123-124.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 131 | | 19 Dec. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
analyzing Stephen A. Douglas's possible political moves.
Printed in Newton, pp. 133-134.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 135 | | 26 Dec. 1857 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the political dilemma faced by Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, pp. 135-136.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 138 | | 8 Jan. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing Stephen A. Douglas as "a very curious and exceedingly corrupt
man."
Printed in Newton, pp. 139-140.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 140 | | 20 Feb. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
stating Herndon's belief that civil war is inevitable, describing the political
situation in Illinois and the feud between James Buchanan and Stephen A.
Douglas, and sending news of Abraham Lincoln's activities.
Printed in Newton, pp. 140-143.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 147 | | 24 Feb. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
correcting some errors in his previous letters and giving an account of a
dispute between John Calhoun and Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, p. 144.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 148 | | 4 Mar. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a copy of an anti-slavery speech and informing him that
Herndon is on his way to Washington.
Printed in Newton, p. 150.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 149 | | 7 Apr. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing Herndon's trip to Boston and his impression of that city and giving
a sketch of William Lloyd Garrison.
Printed in Newton, pp. 156-158.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 154 | | 17 Apr. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
commenting on the latest religious revival and Parker's sermon on it.
Printed in Newton, pp. 160-161.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 155 | | 27 Apr. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the dispute between the followers of [Stephen A.] Douglas and those
of President Buchanan and relating the latest political intelligence from
Horace Greeley.
Printed in Newton, pp. 161-162.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 156 | | 29 May 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the upcoming political convention in Illinois and Horace Greeley's
support for Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, p. 163.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 158 | | 1 June 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the political maneuvers of Stephen A. Douglas, Horace Greeley
support for Douglas, and a possible move to annex Cuba.
Printed in Newton, pp. 164-165.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 161 | | 18 June 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker with a
copy of Abraham Lincoln's speech to the Republican Convention in Illinois.
[speech missing]
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| Vol. 10 | Page 162 | | 8 July 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the opening of the campaign between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham
Lincoln for the Senate.
Printed in Newton, pp. 178-179.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 164 | | 24 July 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a letter and describing the campaign between Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen A. Douglas for the Senate.
Printed in Newton, p. 186.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 165 | | 28 July 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker with a
newspaper clipping of a speech by Herndon on the impact of the Dred Scott
decision.
Printed in Newton, pp. 187-188.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 167 | | 23 Aug. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for four printed sermons and telling him of the opening
Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Printed in Newton, pp. 197-198.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 170 | | 31 Aug. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the patterns of settlement and
political climate in Illinois.
Printed in Newton, pp. 202-203.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 173 | | 2 Sep. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the ongoing Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Printed in Newton, pp. 206-207.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 176 | | 11 Sep. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
stating Herndon's agreement with Parker's assessment of Horace Greeley.
Printed in Newton, p. 209.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 177 | | 20 Sep. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
commenting on William H. Seward's political future and a corrupt bargain struck
by Horace Greeley with Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, pp. 215-216.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 180 | | 25 Sep. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
detailing Horace Greeley's political machinations.
Printed in Newton, pp. 218-220.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 183 | | 3 Oct. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
predicting the defeat of Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, pp. 220-222.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 187 | | 4 Oct. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the condition of the Republican Party in the west, Horace Greeley as
"acting a great dog," and Stephen A. Douglas in the closing days of his
senatorial campaign against Abraham Lincoln.
Printed in Newton, pp. 222-223.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 189 | | 26 Oct. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Herndon's hope that the Republican Party will win the election in
Illinois.
Printed in Newton, pp. 231-232.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 192 | | 30 Oct. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Herndon's belief that there will be bloodshed during the impending
election.
Printed in Newton, pp. 232-233.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 193 | | 8 Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing and explaining the defeat of Abraham Lincoln in the senatorial
election.
Printed in Newton, pp. 234-235.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 196 | | 23 Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
explaining Herndon's opinion of the character of William H. Seward and
commenting on the political future of Stephen A. Douglas.
Printed in Newton, pp. 241-243.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 201 | | 27 Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
explaining the Republican defeat in Illinois.
Printed in Newton, pp. 245-247.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 208 | | 15 Jan. 1859 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
stating that he has heard Parker is "unwell" and expressing Herndon's own
dislike for the law.
Printed in Newton, pp. 247-248.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 208 | | 25 Jan. 1859 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
expressing his regret to hear of Parker's illness.
Printed in Newton, p. 248.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 209 | | 15 Dec. 1859 Letter from William H. Herndon (Springfield, Ill.) to Theodore Parker
describing the aftermath of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and giving
Herndon's opinion of Horace Greeley and the disarray of the Republican
Party.
Printed in Newton, pp. 264-266.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 215 | | 28 Oct. [184-] Letter from [Henry Lee] (Boston) to Theodore Parker sending a "large
portion" of a manuscript to be published.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 216 | | 22 Oct. 1847 Letter from [Henry Lee] [Boston] to Theodore Parker comparing statistics for
population and education in slave and free states and discussing the economics
of slavery, the relative poverty of the slave states, and the interdependence
of the slave and free states.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 221 | | 22 June 1848 Letter from [Henry Lee] (Waltham, Mass.) to Theodore Parker estimating the
direct and indirect costs of the Mexican War.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 226 | | 8 July 1848 Letter from [Henry Lee] (Waltham, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing the
cost of the Mexican War and describing the role of the "slavocracy" in causing
that war and in ending the War of 1812.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 233 | | 28 July 1848 Letter from [Henry Lee] (Boston) to Theodore Parker stating that he does not
have a speech by John Quincy Adams and describing the satire that Adams wrote,
as a law student, on the character and conduct of Thomas Jefferson.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 234 | | 25 June 1856 Letter from [Henry Lee] (Brookline, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing the
system of commerce between the southern slave states and the northern
states.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 237 | | 26 Oct. 1845 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker sending a citation
concerning Saxon slavery from Johann Martin Lappenberg's A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 237 | | [1845] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker stating that he is
unable to locate a book for Parker.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 238 | | [Sep. 1846] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker alluding to his Phi
Beta Kappa address.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 238 | | [8 June 1846] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker expressing his belief
that the good we see after a war may come in spite
of it rather than by it.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 241 | | [1847] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker declining an offer to
become the editor of the Massachusetts Quarterly
Review.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 242 | | Undated Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking if Parker has
a book on "Egalité."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 242 | | 1849 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing the
dispute between Horace Mann and Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 243 | | Undated Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker accompanying books
that he is sending to Parker.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 244 | | [1850] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker urging him to print
his sermons and occasional addresses.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 245 | | Undated Letter from Charles Sumner [Boston] to Theodore Parker telling him which
foreign law journals are the best and where they can be located.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 245 | | [1850] Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker stating "I read your
sermon yesterday aloud to Longfellow. We both admired it much."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 246 | | 19 Apr. 1851 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker discussing the
Fugitive Slave Law recently passed by Congress.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 107.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 247 | | 9 July 1851 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing Sumner's
election to the Senate as a burden rather than a reward.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 112.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 248 | | 11 Aug. 1851 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
sermon.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 249 | | 15 Dec. 1851 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker asking his advice
on a suitable motto for the title page of Sumner's latest volume.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 250 | | 6 Feb. 1852 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker declining to
write an article on Judge Joseph Story because of his heavy work load in the
Senate.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 212.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 251 | | 11 Aug. 1852 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker stating that
Sumner feels "becalmed" in the Senate and responding to Parker's admonition
that he should speak out on the issue of slavery.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
214-215.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 254 | | [Aug. 1852] Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him that
he "shall be heard" on the issue of slavery and
that Sumner has proposed an amendment that would allow no funds to be used to
enforce the Fugitive Slave Bill.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 256 | | Aug. 1852 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker replying to
Parker's criticism by comparing himself to Admiral John Byng.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 257 | | 28 Aug. 1852 "Private" letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker in
which Sumner defends himself against "indictments...for non-feasance" in the
case of Drayton and Sayers and for not speaking out against slavery in the
Senate.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 260 | | 17 Dec. 1852 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the reaction in Washington to Parker's sermon on Daniel Webster.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 216.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 261 | | 27 Dec. 1852 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker concerning
Parker's opinion of William H. Seward and giving information on the "Cuban
question."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 262 | | 6 Jan. 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the publication of documents and books on Cuba, Haiti, and Iowa.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 263 | | 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner [Washington] to Theodore Parker thanking him for
his printed sermons.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 263 | | 27 Mar. 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker informing him of
the publication of dispatches that prove the negligence of Daniel Webster and
demonstrate American participation in the slave trade.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 264 | | 28 Mar. 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker commenting on the
anti-slavery agitation of Parker, Wendell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, and
Samuel G. Howe.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 265 | | 6 Aug. 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving Sumner's
opinion of the legal skill of Lemuel Shaw, chief justice of Massachusetts.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 267 | | [1853] Letter from Charles Sumner [Boston] to Theodore Parker accompanying
documents he requested.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 268 | | 21 Aug. 1853 Letter from Charles Sumner (Newport, R.I.) to Theodore Parker concerning
interrogatives to the governors of the West Indies that John Quincy Adams
refused to sign just before his death and wondering what action to take
now.
Enclosed with letter from W. B. Hodgson to Charles
Sumner, p. 269.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 269 | | 13 Aug. [1853] Letter from [William B.] Hodgson (Newport, R.I.) to Charles Sumner praising
Theodore Parker's eulogy of Daniel Webster.
Enclosed with letter from Charles Sumner to Theodore
Parker, p. 268.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 270 | | 3 Jan. [1856] Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him of a
dinner conversation with Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Curtis.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 271 | | [Mar. 1854] Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complimenting him
on several of his recent sermons.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 272 | | 9 Mar. 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him of
the situation in the Senate and asking for a list of references "on the
character and condition of the Negro race in every aspect."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 273 | | 22 Mar. 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing debate
in the Senate over slavery and the actions of Edward Everett, Stephen A.
Douglas, and Samuel Houston.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 274 | | 3 Apr. 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him that
"the Nebraska wickedness is only a part. Expect worse yet."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 275 | | 7 June 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complimenting him
on his latest activities and admonishing him to awaken people to "the plot" by
the pro-slavery forces.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 140.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 276 | | 12 June 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker discussing the
indictment of Parker and Wendell Phillips and "the great petition" to repeal
the Fugitive Slave Bill.
|
| Vol. 10 | Page 277 | | 13 June 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complaining that
Sumner is, at once, attacked for being too strong and too weak in his support
of the anti-slavery movement.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 278 | | 12 Dec. 1854 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker discussing
Parker's indictment and giving citations from legal literature which may be
useful in preparing a defense.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 279 | | 9 Jan. 1855 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker giving Sumner's
opinion on legal matters affecting Parker's indictment and impending trial and
discussing the actions of U.S. Commissioner George Ticknor Curtis.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 282 | | 14 Feb. 1855 Letter from Charles Sumner to Theodore Parker expressing Sumner's fear that
Parker and Wendell Phillips will never be tried.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 282 | | 9 Jan. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker expressing
Sumner's wish that petitions for the impeachment of all judges "who have
trespassed against Liberty" will be organized.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 283 | | 20 Jan. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker expressing his
belief that judges must be made accountable for their pro-slavery actions and
that the Republican Party should support Nathaniel Prentiss Banks in the next
presidential election.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 284 | | 25 Feb. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker discussing
political events in Massachusetts and Washington and telling Parker: "You will
hear nothing but Kansas from this time forever."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 286 | | [2 Mar. 1856] Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker discussing
various aspirants for the Democratic nomination for president.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 287 | | 24 Mar. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker introducing Mark
W. Delahay of Kansas as a "member of Congress elect from the
state of Kansas."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 287 | | 26 Mar. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him "to
press the admission of Kansas at once with her
present Constitution."
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, pp.
178-179.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 288 | | 17 May 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker promising to
utter "the most thorough Phillipic ever [heard] in a legislative body."
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 179.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 289 | | 20 Aug. 1856 Letter from George Sumner (Newport, R.I.) to Theodore Parker describing his
brother Charles Sumner's recovery after the attack on him in the Senate.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 290 | | 28 Aug. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Cresson, Pa.) to Theodore Parker describing
Sumner's recovery from his injuries.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 291 | | 5 Oct. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker discussing the
moral character of Benjamin Franklin and the state of Sumner's own health.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 292 | | 30 Oct. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker citing a
reference to the character of Benjamin Franklin.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 293 | | 5 Nov. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
Sumner's convalescence.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 294 | | 14 Nov. 1856 Letter from Charles Sumner (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
Sumner's continuing convalescence.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 295 | | [17] Nov. 1857 Letter from Charles Sumner [Boston] to Theodore Parker asking him to
visit.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 295 | | 1 Mar. 1857 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complaining that
he is unable, because of his health, to speak in Congress.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 218.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 295 | | 19 Dec. 1857 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complaining that
he has not fully recovered from his injuries.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 296 | | 6 Mar. 1857 Letter from Charles Sumner (New York) to Theodore Parker defending the
conduct of Senator Henry Wilson.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 297 | | [1858] Letter from Charles Sumner to Theodore Parker stating Sumner's opposition to
a point raised by Parker in a previous letter.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 298 | | 1 Mar. 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker defending the
actions of Henry Wilson.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 298 | | 5 Mar. 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (New York) to Theodore Parker asking about the
political situation in Massachusetts.
|
| Vol. 10 | Page 299 | | 22 Mar. [1858] Letter from Charles Sumner (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker concerning the
legal status of "Slave-Hunters" in Massachusetts.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 300 | | 31 Mar. 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (New York) to Theodore Parker criticizing the
actions of Governor Banks of Massachusetts which seem to promote the interests
of "Slave-Hunters."
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| Vol. 10 | Page 301 | | 14 Apr. 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker complimenting him
on recent printed sermons and describing Sumner's own physical condition.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 302 | | 28 Apr. [1858] Letter from Charles Sumner (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker describing
Sumner's own ill health and discussing reasons why Spain might choose to
emancipate the slaves in Cuba.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 304 | | 6 May 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Philadelphia) to Theodore Parker describing
Sumner's recuperation.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 304 | | 12 May 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker giving legal
citations to support a point and explaining that Sumner is about to sail to
Europe to recover his health.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 306 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (New York) to Theodore Parker stating that Sumner
is about to depart for Europe to recover his health.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 308 | | 27 June 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Paris) to Theodore Parker describing Sumner's
medical treatment and telling Parker of literature in vogue in Europe.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. II, p. 195.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 309 | | 24 Nov. 1858 Letter from Charles Sumner (Paris) to Theodore Parker stating that Sumner is
pained to learn that Parker is not well and telling Parker that he must
conserve his strength.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 311 | | 11 Jan. 1859 Letter from Charles Sumner (Montpellier, France) to Theodore Parker
explaining that Sumner is attempting to locate information on the exact
position of the Methodist Church in regard to slavery for a Protestant
clergyman.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 313 | | 5 June 1859 Letter from Charles Sumner (Paris) to Theodore Parker telling of Sumner's
own convalescence in Europe and describing political and social conditions
there.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 317 | | 9 June 1859 Letter from Charles Sumner (Paris) to Theodore Parker recommending and
describing various hotels in Paris.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 319 | | 4 Aug. 1859 Letter from Charles Sumner (Havre, France) to Theodore Parker discussing
political events in Europe.
Enclosed with essay by Dr. W. F. Hayward, p.
322.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 322 | | 1859 Essay by [W. F. Hayward] (Paris) on the causes and treatment of diseases of
the lungs.
Enclosed with letter from Charles Sumner to Theodore
Parker, p. 319.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 324 | | 22 Aug. 1859 Letter from Charles Sumner (Havre, France) to Theodore Parker commenting on
political events in Italy and replying to gossip about his personal life with
gossip of his own.
Printed in part in Weiss, p. 336.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 327 | | 14 Dec. 1855 Letter from Charles Sumner (Washington) to Theodore Parker asking him to
meet with William H. Seward and accompany Seward to Plymouth.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 329 | | 22 Apr. 1852 Letter from Francis W. Newman (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of books and commenting on Parker's writings on pacifism.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 331 | | 8 July 1852 Letter from Francis W. Newman (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
some printed sermons and telling of the impressions of visitors to America of
the abolitionist movement.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 334 | | 11 Apr. 1853 Letter from Francis W. Newman (London) to Theodore Parker warning him that
he must not abuse the privileged position he enjoys in the pulpit by lending
its moral weight to his arguments.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 336.5 | | [8 May 1855] Letter from Francis W. Newman [London] to Theodore Parker written on the
margins of a broadside describing the organization of "Secularists" in
England.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 337 | | 23 May 1857 Letter from Francis W. Newman (London) to Theodore Parker discussing recent
political events in America and Europe and commenting on religious reform and
the rise of liberal religion.
|
| Vol. 10 | Page 341 | | 20 Mar. 1858 Letter from Francis W. Newman (London) to Theodore Parker explaining
Newman's reasons for writing Theism, Doctrinal and
Practical.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 344 | | 29 Aug. 1855 Letter from William Whewell (Cambridge, England) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for copies of his printed sermons and stating Whewell's support for the
anti-slavery cause.
|
| Vol. 10 | Page 347 | | 10 Mar. 1849 Letter from Peter Robertson (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for the comfort Robertson has found through Parker's writings and
describing the publication, in a cheap form, of Parker's writings in
Scotland.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 350 | | 26 July 1849 Letter from Peter Robertson (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a letter and printed sermons and describing Robertson's own
religious conversion.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 354 | | 28 July 1855 Letter from Peter Robertson (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Theodore Parker
describing the state of liberal religion in Scotland.
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| Vol. 10 | Page 357 | | 27 June 1856 Letter from Peter Robertson (Stonehaven, Scotland) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for a parcel of books.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 1 | | 3 Feb. 1851 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker acknowledging
receipt of a petition from Canaan for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 1 | | 15 Jan. 1852 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a letter and the high opinion of Seward that Parker expressed in it.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 2 | | 12 May 1852 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his "late Discourse."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 3 | | 10 Aug. 1852 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker agreeing that
the anti-slavery movement must be looked on as a moral as well as a political
campaign and telling Parker that the "anti-slavery men" must save their
invective for their opponents instead of arguing among themselves.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 4 | | 10 Nov. 1852 Letter from William H. Seward (Auburn, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking for a
copy of Parker's sermon on the death of Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 5 | | 27 Dec. 1852 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker analyzing the
character and career of Daniel Webster.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 7 | | 3 Jan. 1853 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker expressing his
willingness to cooperate with Parker concerning "India affairs."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 7 | | 23 Mar. [1853] Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker giving
Seward's personal opinion of Daniel Webster's life and career.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 8 | | 11 Oct. 1853 Letter from William H. Seward (Auburn, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker expressing
his hope to meet Parker and his opinion that they share the same beliefs
although their actions are not always in agreement.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 9 | | 12 Mar. 1854 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his "free outspoken speech."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 9 | | 14 Apr. 1854 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him
how much they agree on the matter of the anti-slavery movement.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 9 | | 21 Apr. 1854 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his "Sermon on Old Age."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 11 | | 23 June 1854 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker crediting
Parker for material Seward borrowed for a speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill
and suggesting that the anti-slavery forces should work at the state rather
than the national level.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 13 | | 4 Dec. 1854 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker stating
Seward's belief that Parker's "persecution" will demonstrate that the Fugitive
Slave Law is unconstitutional.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 14 | | 12 Mar. 1855 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a letter of congratulations.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 15 | | 4 Sep. 1855 Letter from William H. Seward (Goshen, [N.Y.]) to Theodore Parker telling of
Seward's personal financial affairs and giving his opinion of the judicial
system of the British Isles.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 17 | | 31 Dec. 1855 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing
Seward's visit to Massachusetts and his meeting with Parker and Wendell
Phillips and telling Parker that he has dedicated his life to the anti-slavery
cause.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 20 | | 8 Jan. 1858 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for various books and explaining that Seward is unable to deliver a discourse
on the life of George Washington before the Mercantile Library Association in
Boston.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 21 | | 11 Mar. 1858 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his support in various political controversies.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 22 | | 26 Mar. 1858 Letter from William H. Seward (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his speech on "the Present Aspect of Slavery."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 23 | | 28 June 1858 Letter from William H. Seward [Auburn, N.Y.] to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a copy of a speech by Parker on the anti-slavery movement, which he
analyzes.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 25 | | 12 July 1858 Letter from William H. Seward (Auburn, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker describing
his plan to speak out in the next session of Congress against the
"surreptitious slave trade."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 26 | | 19 Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Seward (Auburn, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker describing
the activities of the Republicans and Know-Nothings (American Party) and
Seward's abortive effort to campaign on behalf of Charles Francis Adams.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 29 | | 12 Feb. 1858 Letter from Edmund John Senkler (Brockville, Canada) to Theodore Parker
thanking him for the comfort he has found in Parker's writings and pointing out
a number of errors of transcription and translation in Parker's works.
Enclosed with transcription of extract from Bernardus
Varenius, p. 35.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 35 | | 12 Feb. 1858 Extract from Bernardus Varenius's Descriptio Regni
Japoniae et Siam, Cambridge, 1673.
Enclosed with letter from Edmund John Senkler to
Theodore Parker, p. 29.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 42 | | 6 Apr. 1858 Letter from Edmund John Senkler (Brockville, Canada) to Theodore Parker
telling him of Senkler's educational and clerical duties in England and his
religious awakening and "caviling" at several points raised in Parker's
theological writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 58 | | 22 May 1858 Letter from Edmund John Senkler (Brockville, Canada) to Theodore Parker
describing a planned visit to Boston, apologizing for his past criticisms of
Parker's writings, and agreeing with Parker's views on inexplicable passages in
the Bible.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 67 | | [14 June] 1858 Letter from Edmund John Senkler [Boston] to Theodore Parker thanking him for
a sermon and inviting him to visit Senkler at his home in Canada.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 68 | | 27 Nov. 1858 Letter from Edmund John Senkler (Brockville, Canada) to Theodore Parker
expressing his concern about reports of Parker's ill health and his regret at
not having met Parker on a visit to Boston and discussing points raised by
Matthew Tindal's Christianity as Old as the
Creation.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 76 | | 5 June 1859 Letter from Edmund John Senkler (Brockville, Canada) to Theodore Parker
expressing his happiness at hearing that Parker is in good spirits despite his
poor health.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 80 | | 18 Sep. 1844 Letter from Horace Mann (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for his
support.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 81 | | 24 Dec. 1844 Letter from Horace Mann (Boston) to Theodore Parker referring to two
articles in the North American Review on the
history of the common school system.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 82 | | 17 Jan. 1848 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker giving an
account of Mann's relationship with the Board of Education from 1837 onward,
describing the dispute over religious education in the schools and the
political controversy that surrounded the founding of the board, and giving
citations for where information on these controversies can be found.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 89 | | 22 May 1847 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Mann's happiness to meet "the friends of true conservative reform" at Parker's
house if the meetings of the Board of Education permit it.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 90 | | 3 Nov. 1849 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker advising him
to approach Charles Hudson for the answer to a question.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 90 | | 25 Sep. 1851 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking for
Parker's assistance in determining the author of a Latin quotation and
inquiring about how to locate "pagan" writers in favor of the "higher law."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 92 | | 10 Aug. 1852 Letter from Horace Mann (Washington) to Theodore Parker giving reasons why
Parker should support the candidacy of Winfield Scott and lamenting the death
of Robert Rantoul.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 95 | | 29 Sep. 1852 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker introducing
the Rev. Dr. Nevin of Cleveland.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 95 | | 16 Oct. 1852 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to return a copy of the Anti-Slavery
Standard.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 96 | | 20 Oct. 1852 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker sending
newspaper correspondence concerning a letter Mann sent to a "colored
convention" at Cincinnati and asking Parker to do what he can to see that this
correspondence is not reprinted in the
Liberator.
Enclosed with newspaper clippings.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 97 | | 7-19 Jan. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
copies of his sermons and books he ordered for Mann.
Enclosed with letter from E. Crosby to Horace Mann, p.
98.
Another copy of 19 Jan. 1853 letter in the Horace Mann
papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 98 | | 5 Jan. 1853 Letter from E. Crosby (North Adams, Mich.), a poor minister, to Horace Mann
asking for assistance in obtaining books so that Crosby can study Greek.
Enclosed with letter from Horace Mann to Theodore
Parker, p. 97.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 100 | | 22 Feb. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (Washington) to Theodore Parker asking him to have
his reply to Wendell Phillips's attack on Mann printed in the
Liberator.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 101 | | 28 Feb. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling Parker not
to support him in a dispute with Wendell Phillips if he believes Phillips's
charges to be true and describing the cabinet of Franklin Pierce as having "a
kind of Mississippi repudiating aspect."
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 103 | | 9 Mar. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (New York) to Theodore Parker asking him to correct
the proofs of a letter Mann is sending to the Liberator.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 104 | | 15 Mar. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
Mann's dislike for Wendell Phillips in emphatic terms and describing the three
trials of Daniel Drayton and Edward Sayres.
Other copies in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 107 | | 15 Apr. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker explaining
Mann's feeling that he must reply again to Wendell Phillips and that he will
meet Phillips but refuses to dine with him.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 108 | | 18 Apr. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker apologizing
for the unpleasantness that his dispute with Parker's friends has caused.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 109 | | 21 May 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker authorizing
him to read a letter by Mann at the office of the Liberator.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 109 | | 28 Oct. 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker asking him
to let him have the choice of two dates to lecture in Cleveland.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 110 | | 31 May 1853 Letter from Horace Mann (West Newton, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to "run his eyes over" Mann's Lectures on Women
and to verify a citation from Aristophanes.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 112 | | 1 Jan. [1854] Letter from Horace Mann (Newark, Ohio) to Theodore Parker describing Mann's
loneliness now that he is separated from his Boston friends and his work as
president of Antioch College.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 115 | | 30 May 1854 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for copies of his sermons and stating Mann's belief that the organized
anti-slavery movement should act rather than spending time talking.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 117 | | 19 Sep. 1854 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker describing
travel arrangements for Parker's proposed visit and lecture.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 118 | | 1 July 1854 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker asking him
to lecture at Antioch during the ensuing lecture "season."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 120 | | 24 Dec. 1855 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker
recommending Parker to the Bible Union, who propose to publish a new
translation of the Scriptures.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 121 | | 5 Feb. 1856 Letter from Horace Mann (Buffalo) to Theodore Parker describing efforts to
relieve the debts of Antioch College.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 124 | | 16 June 1856 Letter from Horace Mann (Yellow Springs, Ohio) to Theodore Parker inviting
him on a journey to the Great Lakes.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 125 | | 1 Mar. 1858 Letter from Horace Mann to Theodore Parker introducing the Reverend Austin
Craig.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 126 | | [1852] Letter from Horace Mann to Theodore Parker asking for a confidential
interview.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 126 | | [1855] Letter from Horace Mann to Theodore Parker asking him to correct a "sketch"
that Mann has written.
Another copy in the Horace Mann papers.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 129 | | 1 Dec. 1858 Letter from Nehemiah Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to cite a
quotation from his writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 129 | | [2 Dec. 1858] Letter from Nehemiah Adams [Boston] to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
citation from his writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 130 | | 11 Dec. 1858 Letter from Nehemiah Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him again
for the use of a quotation from his writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 131 | | 24 Mar. 1853 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving Adams's
opinion of Daniel Webster and telling Parker that he was never able to support
Webster for political office because of Webster's "moral deficiencies."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 133 | | 6 Feb. 1854 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker stating that
Adams is unable to recall where some stanzas to which Parker referred are
printed.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 134 | | 4 June 1854 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Quincy, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
that Adams does not believe a convention will arouse support for the
anti-slavery movement.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 136 | | 23 Feb. 1856 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him
that Adams cannot convene a meeting in Boston concerning the situation in
Kansas and that "the slave question is getting above the reach of
conventions."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 137 | | 2 Oct. 1856 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Quincy, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
discussing the character of Benjamin Franklin.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 139 | | 12 Nov. 1858 Letter from Charles Francis Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing the
responsibilities he thinks will go with his election to Congress.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 141 | | 28 Feb. 1855 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
sermon and stating his anti-slavery position.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, p. 210.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 141 | | 23 July 1855 Letter from Henry Wilson (Natick, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing the
status of the anti-slavery movement in America and describing Wilson's
activities in Congress on its behalf, including his determination to dissolve
the American Party if it retreats on the anti-slavery issue.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 211-212.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 145 | | 30 Apr. 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker asking for his
comparison of the North and South in a recent lecture.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 145 | | 25 May 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing the
attack on Charles Sumner and the political climate in Washington.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 148 | | 26 May 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing the
physical condition of Charles Sumner and steps being taken to prevent further
assaults on anti-slavery men.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 149 | | 21 June 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
sermon and describing Anson Burlingame acceptance of a duel with Preston
Brooks.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 150 | | 27 June 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him of a
pledge that Wilson must redeem.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 151 | | 21 July 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker concerning the
$200.00 that Parker owes Wilson to redeem part of a pledge.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 152 | | 5 Dec. 1856 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker commenting on the
policy of granting aid to Kansas and arguing that Massachusetts should follow
the example of Vermont and aid Kansas.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 153 | | 14 Mar. 1857 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker clarifying Wilson's
position on slavery, arguing that slavery may only be overthrown if it will
save the country, and stating his belief that the anti-slavery movement is seen
as "disunionist," which led to the defeat of the Republicans in 1856.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 157 | | 28 Feb. 1858 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker defending the
character and conduct of Stephen A. Douglas and the actions of the anti-slavery
men in Congress since the attack on Charles Sumner.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 160 | | 31 May 1858 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker defending the
character and conduct of Josiah James Evans of South Carolina.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 162 | | 5 June 1858 Letter from Henry Wilson (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing the
expansionist plans of the "slave power" and the cause of the dispute with
England.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 162 | | 27 Feb. 1847 Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock (ship Massachusetts [off Vera Cruz]) to Theodore Parker
discussing Lt. Col. Hitchcock's philosophical and religious writings and
beliefs and his views of the "abominable war" with Mexico and the preparations
for the landing of the American army at Vera Cruz under Maj. Gen. Winfield
Scott.
Enclosed with U.S. Army general orders, nos. 19-20, p.
170.5.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 170 | | 2 Apr. 1855 Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.) to Theodore
Parker sending him a letter explaining a pamphlet Hitchcock has had published
which reveals that alchemists were, in fact, a secret pantheistic society.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 170.5 | | 18-19 Feb. 1847 U.S. Army general orders, nos. 19-20, signed by Winfield Scott and Henry Lee
Scott. [broadsides]
Enclosed with letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to
Theodore Parker, p. 162.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 173 | | 6 Nov. 1846 Letter from William H. Fish (Hopedale, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking for
his advice on a course of study of the German language.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 174 | | 2 Dec. 1853 Letter from William H. Fish (Hopedale, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking his
permission to respond to an attack on Parker in the Practical Christian and cautioning Parker not to let
"intense and rather hyperbolical expressions" mar his writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 177 | | 25 Dec. 1853 Letter from William H. Fish (Hopedale, Mass.) to Theodore Parker commenting
on Parker's lecture on the "function of the beautiful."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 179 | | 24 July 1854 Letter from William H. Fish (Hopedale, Mass.) to Theodore Parker inviting
him to speak at a "First of August Celebration" of the anti-slavery movement
and discuss other plans.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 180 | | 18 Dec. 1854 Letter from William H. Fish (Hopedale, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to answer a theological question for a friend and telling him that Rev.
Antoinette Louisa Brown [Blackwell] is visiting Massachusetts and asks if
Parker wants her to preach to his congregation.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 182 | | 29 Sep. 1855 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker telling him
of the popularity of his writings in central New York.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 184 | | 4 Nov. 1855 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker telling him
that his writings have wide influence in central New York and that he should
visit that area on his next lecture tour.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 188 | | 22 Nov. 1855 Letter from William H. Fish (Syracuse, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker describing
Fish's "missionary" work in central New York and the wide influence of Parker's
writings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 193 | | 12 Mar. 1856 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking him to
send additional copies of his writings to distribute in central New York.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 198 | | 22 June 1856 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker describing
Fish's congregation and details of Parker's upcoming lecture tour.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 201 | | 30 June 1856 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking him to
send copies of all his printed discourses and describing travel arrangements
for his lecture tour.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 203 | | 11 Aug. 1856 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking him to
lecture on behalf of an association in Cortland, New York.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 206 | | 5 Sep. 1856 Letter from William H. Fish (MacLean, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for copies of his sermons and a translation of De Wette.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 208 | | 3 Mar. 1857 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker making final
arrangements for a series of lectures that Parker is to deliver and describing
the reception given to other "radical" speakers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Wendell Phillips.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 212 | | 17 Mar. 1857 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Fish's regret that Parker's ill health will not allow him to lecture in
Cortland.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 214 | | 21 July 1857 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker sending
payment for books and expressing concern about Parker's health.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 216 | | 22 Sep. 1857 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking to
engage Parker for a series of lectures if his health will permit it.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 218 | | 28 Mar. 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking if
Parker is recovered from his illness after reading newspaper reports that have
left Fish in some doubt.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 223 | | 19 Apr. 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking for
copies of several sermons, giving some criticisms of points raised in them, and
suggesting that Parker write sermons on a monthly basis for subscribers in
other parts of the country.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 226 | | 27 Apr. 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for a just rebuke and defending the "Spiritualists" against Parker's recent
attacks.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 230 | | 7 July 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to procure the books on an enclosed list and warning Parker not to overwork
himself.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 233 | | 24 July 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for books he sent, enclosing payment, and commenting that the American
Unitarian Association will not assist anyone "tainted" with "Parkerism."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 236 | | 6 Nov. 1858 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Fish's concern at newspaper reports of Parker's health.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 242 | | 26 Jan. 1859 Letter from William H. Fish (Toledo, Ohio) to Theodore Parker stating that
Fish has continued to watch for reports of Parker's health in the
Tribune and describing his visit to Ohio.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 242 | | 1 Nov. 1859 Letter from William H. Fish (Cortland, N.Y.) to Theodore Parker giving a
summary of Parker's career and his wide influence, describing John Brown's "act
of daring and heroism," and analyzing the growth of Unitarianism and liberal
religion.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 252 | | [June 1854] Letter from Charles Lowell [Cambridge] to Theodore Parker describing
Lowell's public opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law during the Shadrach escape
episode.
Another copy in Volume 8, p. 355.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 253 | | 23 June 1854 Letter from Charles Lowell (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for his support of Lowell's public opposition to slavery and explaining, in
an addendum, the controversy over the seating of "our colored
fellow-worshippers" in West Church.
Another copy in Volume 8, p. 353.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 254.5 | | 22 June 1854 Copy of letter from [Charles Lowell] (Cambridge, Mass.) to the parishioners
of West Church in regard to contributions and the bad treatment of their
"colored fellow worshippers."
Enclosed with letter from Charles Lowell to Theodore
Parker, p. 253.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 256 | | [29 June 1854] Letter from Charles Lowell (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker defending
members of Lowell's parish whom Parker accused of having pro-slavery beliefs
and quoting a letter from Lowell's son Robert Traill Spence Lowell, an
Episcopal minister in Newark who opposes slavery and advocates the admission of
blacks to his church.
Enclosed with letter from Charles Lowell to the
committee respecting a convention of the clergy, p. 258.5.
Another copy in Volume 8, p. 352.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 258.5 | | 29 June 1854 Autograph letter from Charles Lowell (Cambridge, Mass.) to the committee
respecting a convention of the clergy arguing against a convention.
[signed]
Enclosed with letter from Charles Lowell to Theodore
Parker, p. 256.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 260 | | 29 June [184-] Letter from George Bancroft (West Roxbury, Mass.), at Brook Farm, to
Theodore Parker asking if a book Bancroft has received from Germany is for
Parker.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 260 | | 25 Mar. 1845 Letter from George Bancroft to Theodore Parker asking him to return books
from Bancroft's library.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 260 | | 18 Sep. 1846 Letter from George Bancroft (Washington) to Theodore Parker telling him that
he was not offended by a letter from Parker that arrived at a moment of
personal sorrow.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 262 | | 2 Nov. 1849 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker telling him of
Bancroft's efforts on behalf of "free Navigation."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 262 | | 14 Feb. 1850 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker discussing the
rate of tenancy in England.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 263 | | 16 Feb. 1850 Letter from George Bancroft [New York] to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
pamphlet and citing an authority on land ownership in England.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 264 | | 3 Mar. 1852 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker describing
Bancroft's plans to write a history of the American Revolution.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 264 | | 20 Dec. 1853 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker describing a
lecture by Walter Murray Gibson before the Geographical Society.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 266 | | 15 Nov. 1854 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker describing life in
New York City and Bancroft's plans to complete the historical project he has
undertaken.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 268 | | 12 Mar. 1858 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker asking for sources
of information about black troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 268 | | 21 Apr. 1858 Letter from George Bancroft (New York) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
information about black troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill and commenting on
General George Washington's views on black troops.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 270 | | 3 Oct. 1847 Letter from James Martineau (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker telling him that
he finds "traces every where of the widening influence of [Parker's] book."
Another copy in Volume 13, p. 70.5.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 271 | | 17 May 1858 Letter from James Martineau (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker introducing Mr.
William Robson of Warrington.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 271 | | 19 July 1859 Letter from James Martineau (Braemar, Scotland) to Theodore Parker
introducing Mr. Edmund Blythe, a London lawyer.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 272 | | 27 Apr. 1852 Letter from James Martineau (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker introducing Mr.
Henry Bright and encouraging Parker to undertake his proposed history of
religion "within the limits of the Caucasian race."
Another copy in Volume 9, p. 13.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 275 | | 21 May 1854 Letter from James T. Dickinson (Middlefield, Conn.) to Theodore Parker
sending him an extract from a Congregational clergyman's diary that praises
Parker and the liberal religious movement.
Printed in Weiss, vol. I, pp. 453-454.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 275 | | 15 Apr. 1841 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker raising a
question about a discourse Parker preached in Dorchester and giving her views
on the life and teachings of Christ.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 282 | | 30 Apr. 1841 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a letter and a sermon, describing how she has dedicated her life to
doing good works, and expressing her wish to read the Dial and find out about transcendentalism.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 287 | | 5 June 1841 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling him
that she "rejoices in the clear views [Parker] possesses of God and
his Truth."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 291 | | 30 July 1841 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing
her desire to visit him and ask him a number of theological questions.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 294 | | 19 Sep. 1841 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing
her own religious views and her happiness that she will have the opportunity to
hear him speak at the Dorchester Lyceum.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 299 | | 15 June 1842 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling him
that she has "learned with pain" that he has returned from his journey without
recovering his health.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 303 | | 9 Apr. 1843 Letter from Patience Ford (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker declaring
that "Heaven is now [her] home."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 306 | | 1 Sep. 1844 Letter from Patience Ford (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing her
happiness that Parker is returning to Boston and her deep spiritual
feelings.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 309 | | 22 Sep. 1844 Letter from Patience Ford (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing the
difficulty of traveling the "new and untrodden path" of liberal religious
faith.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 312 | | 25 Jan. 1845 Letter from Patience Ford (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing "a
multiplicity of thoughts and feelings."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 314 | | 29 Apr. 1845 Letter from Patience Ford (Dover) to Theodore Parker expressing her shock
and disappointment at Orestes Brownson's written attacks on Parker and
"Parkerism."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 318 | | 9 Nov. 1845 Letter from Patience Ford (Dover) to Theodore Parker telling him of the
death of her mother.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 322 | | 1 July 1847 Letter from Patience Ford (Dover) to Theodore Parker stating her fear that
her religious beliefs will separate her from those she holds "most dear."
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| Vol. 11 | Page 323 | | 13 July 1847 Letter from Patience Ford (Dover) to Theodore Parker thanking him for the
"proofs of friendship" that his letters to her
show.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 325 | | 14 Oct. 1851 Letter from Patience Ford (Dover) to Theodore Parker telling him that,
through his help and by an "inward" search, she has been able to find God.
Printed in part in Weiss, vol. I, pp.
451-452.
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| Vol. 11 | Page 330.5 | | [1850] Notes for address on education at Lexington by Theodore Parker.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 1 | | 29 Jan. 1845 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker inviting him to
appear before a committee of the Boston Association of Ministers.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 2 | | 1 Feb. 1845 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker expressing
Gannett's regret at not having met with Parker and planning a later date for
the meeting.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 3 | | 17 Feb. 1845 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker explaining the
actions taken by the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches in the case of John
Turner Sargent.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 4 | | 18 Dec. 1846 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker denying writing
a review of Parker's sermon on the "Perishing Classes" which appeared in the
Christian Register and giving criticisms of that
sermon.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 6 | | 15 July [1852] Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to
forward a parcel.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 6.5 | | 19 Dec. 1846 Copy of letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to Ezra S. Gannett
expressing Parker's pleasure at learning that Gannett did not write a criticism
of him that appeared in the Christian Register
and describing the duty he feels to make his religious beliefs, no matter how
unpalatable, known.
Printed in part in Gannett, pp. 235-236.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 7 | | 9 Nov. [1853] Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing
sources of charitable relief available to the family of a deceased
clergyman.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 8 | | 3 Dec. [1853] Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker concerning a
subscription for an annuity for the widow and children of Reverend White.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 9 | | 11 May [1854] Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker giving the
membership of the "committee on appropriations" of the Massachusetts
Congregational Charitable Society.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 10 | | 4 Jan. [n.d.] Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of a sermon.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 10.5 | | 29 Jan. 1845 Letter from Chandler Robbins [Boston] to Theodore Parker telling him of a
secret meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers which appointed a
committee to consider their "relations" with Parker.
Another copy in Volume 12, p. 11.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 11 | | 25 Oct. 1845 Letter from Chandler Robbins (Boston) to Theodore Parker discussing the
agenda of the next meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 11 | | 29 Jan. 1845 Letter from Chandler Robbins [Boston] to Theodore Parker telling him of a
secret meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers to consider their
"relations" with Parker.
Another copy in Volume 12, p. 10.5.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 14 | | 25 Jan. 1842 Letter from Chandler Robbins [Boston] to Theodore Parker expressing
Robbins's regret at "any wound" his frank statements at a meeting of the Boston
Association of Ministers may have caused and begging Parker to reconsider the
position he has taken on a number of religious questions.
Original letter in Volume 14, p. 61.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 17 | | 15 Feb. 1843 Letter from Chandler Robbins (Boston) to Theodore Parker sending him the
minutes of the 28 Nov. 1842 meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers.
Original letter in Volume 14, p. 63.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 18 | | [4 Mar. 1846] Letter from Chandler Robbins [Boston] to Theodore Parker telling him why the
Boston Association of Ministers has given back the management of the Thursday
lecture "into the hands of the Minister of the First Church."
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| Vol. 12 | Page 19 | | 10 Sep. 1855 Letter from Chandler Robbins (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
the gift of five sermons and a kind note.
Another copy in Volume 4, p. 175.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 24 | | 15 Apr. 1843 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (New York) to Theodore Parker discussing
William Ellery Channing's disbelief in the "pre-existence of Christ" and
claiming that Parker has impeached Gannett's character in his writings.
Original letter in Volume 15, p. 4.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 28 | | 7 Jan. 1845 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to
attend a meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers to discuss his doctrine
which they "deplore."
Original letter in Volume 15, p. 8.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 30 | | 22 Mar. 1845 Letter from John Pierpont (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him of
Pierpont's dispute with the proprietors of the Hollis Street Church.
Original letter in Volume 15, p. 9.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 33 | | 25 Mar. 1845 Letter from Francis Parkman (Boston) to Theodore Parker complaining that he
has misquoted Parkman in a letter addressed to the Boston Association of
Ministers.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 35 | | 31 Mar. 1845 Letter from Francis Parkman [Boston] to Theodore Parker repeating Parkman's
complaint that Parker has "confounded" two conversations they had.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 36 | | 26 Dec. 1845 Letter from Francis Parkman (Boston) to Theodore Parker citing the
Massachusetts Annual Register to give Parker the
number of Congregational and Unitarian churches in Boston.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 38 | | 19 June 1843 Letter from George Putnam (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker apologizing
for his past statements that Parker was "off Christian ground" and did not
belong in a Christian pulpit.
Original letter in Volume 14, p. 67.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 43 | | 22 May 1847 Letter from George Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker sending copies of two
letters concerning the statue of Parker as a Unitarian minister.
Enclosed with letters from F. Alger to George Adams,
pp. 43 and 45.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 43 | | 24 Apr. 1847 Letter from [F. Alger] [Boston] to George Adams telling him the name of the
Irish Protestant Society and commenting on Theodore Parker's claim to be a
Unitarian minister.
Enclosed with letter from George Adams to Theodore
Parker, p. 43, and letter from F. Alger to George Adams, p. 45.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 45 | | 28 Apr. 1847 Letter from [F. Alger] (Boston) to George Adams emphasizing the dispute
between Theodore Parker and the other Unitarian ministers of Boston.
Enclosed with letter from George Adams to Theodore
Parker, p. 43, and letter from F. Alger to George Adams, p. 43.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 46 | | 28 Jan. 1858 Letter from George Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker expressing Adams's
regret that "Unitarian" was omitted from Parker's title in editions of the
Boston Directory, the Boston Almanac, and the State
Register.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 47 | | 10 Sep. 1853 Letter from George Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker proposing to go ahead
with Adams's contemplated Religions...of the
World, asking Parker to prepare a chapter on paganism, and giving him
an outline.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 50 | | 24 Sep. 1855 Letter from George R. Noyes (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker forwarding
a manuscript of a letter from [Andrews] Norton to the Boston Daily Advertiser "relating to the matter of
Attorney General [James Trecothick] Austin and the Christian Examiner."
Enclosed with copy of letter from [Andrews] Norton to
the Boston Daily Advertiser, p. 51.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 51 | | [1834] Copy of letter from [Andrews] Norton [Boston] to the Boston Daily Advertiser defending Attorney General
James Trecothick Austin against the same charge of blasphemy he brought against
Abner Kneeland.
Enclosed with letter from George R. Noyes to Theodore
Parker, p. 50.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 57 | | 16 Dec. 1847 Letter from William Fitzgerald (Clontarf, Ireland) to Theodore Parker
questioning translations made by Parker.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 60 | | 19 June 1843 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Brookline) to Theodore Parker telling him
that he "ought" to publish his sermons.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 62 | | Undated Letter from William P. Atkinson to Theodore Parker inviting him to share a
house in Brattleboro, Vt., for the summer.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 62 | | 15 May 1847 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Brattleboro, Vt.) to Theodore Parker
telling him that a summer in Vermont would be good for his health.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 64 | | 8 Feb. 1848 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Brattleboro, Vt.) to Theodore Parker
expressing Atkinson's wish to find a farmer who will exchange room and board
for lessons for his children.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 67 | | 25 Feb. 1848 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Brattleboro, Vt.) to Theodore Parker
describing Atkinson's plans to move to the Boston area and seek employment in
the city.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 70 | | 10 Aug. 1848 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him of
Atkinson's future plans.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 71 | | 13 Aug. 1851 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Brattleboro, Vt.) to Theodore Parker
telling him of Atkinson's plans for a lecture on education.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 73 | | 27 June [185-] Letter from William P. Atkinson to Theodore Parker complaining that Atkinson
cannot decipher Parker's handwriting and asking Parker to order books for his
brother George Atkinson.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 74 | | 5-7 Feb. 1860 Letter from William P. Atkinson (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
describing Atkinson's school and events in his life, inquiring about life in
Rome, and describing social life in Cambridge and activities at Harvard, with
addendum dated 7 Feb. 1860.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 83 | | 24 Jan. 1851 Letter from William Craft (Dundee, [Canada]) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for his assistance and stating that Craft does not wish, however, to have his
family's freedom purchased, for to do so would be "by recognizing us as
property."
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| Vol. 12 | Page 84 | | 13 Mar. 1860 Letter from Aaron Sargent (Boston) to Theodore Parker recalling Sargent's
interviews with Parker and describing the influence that Parker's sermons and
writings have had on him.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 88 | | 19 Mar. 1836 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker replying
to a request from Parker's class at Harvard Divinity School.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 89 | | 23 July 1836 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
that Francis has "not the slightest doubt" that Parker will succeed in his
public duties.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 89 | | 7 May 1838 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to submit a memoir of his ancestor Captain John Parker for the Massachusetts
Historical Society Collections.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 89 | | 18 Aug. 1836 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to write a dedication hymn for Francis's new church.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 92 | | 25 Dec. 1838 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
a theory of the origin of the Latin language and criticizing the appointment of
Charles Brooks to the professorship of natural history at the University of the
City of New York.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 96 | | 14 Jan. 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker arranging
an exchange of pulpits and commenting on a review of Ralph Waldo Emerson's
Cambridge address.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 97 | | 21 Jan. 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a compliment and discussing a "vexed" Biblical passage and classical
literature.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 102 | | 6 Mar. 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the fallibility of the Bible and questioning Parker's interpretation of the
story of Abraham and Isaac.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 108 | | 24 May 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
Francis's belief that the myths contained in the New Testament "symbolize" the
truth and describing a meeting with George Ripley and Bronson Alcott and a
visit to Washington Allston.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 113 | | 25 Oct. 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him Francis will come and visit him.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 115 | | 26 Dec. 1839 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the "Milesian Fables" and the hymns of the early Christian church.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 120 | | 28 Jan. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the origin of the Cupid and Psyche legend and the Resurrection.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 123 | | 4 Mar. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him Francis will try to place a school teacher Parker has recommended and
complaining about Parker's poor handwriting.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 126 | | 27 Mar. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Miss Hudson, recommended by Parker, will be employed as a teacher in
Watertown and describing an attack on Orestes Brownson in
Blackwood's Magazine.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 129 | | 4 Apr. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him the date Francis has chosen to bring Miss Mary Hudson.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 129 | | 9 June 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the origin of mysticism and confessing that the "metaphysics of matter" may be
beyond him.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 134 | | 22 June 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker arranging
to attend an ordination with Parker and commenting favorably on a pamphlet by
Levi Blodgett. [Levi Blodgett was a pseudonym for Theodore Parker.]
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| Vol. 12 | Page 136 | | 23 Nov. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him Francis approves of his actions and that he can cite no source to support
Parker's theory that the Lord's Supper was celebrated on days other than the
Sabbath.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 140 | | 7 Dec. 1840 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker comparing
Parker to John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness, comparing Hazael and
Elisha with Macbeth, and telling Parker of a review of Ranke's
History of the Popes.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 143 | | 18 Jan. 1841 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker praising
an article by Parker in the latest issue of the Dial and transcribing and sending a fragment by
Simonides of Ceos.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 146 | | 30 June 1841 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that his sermon on the "Transient and Permanent in Christianity" is the
best Francis has ever read.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 149 | | 9 Sep. 1841 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
Francis's belief, in regard to the history of religions, that religious
sentiment first manifests itself in monotheism and citing examples to support
this statement.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 153 | | 27 Sep. 1841 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the English poet Mark Akenside.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 155 | | 22 Mar. 1842 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker consoling
him and thanking him for a sermon.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 158 | | 13 May 1842 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
an exchange of pulpits.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 159 | | [May 1842] Letter from Convers Francis to Theodore Parker expressing Francis's desire
to delay an exchange of pulpits because of his relationship with the Harvard
Divinity School.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 161 | | 7 July 1842 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Francis is unable to furnish him with examples of bombastic rhetoric
and thanking him for "encouragement about the professorship" at Harvard
Divinity School.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 163 | | 2 Aug. 1842 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
the difficulties involved in moving.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 165 | | 19 Aug. 1842 Letter from Convers Francis (Watertown, Mass.) to Theodore Parker refusing
to break off his friendship with Parker because of any "danger" it might pose
to his position at the Harvard Divinity School.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 167 | | 22 Feb. 1843 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
the writings of Leonhard von Ultimo and Francis's cool reception in
Cambridge.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 172 | | 17 Apr. 1843 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for a portrait of "old Hornie" and joking about Parker being in league with
the devil.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 175 | | 30 Oct. 1843 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him of the death of Henry Ware, Jr. and a Unitarian convention in Providence,
describing the spirit of "Puseyism" in the Episcopal Church, and praising
Parker's translation of De Wette.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 182 | | 30 Dec. 1843 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him of the publication of various books, including William H. Prescott's
Conquest of Mexico; the enthusiasm for operatic
music in Boston; and the weakness of the Harvard Divinity School library.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 194 | | 31 Jan. 1844 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
disputes in the anti-slavery movement, the recent writings of Andrews Norton,
and a meeting of the Social Reform Society.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 199 | | 14 Apr.-12 May 1844 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him, in "journal" form, of the debate over the annexation of Texas,
intellectual life in Italy (as it is seen in America), Harvard College chapel
services, Orestes Brownson's Quarterly Review,
and the unveiling of Washington Allston's "Belshazzar's Feast."
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| Vol. 12 | Page 217 | | 26 Nov. 1845 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker citing
sources for the study of canon law and discussing a point raised in Biblical
commentary.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 221 | | 30 Dec. 1845 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker suggesting
several ministers for a post that Parker desires to fill.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 222 | | 4 Mar. 1846 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for arranging a loan for a Harvard Divinity School student.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 224 | | 10 Jan. 1845 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Francis plans to visit him on the following Monday.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 225 | | 29 Jan. 1845 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the history of Bibliolatry and Revelation.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 231 | | 21 Mar. 1845 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to visit.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 232 | | 5 Jan. 1846 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker agreeing
to preach in West Roxbury.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 232 | | 13 Jan. 1846 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
the "Serbonian bog" (Egypt) and Thomas Carlyle's Cromwell.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 236 | | 17 May 1847 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
that Francis will be unable to attend a meeting at Parker's house and asking
Parker if he is familiar with the Evangelium Spiritus
Sancti.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 238 | | 3 July 1849 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
recommending a number of books on Oriental religion and philosophy.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 241 | | 12 July 1849 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Francis's dissatisfaction with the students and the instruction at the Harvard
Divinity School.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 243 | | 10 Aug. 1849 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Francis has been unable to ascertain the origin of a Latin proverb for
Parker and that another question goes unanswered because he cannot read it.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 246 | | 5 July 1850 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker citing
several works dealing with the life of Mohammed.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 247 | | 25 Feb. 1851 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking his
opinion of a number of books and commenting on Edward Everett's assertion that
99 of 100 "Massachusetts people" support the Fugitive Slave Law.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 249 | | 3 Mar. 1852 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
mythology in the works of Milton and commenting on the life of Margaret
Fuller.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 252 | | 10 Oct. 1853 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
apologizing for not responding to a letter from Parker.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 252 | | 16 Nov. 1853 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker sending
him an extensive bibliography of works dealing with the life of Michael
Servetus.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 256 | | 19 Nov. 1853 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker sending
him additional information about Michael Servetus.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 258 | | 11 Nov. 1854 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker stating
that Francis is unable to decipher a Latin quotation Parker sent to him.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 262 | | 23 May 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
complaining that there is no one competent to write a history of
Christianity.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 265 | | 29 May 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Francis is disturbed by an article on Samuel Taylor Coleridge by
George E. Ellis in the Christian Examiner.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 267 | | 15 Aug. 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker agreeing
with Parker's praise for Levi W. Leonard.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 271 | | 22 Oct. 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
apologizing that he has not been able to answer several questions for
Parker.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 272 | | 30 Oct. 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
introducing a Mr. Chamberlain and asking Parker to loan him a book.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 273 | | 19 Dec. 1855 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker discussing
Thomas More's Utopia.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 276 | | 22 Feb. 1856 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker giving the
reasons why Francis declined Parker's request to dedicate a book to him.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 280 | | 24 Apr. 1856 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for books, but he already has them.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 280 | | 20 Feb. 1858 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
for help in answering a number of questions.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 282 | | 19 Apr. 1858 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that Francis cannot locate a biography of Sir Philip Sidney and complaining
about the poor state of American libraries.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 286 | | 2 Feb. 1859 Letter from Convers Francis (Cambridge, Mass.) to Theodore Parker bidding
farewell to Parker, who is about to depart for the West Indies.
Printed in Weiss, vol. II, pp. 265-266.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 289 | | 30 Aug. 1847 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Washington) to Theodore Parker defending
[William G.] Eliot's attempts to manumit slaves in the Washington, D.C.,
area.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 291 | | 22 May 1848 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing the
growing spirit of "disunion" in different sections of the country and how life
in Washington ameliorates some of this feeling.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 293 | | 25 Jan. 1848 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Washington) to Theodore Parker describing John
P. Hale's actions in Congress in regard to the Mexican War and the slave market
in Washington, D.C.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 294 | | 26 Jan. 1849 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Baltimore) to Theodore Parker describing
efforts to end the slave trade in Washington.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 296 | | 19 Nov. 1849 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Washington, D.C.) to Theodore Parker discussing
a theological dispute with Orestes A. Brownson.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 297 | | 14 Mar. 1850 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Washington) to Theodore Parker discussing the
ferocious spirit of the North and describing a plan to the import slaves into
California.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 299 | | 26 Apr. 1851 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Bangor, Me.) to Theodore Parker describing
Allen's views of the Fugitive Slave Law.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 300 | | 5 Dec. 1852 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Bangor, Me.) to Theodore Parker disagreeing
with Parker's appraisal of Daniel Webster and Orville Dewey.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 303 | | 17 Dec. 1852 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Bangor, Me.) to Theodore Parker expressing his
continued disagreement with Parker's appraisal of Daniel Webster and Orville
Dewey.
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| Vol. 12 | Page 307 | | 23 Jan. 1859 Letter from Joseph H. Allen (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
bidding farewell to Parker, who is about to depart for the West Indies.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 1 | | 17 Jan. [1854] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Windsor Castle, England) to Theodore Parker
expressing her enjoyment of and admiration for his works.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 3 | | 4 June [1854] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Buckingham Palace, England) to Theodore
Parker about Miss Amelia Matilda Murray, Woman of the Bedchamber, who will be
visiting America.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 6 | | 10 June [1854] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Buckingham Palace, England) to Theodore
Parker telling him that the Honorable Miss Murray, "one of the Queen's Ladies,"
plans to visit him when she arrives in America.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 7 | | 6 Oct. [1854] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Osborne, England) to Theodore Parker
concerning the growth of the democratic spirit in Europe and American
admiration for Louis Napoleon.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 12 | | 30 Dec. [1855] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Windsor Castle, England) to Theodore Parker
expressing her regret at the pro-slavery position Amelia Matilda Murray has
adopted upon her return from the United States.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 15 | | Undated Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Osborne, England), dresser of Queen Victoria,
to Theodore Parker about Skerrett's life in the West Indies and at court and
her love for animals.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 21 | | 20 Feb. [185-] Letter from Marianne Skerrett (Buckingham Palace, England) to Theodore
Parker asking if he is well.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 23 | | 15 Dec. 1856 Letter from L. D. Collet (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
parcel of books and asking what course the anti-slavery forces in America
propose to take after their defeat in the elections.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 27 | | 26 Oct. 1856 Letter from George Jacob Holyoake (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him
for the gift of a sermon and praising him for his anti-slavery work.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 28 | | 7 Jan. 1856 Letter from Robert Everest (London) to Theodore Parker inquiring about
statistical information for Massachusetts and New England.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 29 | | 24 Mar. 1856 Letter from Robert Everest (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for
certain statistical information and asking for more.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 30 | | 23 May 1856 Letter from Robert Everest (London) to Theodore Parker thanking him for some
statistical information and giving him a rough estimate of the cost of the
Crimean War.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 32 | | 7 Nov. 1856 Letter from Robert Everest (London) to Theodore Parker stating Everest's
belief that the struggle with the "Slave Power" in America is at a critical
stage.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 33 | | 13 Mar. 1858 Letter from Robert Everest (London) to Theodore Parker asking if the
"fights" witnessed in legislative bodies in America are traditional or if they
have been generated by the debate over slavery.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 35 | | 3 May 1847 Letter from John H. Thom (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker about contributing
to a "Prospective Review."
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| Vol. 13 | Page 37 | | 19 July 1849 Letter from John H. Thom (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker telling him of a
tour on the continent.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 39 | | 14 Apr. 1855 Letter from John H. Thom (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker expressing Thom's
hope that he and his colleagues will be able to work with Parker on liberal
religious projects.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 41 | | 10 Apr. 1851 Letter from John H. Thom (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker introducing a Mr.
Holt of Liverpool and his daughter.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 42 | | 25 July 1856 Letter from Rakhal Das Haldan (Calcutta) to Theodore Parker telling him that
Das Haldan has been much moved by Parker's works and the facts of his life as
detailed by the Unitarian missionary to India Charles H. A. Dall.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 44 | | 15 Dec. 1856 Letter from Rakhal Das Haldan (Calcutta) to Theodore Parker telling him of a
"thoughtful" religious sect founded by Rammohum Roy.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 46 | | 11 July 1858 Letter from Rakhal Das Haldan (Jugguddul, Chandernagor, India) to Theodore
Parker describing the reception the works of Parker and Emerson have received
in India and Das Haldan's own views on the great rebellion there.
|
| Vol. 13 | Page 49 | | 13 Aug. 1847 Letter from Russell L. Carpenter (Bridgewater, [England]) to Theodore Parker
sending him a copy of a tract Carpenter wrote.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 49 | | 13 July 1852 Letter from Russell L. Carpenter (Birkenhead, England) to Theodore Parker
expressing Carpenter's disagreement with Parker concerning methods for
reform.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 52 | | 30 May 1859 Letter from Russell L. Carpenter (Halifax, England) to Theodore Parker
inviting him to visit while he is in England.
|
| Vol. 13 | Page 54 | | 14 Oct. 1851 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker asking for
information on "Common Schools" of New England.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 54 | | 10 Feb. 1852 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker sending him
a series of queries concerning reform schools.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 56 | | 29 Apr. 1852 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker describing
her research on juvenile delinquency.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 58 | | 10 Oct. 1853 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker
accompanying a pamphlet describing the treatment of juvenile delinquents.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 59 | | 15 Mar. 1859 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker sending
words of sympathy after hearing of his illness and expressing her hope that he
will visit her.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 61 | | 30 May 1859 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker expressing
her hope that he will visit Bristol.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 61 | | 3 June 1859 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker stating her
agreement with his views on life and death.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 62 | | 12 June 1859 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker expressing
her hope that she will be able to converse with him while he is in London.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 64 | | 24 Aug. 1859 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker wishing him
a happy birthday.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 65 | | 21 Dec. 1851 Letter from Mary Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Theodore Parker telling him
she is pleased to hear his health is improving and commenting on the
anticipated execution of John Brown.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 67 | | 27 Apr. 1843 Letter from Philip P. Carpenter (Bristol, England) to Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
about the life and character of Dr. Charles Follen and his many good works.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 70.5 | | 3 Oct. 1847 Letter from James Martineau (Liverpool) to Theodore Parker telling him that
he finds "traces every where of the widening influence of [Parker's] book."
Another copy in Volume 11, p. 270.
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| Vol. 13 | Page 70.5 | | 27 Jan. 1862 Autograph letter from Franklin B. Sanborn (Concord) to Lydia Parker denying
that he is collecting Theodore Parker's letters and claiming he is not
attempting to obstruct the work of John Weiss, who is collecting Parker's
letters for publication. [signed]
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| Vol. 13 | Page 70.5 | | 4 Jan. 1862 Letter from Lydia Cabot Parker (Boston) to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
complaining that Sanborn has been collecting correspondence from and to
Theodore Parker in her name but without her permission, telling Sanborn she has
appointed John Weiss to write a memoir of Parker, and asking Sanborn not to
interfere with Weiss's work.
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| Volume | Page | Contents |
| | IV. Original correspondence,
1837-1847
This series consists of both incoming and outgoing correspondence arranged
in rough chronological order. Items are listed individually in the order in
which they appear on the reels, and page numbers ending in ".5" indicate a
letter inserted between two pages or at the end of a volume. Letters are signed
originals except when indicated.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 1 | | 29 May 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to James Freeman Clarke
asking him to lay an enclosed letter before the "Christian Church Society under
[his] care." [copy]
Enclosed with letter from Theodore Parker to the
congregation of the Church of the Disciples, 29 May 1841.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 2 | | 29 May 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to the congregation of the
Church of the Disciples concerning the dissension caused by James Freeman
Clarke's offer to exchange pulpits with Parker. [copy]
Enclosed with letter from Theodore Parker to James
Freeman Clarke, 29 May 1841.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 4 | | 29 May 1841 Letter from James Freeman Clarke (Boston) to Theodore Parker stating that
Parker has an exaggerated view of the controversy he has aroused in Clarke's
church and attempting to explain the situation.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 6 | | 21 June 1841 Letter from Henry Colman (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him that Colman
has read one of his sermons with great pleasure.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 8 | | 21 June 1841 Letter from William Larned, Samuel E. Brackett, Charles L. Thayer, and
Charles Ellis (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to deliver a series of
five lectures in the Masonic Temple.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 10 | | [13 Dec. 1841] Letter from H. J. Brackett (Boston) to Theodore Parker about Brackett's use
of donations. [holograph]
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| Vol. 14 | Page 12 | | 10 Aug. 1841 Letter from [Charles L.] Thayer to Theodore Parker asking him to "frame such
an advertisement as may meet his wishes" for the series of lectures Parker is
to deliver in the Masonic Temple. [holograph]
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 14 | | 30 June 1841 Letter from Nathaniel Hall (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling
him that his beliefs cause dissension because they are misunderstood and that
no disagreement will ever disrupt their friendship.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 16 | | [7 July 1841] Letter from "C. D.," a "brother in Christian fraternity," to Theodore Parker
warning him not to be arrogant in his religious beliefs, which could be
mistaken. [holograph]
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 20 | | 21 July 1841 Letter from Charles Robinson (Medfield) to Theodore Parker requesting to
delay their exchange until the following year, with annotations by Parker
explaining when and how he received the letter.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 22 | | 26 Aug. [1841] Letter from Charles Robinson (Peterboro, N.H.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the gift of some pamphlets and for the services he performed in
Robinson's pulpit on the previous Sunday.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 23 | | 29 June 1841 Letter from [Caleb] Stetson (Medford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker "demanding"
that they exchange pulpits so that Stetson can prove he is not intimidated.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 25 | | 21 Aug. 1841 Letter from "a Layman" [Charlestown, Mass.] to Theodore Parker in which a
"friend of Satan" writes to Parker in a sarcastic vein.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 27 | | 14 Oct. 1841 Letter from Nathaniel Hall (Dorchester, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking him
to release Hall from an agreement to exchange pulpits.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 29 | | 19 Sep. 1841 Letter from [Hiram] Withington (Dorchester) to Theodore Parker describing
Withington's plans to visit Parker and explaining that Withington is "thrown
back and chilled" when he meets many illustrious ministers.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 31 | | [15 Oct. 1841] Letter from an anonymous "Enquirer" [Boston] to Theodore Parker berating
Parker for his belief in "natural inspiration."
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| Vol. 14 | Page 33 | | 14 Mar. 1842 Letter from William Eddy (New Bedford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker enclosing
payment for a course of lectures delivered by Parker and explaining why the
audience wasn't larger.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 35 | | 11 June 1842 Letter from John G. Palfrey (Boston) to Theodore Parker thanking him for a
volume of his work, although Palfrey does not agree with his opinions.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 37 | | 3 June 1842 Letter from Benjamin Rodman (New Bedford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker thanking
him for the gift of some of his writings and inviting him to visit Rodman in
his new home.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 40 | | 4 Feb. 1842 Letter from Benjamin Rodman (New Bedford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker
informing him of the progress of plans for his lecture series in New
Bedford.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 42 | | 14 June 1842 Letter from William Eddy (New Bedford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing
efforts to counter Parker's spreading influence in the New Bedford area.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 44 | | 23 May 1842 Letter from George Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker expressing Adams's
admiration for and interest in Parker's writings and lectures on liberal
religion.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 46 | | 9 July 1842 Letter from C[aleb] Stetson (Medford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker telling him
of the "hue and cry" raised against Convers Francis and objections to Francis's
appointment at the Harvard Divinity School and arranging to meet with
Parker.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 48 | | 23 May 1842 Letter from G[ershom] B. Weston (Duxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker asking
him to exchange pulpits with the minister in Duxbury [Josiah Moore] and to send
Weston copies of his sermons to sell.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 50 | | 31 Aug. 1840 Letter from Andreas B. [Smolmisary?] (Boston) to Theodore Parker. [in
Latin]
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| Vol. 14 | Page 52 | | 20 June 1842 Letter from Isaac Lewis (Short Creek, Ohio) to Theodore Parker sending for a
pamphlet by Parker and asking the price of others.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 53 | | 22 Jan. 1843 Letter from Isaac Lewis (Short Creek, Ohio) to Theodore Parker telling him
of the state of religion in Lewis's part of Ohio and the widespread sympathy
for Parker's views.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 55 | | 31 Jan. 1843 Letter from C[aleb] Stetson (Medford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker explaining
why Stetson has not offered to exchange pulpits with Parker.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 57 | | 3 Jan. 1843 Letter from Nathaniel L. Frothingham (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing
Parker's works as "vehemently deistical" and
hoping that Frothingham's disagreement with Parker won't affect their
friendship.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 59 | | 27 July 1842 Letter from C[aleb] Stetson (Medford, Mass.) to Theodore Parker describing a
meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers at Concord and their view on
exchanging pulpits with Parker.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 61 | | 25 Jan. 1842 Letter from Chandler Robbins [Boston] to Theodore Parker expressing
Robbins's regret at "any wound" his frank statements at a meeting of the Boston
Association of Ministers may have caused and begging Parker to reconsider the
position he has taken on a number of religious questions.
Copy in Volume 12, p. 14.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 63 | | 15 Feb. 1843 Letter from Chandler Robbins (Boston) to Theodore Parker sending him the
minutes of the 28 Nov. 1842 meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers.
Copy in Volume 12, p. 17.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 65 | | 21 June 1843 Letter from Isaac Lewis (Short Creek, Ohio) to Theodore Parker telling him
that he finds many admirers of Parker's "Discourses" and liberal religious
writings in Ohio.
|
| Vol. 14 | Page 67 | | 19 June 1843 Letter from George Putnam (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker apologizing
for his past statements that Parker was "off Christian ground" and did not
belong in a Christian pulpit.
Copy in Volume 12, p. 38.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 70 | | 8 Aug. 1843 Letter from George Adams (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him of Adams's
admiration for his work and discussing Adams's own religious views.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 74 | | 14 Aug. 1843 Letter from John Murray, Jr. (Boston) to Theodore Parker discussing a
recently published letter that authenticates events described in the New
Testament.
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| Vol. 14 | Page 76 | | 12 Jan. 1844 Letter from John Murray, Jr. (Boston) to Theodore Parker describing a
violent attack on Parker in the Christian
Watchman and Murray's response to it.
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| Vol. 15 | Page 1 | | 31 Oct. 1842 Letter from [William H. Channing] [Boston] to Theodore Parker suggesting
that Parker may have misunderstood a jest and been insulted and that Channing
will visit Parker in West Roxbury if he can find the time. [holograph]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 2 | | 16 Dec. 1842 Letter from [George] Putnam (Roxbury, Mass.) to Theodore Parker expressing
Putnam's hope that his "harsh words" at a previous meeting will not result in a
break between them. [holograph]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 3 | | 4 Apr. 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to Ezra Stiles Gannett
querying him concerning a note appended to his sermon on the death of William
E. Channing. [signed holograph copy]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 4 | | 15 Apr. 1843 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (New York) to Theodore Parker discussing
William Ellery Channing's disbelief in the "pre-existence of Christ" and
claiming that Parker has impeached Gannett's character in his writings.
Copy in Volume 12, p. 24.
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 5 | | 22 June 1843 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to George Putnam telling
him that Parker never had a "hard" thought about Putnam, no matter what their
theological disagreements might be, although Parker has detected a certain
coolness in Putnam's manner. [copy]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 6 | | 28 Dec. 1844 Confidential letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to [Ezra
Stiles Gannett] protesting the actions of the Boston Association in regard to
John Turner Sargent. [unsent]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 7 | | 5 Jan. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to his brother stating
that Parker is sorry to hear that a business venture has led to disappointment,
but that the necessary money can be obtained.
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 8 | | 7 Jan. 1845 Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett (Boston) to Theodore Parker asking him to
attend a meeting of the Boston Association of Ministers to discuss his doctrine
which they "deplore."
Copy in Volume 12, p. 28.
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| Vol. 15 | Page 9 | | 22 Mar. 1845 Letter from John Pierpont (Boston) to Theodore Parker telling him of
Pierpont's dispute with the proprietors of the Hollis Street Church.
Copy in Volume 12, p. 30.
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 10 | | 24 Mar. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker to Nathaniel L. Frothingham denying either
having had or having said he had writings of Frothingham that expressed beliefs
similar to his own. [signed holograph copy]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 11 | | 25 Mar. 1845 Letter from Theodore Parker (West Roxbury, Mass.) to Francis Parkman
acknowledging receipt of Parkman's letter of the same date and telling Parkman
that he is prepared to overlook Parkman's "ungenerous remarks." [signed
holograph copy]
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 11.5 | | 10 Mar. 1846 Letter from George E. Ellis (Charlestown) to Theodore Parker telling him
that there will be a delay in supplying the information he wants from the
records of the Boston Association.
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 11.5 | | 26 June 1837 Memorandum from George Whitney to Theodore Parker informing him of his
unanimous election to the Boston Association of Ministers.
|
| Vol. 15 | Page 11.5 | | 11 Mar. 1847 Memorandum entitled "Extract from the Records of the Boston Association of
Congregational Ministers of all the passages relating to Rev. Theodore Parker,
of West Roxbury--made at his request," recorded by George E. Ellis, "Scribe" of
the Boston Association.
|
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| Volume | Contents |
| V. Miscellaneous volumes,
1826-1858 |
| Vol. 16 | | Journal of sermons delivered and fees collected,
1843-1858 This volume lists applications for, dates of, places of, and fees for
sermons delivered by Theodore Parker between 1843 and 1858, including a
numbering system for sermons delivered and timetables for lecture tours.
[holograph]
For a notebook of sermons Theodore Parker preached,
1851-1853, see Series VI.B. Supp. 3.
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| Vol. 17 | | Notebook of miscellaneous notes,
1826-1846 |
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| | | | | | |
| Supplement | Contents |
| VI. Supplements,
1841-1865
This series consists of supplementary loose papers, including letters
written by Parker between 1841 and 1859, a notebook listing titles and subjects
of sermons, diary notes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to fugitive slave
Anthony Burns and to Parker's illness and resignation in 1859.
|
| | A. Correspondence,
1841-1859 |
| Supp. 1 | | | Undated Letter from Theodore Parker to Mr. Philbrick recommending Miss Wellington
for a place in the school
|
| Supp. 1 | | | 24 July 1856 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mr. Dudley about Mr. Wilson's
lessened need for money.
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| Supp. 1 | | | 2 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mr. Dudley about Mr. Sanborn and
payments to him.
|
| Supp. 1 | | | 15 Sep. 1858 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to [E. G. Dudley] about Mr. Sanborn and
other matters.
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| Supp. 1 | | | 13 July 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Boston) to Mr. Dudley asking to be relieved as
an executor of Mr. John Cabot's estate.
|
| Supp. 1 | | | Clippings,
1859 Newspaper clippings related to Theodore Parker's illness and
resignation.
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| Supp. 2 | | | 3 Aug. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Neuchatel, Switzerland) to E. G. Dudley about
slavery and Robert C. Winthrop, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and other
matters.
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| Supp. 2 | | | 2 Dec. 1859 Letter from Theodore Parker (Rome) to E. G. Dudley about John Brown's raid
and its consequences.
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| Supp. 3 | | | 18 Apr. 1841 Letter from Theodore Parker to a friend concerning Parker's religious
philosophy. [copy]
|
| | B. Volumes,
1851-1865 |
| Supp. 3 | | | Notebook,
1851-1853 This volume includes titles and subjects of sermons Theodore Parker preached
and extracts from sermons.
For a journal of sermons Theodore Parker preached,
1843-1858, see Series V. Vol. 16.
|
| Supp. 3 | | | Clippings,
1854-1865 Newspaper clippings concerning the rendition of Anthony Burns and the
post-war condition of freedmen.
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| Supp. 4 | | | Diary notes,
11-28 Aug. 1857
For Theodore Parker's European travel diary, 1 July-1
Sep. 1844, see Series I. Vol. 1.
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Theodore Parker papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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: |
| | Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. |
| | Allen, Joseph Henry, 1820-1898. |
| | Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. |
| | Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857. |
| | Brown, John, 1800-1859. |
| | Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland),
1808-1873. |
| | Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861. |
| | Francis, Convers, 1795-1863. |
| | Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles),
1801-1871. |
| | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. |
| | Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872. |
| | Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891. |
| | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
| | Mann, Horace, 1796-1859. |
| | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. |
| | Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. |
| | |
| Organizations: |
| | American Party. |
| | United States. Fugitive slave law
(1850). |
| | |
| Subjects: |
| | Abolitionists. |
| | Antislavery movements--United States. |
| | Clergy--Diaries. |
| | Commonplace-books. |
| | Diaries--1844. |
| | Europe--Description and
travel--1800-1918. |
| | Kansas--History--1854-1861. |
| | Sermons--1851-1853. |
| | Unitarianism. |
| | Unitarian Universalist
churches--Clergy. |
| | United States--Politics and
government--1845-1861. |
| | Voyages and travels--Diaries. |
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