1775-1914
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of autograph letters by famous individuals, including presidents, American and British statesmen, reformers, and literary figures, primarily written to U.S. Senator George F. Hoar.
Collection Description
This collection consists of autograph letters by famous individuals, including presidents, American and British statesmen, reformers, and literary figures, primarily written to U.S. Senator George F. Hoar. Among the correspondents are Charles F. Adams (1835-1915), Edward Everett Hale, John Hay, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore Roosevelt. The collection also contains autograph letters to others, including letters by John Adams, as well as correspondence of Daniel Webster and material about Webster collected by Hoar.
Most items are individually described in the MHS manuscript catalog.
Processing Note
The George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection was removed from the George Frisbie Hoar papers. See the guide to that collection for more information.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Reginald Foster of Needham, Mass.; Dr. C. Grant LaFarge of Brookline, Mass.; and Mr. W. E. R. LaFarge of New York, N.Y., 1962.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Autographs, 1775-1914
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Except where noted, letters were written to George F. Hoar. The series also includes some replies from Hoar.
Adams, Charles E. (1859-1933)
31 July 1899
Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886)
19 Oct. 1848 (not to Hoar)
24 Apr. 1874
Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915)
10 Dec. 1870
5 Nov. 1874
19 Jan. 1877
19 May 1886 (not to Hoar)
19 June 1886 (with copy of proposed bill)
10 Jan. 1887 (telegram)
24 Oct. 1887
4 Jan. 1888 (telegram)
4 Jan. 1888
6 Jan. 1888
6 July 1888
4 May 1889
20 June 1889
28 Nov. 1890
12 Mar. 1891
23 June 1891
25 June 1891
30 July 1891
8 Aug. 1891
18 June 1893
17 May 1895 (with reply from Hoar of 18 May)
31 May 1895
30 Oct. 1895
28 Dec. 1896
22 [?] [after 1896]
3 Jan. 1898
6 June 1898
21 June 1898
7 Dec. 1898 (with reply from Hoar of 9 Dec.)
20 Dec. 1898
5 Jan. 1899
11 Feb. 1899
20 Feb. 1900
3 Mar. 1900
11 Mar. 1900
27 Mar. 1900
14 Oct. 1900
8 Nov. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 9 Nov.)
14 Nov. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 15 Nov.)
21 Nov. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 22 Nov.)
8 Dec. 1900 (with letter from Walter Himes of 22 Nov.)
12 Dec. 1900
2 Feb. 1901
7 Mar. 1901
25 Apr. 1901 (with letter from W. H. Baldwin of 14 Apr.)
22 Dec. 1901
28 Jan. 1902
8 Feb. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 11 Feb.)
12 May 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 13 May)
4 June 1902
10 June 1902
21 June 1902
17 Sep. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 18 Sep.)
26 Sep. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 29 Sep.)
18 Nov. 1902
Adams, Herbert Baxter (1850-1901)
23 Apr. 1888
17 May 1888
30 May 1888
20 Dec. 1888
Adams, John (1735-1826)
6 Oct. 1775 (not to Hoar; with typescript)
25 Oct. 1775 (not to Hoar; with typescript)
16 May 1776 (not to Hoar)
6 Dec. 1777 (not to Hoar)
6 June 1780 (not to Hoar)
24 June 1780 (not to Hoar)
5 Sep. 1783 (not to Hoar)
10 Sep. 1783 (not to Hoar)
9 Mar. 1785 (not to Hoar)
19 Mar. 1786 (not to Hoar)
26 Apr. 1795 (not to Hoar)
3 May 1797 (not to Hoar)
[23 Apr. 1798] (not to Hoar; with typescript)
[before 11 July 1798] (not to Hoar)
[11 July 1798] (not to Hoar)
21 May 1812 (not to Hoar)
19 Nov. 1812 (not to Hoar)
17 Dec. 1815 (not to Hoar)
22 Feb. 1816 (not to Hoar)
26 May 1816 (not to Hoar)
4 Sep. 1816 (not to Hoar)
17 Dec. 1816 (not to Hoar)
25 July 1818 (not to Hoar)
Adee, Alvey A. (1842-1924)
6 Sep. 1901
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888)
5 Sep.
Aldrich, Charles F.
16 Sep. 1890
Aldrich, Nelson W. (1841-1915)
Undated
22 Oct.
Ames, Ellis (1809-1886)
10 Oct. 1881
Anthony, Henry B. (1815-1884)
22 Nov. 1881
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
9 Feb. 1879
3 Jan. 1882
21 Feb. 1882
2 Aug. 1885
1 Dec. 1891
10 Dec. 1891
2 Feb. 1899
10 Jan. 1900
20 Jan. 1900
12 Mar. 1900
1 May 1901
Appleton, Thomas Gold (1812-1884)
Undated (not to Hoar)
Arthur, Chester Alan (1829-1886)
13 July 1880
15 July 1880
Ashton, Joseph Hubley (1836-1907)
Undated
Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905)
9 May 1899
Baldwin, Simeon Eben (1840-1927)
6 June 1900
Baldwin, W. H.
Bancroft, George (1800-1891)
6 Feb.
7 Feb.
12 Apr.
14 Dec.
30 Sep. 1879
[21 Oct.] 1879
27 Oct. 1879
12 Feb. 1880
5 Nov. 1880
20 Feb. 1885
20 Feb. 1885
6 Nov. 1885
28 Aug. 1886
Barton, Clara (1821-1912)
5 Jan. 1904
Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
23 Feb. 1891
Billings, John Shaw (1838-1913)
31 July 1885
Billings, Sherrard
Blackwell, Henry Brown (1825-1909)
20 Aug. 1883
Blaine, James Gillespie (1830-1893)
17 Oct. 1870
7 Nov. 1872
3 July 1874
27 Oct. 1874
9 Nov. 1874
[6 July 1876]
6 July [1876]
18 Dec. 1879
27 Aug. 1884
20 Sep. 1884
29 Nov. 1884
15 Nov. 1885
25 Apr. 1892
Boutwell, George S. (1818-1905)
27 Mar. 1858 (not to Hoar)
2 Nov. 1898
3 Nov. 1898
8 Nov. 1898 (with reply from Hoar of 12 Nov.)
14 Nov. 1898
8 Dec. 1898
31 Dec. 1898 (Hoar to Boutwell)
4 Jan. 1899
5 Jan. 1899
13 Jan. 1899 (with reply from Hoar of 17 Jan.)
[Feb.] 1899 (not to Hoar)
8 Feb. 1899 (with reply from Hoar of 11 Feb.)
15 Feb. 1899
16 Feb. 1899
20 Feb. 1899 (Hoar to Boutwell)
22 Feb. 1899
27 Feb. 1899
6 Mar. 1899
22 Mar. 1899
25 Mar. 1899 (Hoar to Boutwell)
26 Mar. 1899
27 Mar. 1899
28 Mar. 1899
31 Mar. 1899
5 Apr. 1899 (Hoar to Boutwell)
30 Apr. 1899 (with reply from Hoar of 2 May)
9 Oct. 1899
9 Oct. 1899
10 Oct. 1899 (with reply from Hoar of 11 Oct.)
19 Nov. 1899
22 Dec. 1899 (with reply from Hoar of 23 Dec.)
26 Dec. 1899
27 Dec. 1899
21 Jan. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 5 Feb.)
26 Jan. 1900
8 Feb. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 9 Feb.)
19 Apr. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 23 Apr.)
25 Apr. 1900
25 Oct. 1900 (with reply from Hoar of 26 Oct.)
29 Oct. 1900
28 Dec. 1903 (with reply from Hoar of 8 Jan. 1904)
16 Mar. 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 21 Mar.)
28 Mar. 1904
31 Mar. 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 6 May)
12 May 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 18 May)
23 May 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 8 June)
9 July 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 11 July)
15 July 1904 (with reply from Hoar of 20 July)
Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)
3 Dec. 1886
Brown, H. L.
Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898)
11 Mar. 1890
Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)
10 May 1900
1 June 1900
Bryce, James (1838-1922)
19 Sep. 1897
Bullock, Alexander H. (1816-1882)
8 Dec. 1879
Burlingame, Anson (1820-1870)
18 June 1851
Burt, Frank H. (b. 1861)
Cable, George Washington (1844-1925)
27 July 1897
20 Nov. 1900
Oct. 1901
Campbell, John (1779-1861)
9 Jan. 1861
Candler, John W.
14 Aug.
Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)
4 June 1902 (with typescript)
[1904]
Chamberlain, Mellen (1821-1900)
5 June 1895
Chandler, Zachariah (1813-1879)
27 Sep. 1879
Chase, Salmon P. (1808-1873)
5 July 1852
Chenoweth, B. L.
25 Jan. 1870
Claflin, William (1818-1905)
10 July 1880
4 Dec. 1884
10 Sep. 1894
21 Sep. 1894
5 Dec. 1894
Clark, Abigail
Clark, Jonas G. (1815-1900)
12 Feb. 1887
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888)
26 Nov. 1884
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
14 Jan. 1897
Courtenay, William Ashmead (1831-1908)
21 Jan. 1887
Crane, Winthrop Murray (1853-1920)
7 Nov. 1902
Curtis, George William (1824-1892)
12 Oct. 1881
11 Feb. 1882
11 Aug. 1885
28 Jan. 1887
Cushing, Caleb (1800-1879)
20 Nov. 1864
Dalhousie, John William Ramsey (1847-1887)
9 Apr. 1883 (with enclosure)
Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882)
27 May 1851
20 Dec. 1853
26 Feb. 1855
29 Mar. 1858
18 Dec. 1860 (enclosing letter addressed to Dana from George R. Peckman of 12 Dec.)
26 Sep. 1874
14 Oct. 1874
23 Apr. 1875
22 Nov. 1875
15 Feb. 1876
19 Mar. 1876
19 Mar. 1876
20 Mar. 1876
21 Mar. 1876
31 Mar. 1876
22 Jan. 1877
5 Nov. 1879
Dana, Richard Henry (1851-1931)
15 Oct. 1891
26 Oct. 1891
18 Dec. 1894
Davis, Charles H. (1845-1921)
25 Apr. 1861
27 Apr. 1861
Dawes, Henry L. (1816-1903)
29 Sep. 1871
2 Feb. 1882
2 Aug. 1885
Deane, Charles (1813-1889)
30 Aug. 1884
22 July 1885
18 Aug. 1885
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1842-1920)
3 July 1885
Douglass, Frederick (1817?-1895)
22 June 1880
20 Mar. 1882
22 Mar. 1882
2 Sep. 1890
Douglass, Frederick, Jr.
20 Mar. 1882
22 Mar. 1882
14 June 1887
6 Dec. 1887
Eads, James Buchanan (1820-1887)
7 Mar. 1882
26 Feb. 1887
Edmunds, George F. (1828-1919)
16 June 1878
28 May 1880
14 Sep. 1880
15 Aug. 1881
Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926)
9 Dec. 1881
21 Mar. 1900 (with enclosure and with reply from Hoar of 23 Mar.)
2 July 1900
6 July 1900
16 Nov. 1900
29 May 1901
1 June 1901
6 June 1901
10 June 1901
10 June 1901
19 June 1901
21 June 1901
5 July 1901
22 July 1901
29 July 1901
30 Aug. 1901
6 Jan. 1902
13 Mar. 1902
Emerson, Edward Waldo (1844-1930)
25 Sep. 1897
8 Nov. 1897
3 May 1901 (Hoar to Emerson)
7 Nov. 1902
12 Feb. 1903
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
4 Aug.
2 Apr. 1867
19 Apr. 1877
Eustis, Ornaïs
Undated
Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901)
1 Sep. 1879
1 Sep. 1879
26 Feb. 1880
29 Sep. 1882
15 May 1883
11 Sep. 1895
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert (1810-1894)
6 May 1884
16 Feb. 1887
Field, George H.
17 July 1891 (not to Hoar)
Fiske, John (1842-1901)
1 May 1901
Foraker, Joseph Benson (1846-1917)
24 Nov. 1888
Forbes, Edith Emerson
18 Jan. 1902
Forbes, John Murray (1813-1898)
Undated
12 Sep.
23 Jan. 1878
19 Nov. 1879
6 Dec. 1879 (with enclosure)
29 Nov. 1880
20 Apr. 1881
20 May 1881
21 Nov. 1881
24 Dec. 1881
2 Apr. 1882
5 Apr. 1882
17 Apr. 1885
12 Oct. 1887
7 Nov. 1887
27 Apr. 1888
15 May 1888
June 1888
Nov. 1888
7 Nov. 1888
26 Jan. 1889
Forbes, W. Cameron (1870-1959)
30 July 1902 (with enclosure)
16 Aug. 1902
Francis, Henry R.
13 June 1895
Fremont and American People's Convention Committee
22 Oct. 1892
French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931)
9 July 1885
7 Apr. 1887
23 Apr. 1887
21 May 1887
2 July 1887
13 Apr. 1888
10 Oct. 1900
16 Oct. 1900
13 June 1902
14 June 1902
21 June 1902
24 Oct. 1902
Frye, William Pierce (1831-1911)
17 July 1884
Gardner, William Amory
Garfield, James A. (1831-1881)
9 July
29 Dec. 1876
21 June 1880
10 July 1880
10 Nov. 1880 (with letter from Hoar to Garfield of 8 Nov.)
10 Mar. 1881
22 June 1881
29 June 1881
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918)
6 Nov. 1881
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)
5 May 1879
Garrison William Lloyd (1838-1909)
28 Nov. 1903 (not to Hoar; typescript)
Gilder, Joseph Benson (1858-1936)
20 Sep. 1902
Gilman, Daniel Coit (1831-1908)
28 June 1885
14 Feb. 1887
Gladwin, Irving C.
Glass, Carter (1858-1946)
7 Aug. 1906 (not to Hoar)
Gray, H., Jr.
21 May
Gray, Jane
Undated
2 Mar.
3 Mar.
14 Mar.
Green, Mason Arnold
Undated (not to Hoar)
Greene, Roger Sherman (1881-1947)
15 May 1885
Grey, Edward (1862-1933)
8 Mar. 1902
Groton School
Feb. 1899 (with reply from Hoar to George S. Boutwell)
Guild, Curtis (1860-1915)
8 Mar. 1904 (not to Hoar)
Hale, Charles (1831-1882)
27 June 1871
Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
Undated
8 July 1874
8 Sep. 1874
21 July 1879
[10] Oct. 1881
28 Oct. 1881 (sketch by Hale)
29 Oct. 1881 (not to Hoar)
11 Dec. 1881
[31 Dec.] 1881 (incomplete)
31 Dec. 1881
20 Feb. 1882
3 Apr. 1882
28 Oct. 1882 (watercolor by Hale)
14 Feb. 1883
2 Aug. 1885
22 Sep. 1885
17 Jan. 1886
7 Feb. 1886
13 Jan. 1887
3 Oct. 1887
7 Oct. 1887
29 Mar. 1888 (not to Hoar)
16 Apr. 1888
18 Apr. 1888 (not to Hoar)
8 Sep. 1888
21 July 1891
8 Aug. 1891
11 Sep. 1891
12 Nov. 1894
9 Feb. 1900 (not to Hoar)
30 Mar. 1900
23 June 1900
25 June 1900
30 June 1900
13 June 1901
25 June 1901
16 July 1901
6 Sep. 1901
17 Sep. 1901
8 Oct. 1901
22 Nov. 1901
29 Nov. 1901
1 Dec. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 3 Dec.)
[1902]
[1902] (with reply from Hoar of 18 Mar.)
13 Jan. 1902 (letter of 7 Jan. enclosed; reply from Hoar of 16 Jan.)
15 Jan. 1902
14 Mar. 1902
1 Apr. 1902
9 June 1902
11 June 1902
11 Sep. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 19 Sep.)
2 Nov. 1902
6 Dec. 1902
7 Jan. 1903
28 Mar. 1903
2 Apr. 1903
[3 Apr. 1903]
4 Apr. 1903
11 Apr. 1903
13 Apr. 1903 (not to Hoar)
16 Apr. 1903
19 Apr. 1903
1 May 1903
23 May 1903 (with reply from Hoar of 27 May)
2 June 1903
15 June 1903
18 July 1903
28 July 1903
5 Aug. 1903
26 Aug. 1903
10 Sep. 1903
15 Sep. 1903
23 Sep. 1903
2 Oct. 1903
12 Oct. 1903
14 Oct. 1903
17 Oct. 1903
22 Oct. 1903
Nov. 1903
14 Nov. 1903
23 Nov. 1903
25 Nov. 1903
29 Nov. 1903
14 Dec. 1903
14 Dec. 1903
[25 Dec. 1903]
2 Jan. 1904
5 Jan. 1904
5 Feb. 1904
21 Mar. 1904
22 Mar. [1904] (letter addressed to Hoar from Abigail Clark)
17 Apr. 1904
22 Apr. 1904
25 Apr. 1904
11 June 1904
8 July 1904
24 July 1904
10 Aug. 1904
20 Sep. 1904 (not to Hoar)
Nov. 1904 (not to Hoar)
13 Mar. 1905 (not to Hoar)
29 Mar. 1906
9 May 1907 (not to Hoar)
22 Jan. 1914 (not to Hoar)
Hale, John P. (1806-1873)
7 June 1851 (not to Hoar)
Hampton, Wade (1818-1902)
14 Dec. 188-?
Harlan, John Marshall (1833-1911)
Undated
6 Sep. 1880
7 Sep. 1880
Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901)
1 Dec. 1887
20 July 1888
12 Sep. 1888
22 Nov. 1888
26 Nov. 1888
26 Aug. 1889
12 Sep. 1889
19 Sep. 1889
23 Sep. 1889
26 Sep. 1889
19 Sep. 1891
10 Nov. 1896
Hart, Albert Bushnell (1854-1943)
23 July 1887
26 Aug. 1887
11 Sep. 1887
3 Oct. 1900
10 Oct. 1900
1 Mar. 1901
Hay, John (1838-1905)
12 Mar.
25 Apr.
11 Dec. 1879
9 Aug. 1880
18 Dec. 1899
23 Feb. 1900
18 June 1900
2 Aug. 1900
28 Nov. 1900
14 Dec. 1900
24 Dec. 1900
25 Feb. 1901
15 Mar. 1901
5 Apr. 1901
8 June 1901
8 June 1901
30 June 1901
15 Aug. 1901
15 Aug. 1901
2 Nov. 1901
6 Nov. 1901
13 Jan. 1902
1 Mar. 1902
8 May 1902
10 May 1902
4 June 1902
7 June 1902
14 June 1902
14 June 1902 (not to Hoar; with letter from Hoar of 16 June)
2 July 1902 (with enclosure)
5 Dec. 1902
11 Jan. 1904
14 Mar. 1904
28 Mar. 1904
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
19 Feb. 1878
23 Feb. 1878
24 Feb. 1878
2 July 1879
8 July 1880
8 Aug. 1880
24 Nov. 1880
16 Dec. 1880
22 July 1889
Henry, William Wirt (1831-1900)
Undated, unsigned
24 May 1894
23 Dec. 1895
25 Jan. 1898
17 Feb. 1899
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
17 May 1887
4 Nov. 1888 (two copies)
Higley, Edwin H.
Himes, Walter
Hoar, E.
1 Dec.
Hoar, E. R. (1816-1895)
12 May 1886
3 June 1889
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904)
Undated, unsigned (poem addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hoar)
Undated, unsigned (with undated reply from Ruth Hoar)
[1865]
5 Dec. 1876 (not to Hoar)
11 June 1880 (not to Hoar)
20 Apr. 1886 (not to Hoar)
28 May 1886 (not to Hoar)
2 Mar. 1888 (not to Hoar)
9 May 1889 (not to Hoar)
30 Jan. 1890 (not to Hoar)
10 Feb. 1890 (not to Hoar)
13 Feb. 1890 (not to Hoar)
15 Feb. 1890 (not to Hoar)
17 Feb. 1890 (not to Hoar)
8 Mar. 1890 (not to Hoar)
15 Mar. 1890 (not to Hoar)
23 May 1903 (not to Hoar)
15 Jan. 1904 (not to Hoar)
2 June 1904 (not to Hoar)
5 July 1904 (not to Hoar)
Hoar, Mary
3 Feb. 1890 (not to Hoar)
Hoar, Rockwood (1855-1906)
14 June 1886
Hoar, Ruth A.
1 Aug. 1876 (with reply from G. F. Hoar of 2 Aug.)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)
22 Jan. 1877
28 Jan. 1885
1 Aug. 1885
18 July 1888
30 Aug. 1889
31 Oct. 1891
29 Mar. 1892
Hooker, Isabella Beecher (1822-1907)
23 June [1888] (with enclosure to the Republican Convention of 1888)
Hooper, Francis N.
20 Feb.
Hopkins, Erastus (1867-1937)
25 June 1857
Hopkins, William Swinton Bennett
8 June 1894
7 Dec. 1894
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
2 Mar. 1903
9 Mar. 1903
Hudson, Henry Norman (1814-1886)
2 Dec. 1884
Hughes, Thomas (1822-1896)
26 July 1871
Hunnewell, James Frothingham (1823-1910)
7 Aug. 1885
Ingalls, John James (1833-1900)
25 Oct. 1884
Jameson, J. Franklin (1859-1937)
15 Mar. 1885
23 Mar. 1885
16 Dec. 1886
9 Jan. 1887
Johnston, Henry Phelps (1842-1923)
19 Oct. 1886
Julian, George Washington (1817-1899)
22 Aug. 1851 (not to Hoar)
Keller, Helen (1880-1968)
7 Dec.
25 Nov. 1901
Kettell, Samuel (1800-1855)
Undated (not to Hoar)
Knox, Philander C. (1853-1921)
Lee, Henry (1817-1898)
15 Sep. 1885
Leupp, Francis Ellington (1849-1918)
17 Feb. 1904
Levy, David
Lincoln, Winston
Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) (1838-1917)
9 Mar. 1900
Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)
Undated
17 Mar.
3 June
8 June
27 Aug.
1 Nov.
29 Nov.
31 Dec.
13 June 1880
17 June 1880
11 July 1880
27 Dec. 1880
24 Apr. 1881
20 Nov. 1881
1 Jan. 1882
14 Oct. 1882
31 Oct. 1887
[1888]
11 Jan. 1888
11 Jan. 1888
20 July 1888
18 Aug. 1888
15 June 1889
28 June 1889
9 June 1890
17 Sep. 1892
17 Nov. 1894
25 May 1898 (with reply from Winston Lincoln of 30 May)
17 Oct. 1898 (not to Hoar)
23 Feb. 1900
29 June 1900
7 July 1900
1 Aug. 1900
3 Sep. 1900
7 Oct. 1900
4 Nov. 1900 (with letter from Hoar of 1 Nov.)
22 Nov. 1900
10 Feb. 1901
12 Mar. 1901
14 Mar. 1901
18 Mar. 1901 (letter attached)
27 Mar. 1901
1 Apr. 1901
2 Apr. 1901
3 Apr. 1901
5 Apr. 1901
9 Apr. 1901
11 Apr. 1901
11 Apr. 1901
22 Apr. 1901
23 Apr. 1901
25 Apr. 1901
10 May 1901 (Hoar to Lodge)
13 May 1901
13 May 1901
15 May 1901
16 May 1901
23 May 1901
29 May 1901 (with letters from Hay of 27 Mar., 30 Mar., and replies from Lodge of 28 Mar., 2 Apr.)
31 May 1901
2 June 1901
7 June 1901
24 June 1901
24 June 1901
29 June 1901 (with copy of letter from Lodge to W. W. Vaughan of 29 June)
15 Nov. 1901
18 Feb. 1902
7 June 1902
7 July 1902
23 July 1902
26 July 1902 (2 copies)
31 July 1902
2 Aug. 1902
11 Aug. 1902
13 Aug. 1902
13 Aug. 1902
17 Aug. 1902
12 Sep. 1902
18 Sep. 1902
19 Sep. 1902
24 Sep. 1902
25 Sep. 1902 (Hoar to Lodge)
26 Sep. 1902
30 Sep. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 7 Oct.)
7 Oct. 1902
12 Oct. 1902
15 Oct. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 16 Oct.)
20 Oct. 1902
22 Oct. 1902
6 Nov. 1902
17 Nov. 1902
22 Dec. 1902
26 Dec. 1902
31 Dec. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 1 Jan.)
[1903]
28 Mar. 1903
18 Apr. [1903]
21 Apr. [1903]
7 May 1903
11 May 1903
27 May 1903
2 June 1903
11 June 1903
27 June 1903
3 July 1903
10 July 1903
14 July 1903
14 July 1903
2 Nov. 1903
28 Nov. 1903
5 Jan. 1904
12 Feb. 1904 (not to Hoar)
12 Mar. 1904
29 Apr. 1904
11 May 1904
12 May 1904
17 June 1904
20 July 1904
30 Aug. 1904
Sep. 1904
13 Nov. 1904
10 Jan. 1905 (not to Hoar)
23 Jan. 1905 (not to Hoar)
6 Feb. 1905 (not to Hoar)
9 Feb. 1905 (not to Hoar)
6 Apr. 1905 (not to Hoar)
10 Apr. 1905 (not to Hoar)
10 Oct. 1905 (not to Hoar)
26 Dec. 1905 (not to Hoar)
30 Jan. 1906 (not to Hoar)
12 July 1906 (not to Hoar)
20 Sep. 1906 (not to Hoar)
Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886)
10 Sep. 1884
28 May 1885
1 June 1885
Long, John Davis (1838-1915)
10 June 1881
14 June 1881
20 June 1881
24 June 1881
7 Oct. 1881
20 Oct. 1881
11 Nov. 1881
28 Nov. 1881
8 Dec. 1881
15 Dec. 1881
13 Aug. 1885
25 Aug. 1885
21 Aug. 1890
11 Oct. 1898
21 Sep. 1900
22 Dec. 1900
1 Feb. 1901
5 Feb. 1901
15 Feb. 1901
23 Feb. 1901
14 Mar. 1901
5 June 1901
19 June 1901
29 June 1901
11 Sep. 1901
13 Sep. 1901
5 Oct. 1901
16 Dec. 1901
28 Jan. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 30 Jan.)
31 Jan. 1902
1 Mar. 1902
24 Mar. 1902
18 Sep. 1902
Longfellow, Alice M. (1850-1928)
25 Mar. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 26 Mar.)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
Lowell, Cornelia Prince
2 July (not to Hoar)
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Undated
6 July 1875
15 Oct. 1883
29 Aug. 1884
Lowell, Josephine Shaw (1843-1905)
28 Jan. 1904
Lubbock, Sir John (1834-1913)
15 June 1898
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
Undated (petition for recommendation, addressed to McKinley)
7 Nov. 1896
19 Aug. 1898
13 Sep. 1898 (with reply from Hoar of 14 Sep., original telegram and handwritten copy included)
8 Oct. 1898
27 Feb. 1900
26 Mar. 1901
15 June 1901
Mackleflin, John L.
19 Dec. 1903
Mahone, William (1826-1895)
14 Mar. 1887
Mann, Horace (1796-1859)
30 May 1857
Martyn, W. Carlos (1841-1917)
20 May 1889
Miles, Nelson Appleton (1839-1925)
27 Nov. 1902
Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)
[3] June 1883
Mitchell, Walter (1826-1908)
Undated (not to Hoar)
15 Nov. 1881
29 July 1898
10 Sep. 1898
Moore, George Henry (1823-1892)
3 July 1885
Mori, Arinori (1847-1889)
3 Feb. 1872
Morley, John (1838-1923)
Undated
Morrill, Justin S. (1810-1898)
29 June 1885
Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908)
4 Sep. 1879
1 Mar. 1904
Olney, Richard (1835-1917)
12 Dec. 1894 (with reply from Hoar of 13 Dec.)
Paine, Henry W. (1810-1893)
5 Dec. 1879
Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881)
28 May 1851
31 Oct. 1851
16 July 1900 (Hoar to John C. Palfrey)
14 Aug. 1900 (Hoar to Miss Sara Hammond Palfrey)
Parkman, Francis (1823-1893)
9 Jan. 1873
30 Apr. 1874
23 May 1874
19 Apr. 1877
Partridge, Jennie A.
10 July 1903 (with copy of speech from Helen Keller)
Pauncefote, Sir Julian (1828-1902)
[17 June 1900]
17 June 1900
13 Dec. 1900
9 Mar. 1901
Payne, John M.
Undated
Undated
Peabody, Andrew P. (1811-1893)
21 July 1885
4 Aug. 1885
10 Aug. 1885
Peabody, S. Endicott
Peckman, George R.
Pierce, Edward Lillie (1829-1897)
28 Oct. 1895
Platt, Orville Hitchcock (1827-1905)
21 Apr. 1901
21 May 1901
23 Sep. 1902
Rawnsley, H. D. (1851-1920)
Undated
Reed, Milton (1848-1932)
7 Oct. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 11 Oct.)
14 Oct. 1901
Rhodes, James Ford (1848-1927)
28 Apr.
12 Nov.
20 Feb. 1900
4 Feb. 1901
12 Feb. 1901
14 Oct. 1901 (Hoar to Rhodes)
19 Sep. 1902
23 Sep. 1902
9 Nov. 1902
27 Nov. 1903
15 Jan. 1904
Rice, Edward A.
9 Oct. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 11 Oct.)
Rich, Thomas S.
19 Oct. [1901] (with reply from Hoar of 21 Oct.)
Richards, Henry H.
Richardson, George F.
8 Oct. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 10 Oct.)
Roberts, Ellis H. (1827-1918)
14 Nov. 1874
Rogers, J. H. (1845-1911)
3 Nov. 1898
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Undated (not to Hoar; two additional typed copies included)
Undated (Hoar to Roosevelt)
21 Apr. 1888
8 Dec. 1894 (with attached letter from H. L. Brown of 22 Nov.)
15 Aug. 1895
21 Apr. 1896
4 Dec. 1897
11 Dec. 1900 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
13 Apr. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 16 Apr.)
17 Apr. 1901
8 June 1901
2 Oct. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 7 Oct.)
9 Nov. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 12 Nov.)
14 Nov. 1901 (with reply from Hoar of 18 Nov.)
22 Nov. 1901 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
6 Mar. 1902 (signed by Assist. Sec. to the Pres.)
10 Mar. 1902
5 Apr. 1902
16 Apr. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
5 June 1902
16 June 1902
26 July 1902 (with two copies of reply from Hoar of 28 July)
30 July 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 7 Aug.)
2 Aug. 1902 (incomplete itinerary for visit)
11 Aug. 1902
11 Aug. 1902
13 Aug. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres., with letter from Hoar of 9 Aug.)
27 Sep. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
16 Oct. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
17 Oct. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
17 Oct. 1902
1 Nov. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
4 Dec. 1902 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
4 Dec. 1902 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
16 Dec. 1902 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
18 Dec. 1902 (with reply from Hoar of 20 Dec.)
5 Jan. 1903
9 Jan. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
12 Jan. 1903 (signed by Sec. to the Pres.)
12 Jan. 1903 (with reply from Hoar of 15 Jan.)
17 Jan. 1903 (with reply from Hoar of 19 Jan.)
23 Jan. 1903 (with reply from Hoar of 20 Feb.)
6 Feb. 1903
23 Feb. 1903
28 Feb. 1903 (sent by Sec. to the Pres., with reply from Hoar of 4 Mar.)
27 Mar. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
29 May 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
2 June 1903
31 Aug. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
8 Sep. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
8 Sep. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
8 Sep. 1903 (Hoar to Roosevelt)
11 Sep. 1903 (sent by Sec. to the Pres.)
11 Sep. 1903
14 Sep. 1903 (sent by Sec. to the Pres.)
18 Sep. 1903
19 Sep. 1903
16 Oct. 1903 (letter to P. C. Knox from Hoar, with copy of letter addressed to Roosevelt and reply from Knox)
19 Oct. 1903
21 Oct. 1903 (Hoar to Mrs. Tyler)
21 Oct. 1903 (sent by Sec. to the Pres.)
21 Oct. 1903 (not to Hoar; additional copy attached)
22 Oct. 1903 (telegram addressed to Hoar from P. C. Knox)
28 Dec. 1903
23 Jan. 1904 (three invitations attached)
1 Mar. 1904
14 Mar. 1904 (with two copies of reply from Hoar of 21 Mar.)
22 Mar. 1904
16 Apr. 1904 (signed by Sec. to the Pres., with reply from Hoar of 18 Apr.)
23 Apr. 1904
23 Apr. 1904 (not to Hoar)
29 June 1904 (not to Hoar)
1 Aug. 1904 (not to Hoar)
8 Aug. 1904
Rothschild, M. D.
18 Jan. 1898
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907)
8 June 1886
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)
17 July 1877
2 Mar. 1878
12 Oct. 1878
26 Oct. 1898 (not to Hoar)
Sears, Barnas (1802-1880)
20 Jan. 1872
Sherman, John (1823-1900)
6 Nov. 1880
28 Aug. 1884
2 May 1885
27 Aug. 1887
3 Sep. 1887
Sherman, William T. (1820-1891)
25 Aug. 1881
26 Aug. 1881
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)
9 Jan. [1872]
11 Jan. [1872]
12 Jan. [1882]
Stearns, George L. (1809-1867)
June 1851
Stone, Lucy (1818-1893)
11 Jan. 1881
16 Jan. 1881
31 Aug. 1881
17 Sep. 1881
13 Jan. 1887
15 June 1888
6 Aug. 1889
10 Aug. 1889
23 Aug. 1889
12 July 1891
14 July 1891
11 Aug. 1891
13 Aug. 1891
19 Sep. 1891
23 Sep. 1891
26 Sep. 1891
4 Oct. 1891
Storey, Moorfield (1845-1929)
14 Nov. 1888
Storrs, Richard S. (1821-1900)
4 Sep. 1879
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
Undated
Undated
3 Apr. 1856 (not to Hoar)
29 May 1872
Thatcher, Thomas Anthony (1815-1886)
1 July 1881
16 May 1885
13 June 1885
Thompson, Charles Oliver (1836-1885)
Undated
4 June 1877
5 June 1877
Van Buren, John (1810-1866)
10 June 1851
21 June 1851
Wheeler, William A. (1819-1887)
Undated, unsigned
9 Sep. 1879 (incomplete)
9 June 1880
31 Aug. 1880
3 Sep. 1880
11 Sep. 1880
Whipple, Edwin Percy (1819-1886)
23 Mar. 1880
31 Dec. 1881
White, Henry (1850-1927)
5 Aug. 1875
3 Dec. 1879
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
21 Mar. 1877
19 Apr. 1879
1 Jan. 1882
Wilson, Henry (1812-1875)
5 June 1851
31 Oct. 1851
7 Sep. 1874
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
16 Feb. 1885
Winsor, Justin (1831-1897)
Undated
Undated
1 July 1887
1 July 1887
18 July 1887
17 Jan. 1888
23 Apr. 1888 (incomplete)
5 May 1888
9 May 1888 (incomplete)
10 May 1888
14 May 1888
6 Dec. 1889
Winthrop, Robert C. (1809-1894)
13 Aug. 1879 (with reply from Hoar of 16 Aug.)
20 Aug. 1879
4 Oct. 1879
29 June 1881
23 Apr. 1885
17 June 1885
6 Aug. 1885
20 Aug. 1885
6 Mar. 1886
14 Apr. 1886
9 Feb. 1888
17 Apr. 1888
29 May 1888
7 June 1888
26 July 1888
Wise, Henry A. (1806-1876)
13 Feb. 1872
Withington, Lothrop (1856-1915)
15 Oct. 1903 (not to Hoar)
Woods, Arthur H.
Wordon, John Lorimer (1818-1897)
19 May 1886
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson (1812-1877)
20 June 1871 (not to Hoar)
Miscellaneous material
II. Webster collection, 1804-1899
Included are letters to and from Daniel Webster, as well as George F. Hoar's notes about the collection.
Guide to Webster collection (list of documents)
Letters by Daniel Webster, 1813-1852
Arranged chronologically.
Undated
Undated
Undated (envelope only)
27 Apr.
4 Mar. 1813 (typescript only)
29 Mar. 1813 (typescript only)
17 Oct. 1814 (copy)
2 Jan. 1816 (with typescript)
27 Feb. 1818 (with typescript)
13 Mar. 1818
19 July 1823
[1824]
23 Feb. 1827
26 May 1828
22 May 1830 (with typescript)
3 Jan. 1833 (with typescript)
19 Apr. 1833 (with typescript)
23 Feb. 1835 (with typescript)
16 Feb. 1836
3 June 1836
1 Feb. 1837
25 Aug. 1837
2 Mar. 1839
23 Mar. 1839
2 Apr. 1839
9 June 1839
12 June 1839
4 July 1839
22 July 1839
24 Dec. 1840
4 Apr. 1841
22 May 1841
3 Aug. 1841
19 Dec. 1842
9 Dec. 1843
23 July 1844
20 Jan. 1845
19 Mar. 1845
30 Oct. 1845
[1846]
10 June 1846
22 Aug. 1846
16 Nov. 1846
17 Nov. 1846
23 Mar. 1847
29 Mar. 1847
23 Aug. 1848 (typescript only)
21 Dec. 1848
[1849] (typescript copy of two letters)
10 Mar. 1849
13 Mar. [1849]
15 Apr. 1849
14 July 1849
8 Aug. 1849 (with typescript)
2 Apr. 1850
23 July 1850
2 Oct. 1850 (typescript only)
4 Nov. 1851
30 Nov. 1851
19 Jan. 1852
9 Apr. 1852
19 Apr. 1852
28 Apr. 1852
Letters to Daniel Webster, 1804-1889
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
American Institute, 24 July 1833
Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron (1774-1848), undated; 18 June 1852
Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858), 4 Jan. 1832
Binney, Horace (1780-1875), 7 Dec. 1835
Boott and Pratt, 4 June 1805
Burr, Aaron (1756-1836), 18 Nov. [1828]
Carey, Mathew (1760-1839), 14 June 1834
Choate, Rufus (1799-1859), undated; 6 Oct. 1829
Everett, Edward (1794-1865), 15 Jan. 1851; 28 May 1852; 2 Feb. 1855
Felton, C. C. (1807-1862), 14 May 1851
Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874), 11 May 1852
Goodall, Mrs. S. H., undated
Green, S., 17 Apr. 1805
Grinnell, Moses Hicks (1803-1877), undated
Hughes, C., 7 June [1839?]
Hulsemann, 16 Sep.
Hunt, Washington (1811-1867), 23 Mar. 1851
Hunter, Robert R., 15 Oct. 1832
Johnson, Daniel F., 1 June 1831
Kendall, Amos (1789-1869), 5 Jan. 1837
Ketchum, Hiram, 5 May 1851; 26 Feb. 1852
Lester, C. Edwards (1815-1890), 14 Sep. 1852
Lewis, C. W., 10 July 1882 (typescript)
Lieber, Francis (1800-1872), 15 Feb. 1837
McLean, John (1785-1861), 18 Sep. 1841; [1849?]; 3 Mar. 1851
Mangum, Willie Person (1792-1861), 11 Apr. 1850
Marcy, William L. (1786-1857), 28 Dec. 1826
Marsh, George Perkins (1801-1882), 21 Nov. 1822
Mason, Jeremiah (1768-1848), 7 Oct. 1809; 4 June 1827
Maxcy, Virgil (1785-1844), 5 Aug. 1839
Meredith, William M. (1799-1873), 17 Nov. 1841; 6 Mar. 1851
Noyes, Parker, 21 Sep. 1804
Parker, Gore, Miller, 23 Mar. 1805
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd (1764-1854), May 1850
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851), 9 Mar.; 25 Mar. 1833
Quincy, Josiah (1772-1864), 12 Jan. [1831]
Rives, William C. (1793-1868), [1842?]
Roemme, Baron, 9 Dec. 1841
Rush, Richard (1780-1859), 26 Apr. 1850
Shields, James (1806-1879), 26 Jan. 1852
Simmes, William Gilmore (1806-1870), 22 Nov. 1856
Smith, Jeremiah (1759-1842), 19 July 1833
Spencer, John Charles (1782-1845), 22 July 1842
Thorburn, Grant (1773-1863), 27 Oct. 1852 (unsigned)
Turner, William, 17 Oct. 1846
Tyler, John (1790-1862), undated; undated; 1843
Van Buren, John (1810-1866), 5 Nov. 1849
Varick, Richard (1753-1831), 23 Feb. 1831
Varnum, Joseph Bradley (1818-1874) (a.k.a. Viator), 3 Feb. 1852
Walsh, Robert (1784-1859), 8 Aug. 1850
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, undated
Webster, Ezekiel (1780-1829), 28 Dec. 1824
Webster, Fletcher (1813-1862), 18 Jan. 1853
Wilkeson, Elizabeth Wilkes, 22 Nov. 1899
Wirt, William (1772-1834), 8 July 1829
Wool, John Ellis (1784-1869), 14 Mar. 1849
Yulee, David Levy (1810-1886), 22 July 1841
Miscellaneous notes and heads of speeches by Webster
Miscellaneous fragments, notes, envelopes, illegible signatures
Preferred Citation
George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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