COLLECTION GUIDES

1822-1890

Guide to the Collection

Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.


Collection Summary

Creator: Hall, Edward B. (Edward Brooks), 1800-1866
Title: Edward B. Hall autograph collection
Dates: 1822-1890
Physical Description: 1 box of originals and 1 box of photocopies
Call Number: Ms. N-1350 (photocopies)
Call Number: Special Colls. E. B. Hall (originals)
Repository:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

This collection consists of autograph letters written to Rev. Edward B. Hall of Providence, R.I. from religious leaders, reformers, and Transcendentalists.

Biographical Sketch

Rev. Edward B. Hall was minister of the First Congregational Church (Unitarian) of Providence, R.I.

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Collection Description

This collection consists of autograph letters, most written by prominent New England reformers, religious leaders, Transcendentalists, literary figures, and politicians to Rev. Edward B. Hall. Included are letters from William Ellery Channing, Dorothea Dix, Edward Everett, Margaret Fuller, Jared Sparks, Charles Sumner, and Henry Ware, Jr.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of the Edward H. Hall estate, Apr. 1912.

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Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873)

Box 1
23 Feb. 1859

Allston, Washington (1779-1843)

Box 1
31 Oct. (not signed)

Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867)

Box 1
2 Feb. 1861

Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

Box 1
17 Jan. 1840

Bowring, John (1792-1872)

Box 1
28 May 1830

Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)

Box 1
28 Mar. 1881

Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)

Box 1
1 Jan. 1861
Box 1
4 July 1864

Burritt, Elihu (1810-1879)

Box 1
19 May 1849

Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876)

Box 1
11 Jan. 1848
Box 1
16 Feb. 1848

Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842)

Box 1
Undated
Box 1
31 July 1826
Box 1
20 July 1833

Channing, William Henry (1810-1884)

Box 1
29 Dec. 1864

Collyer, Robert (1823-1912)

Box 1
Undated

Curtis, George William (1824-1892)

Box 1
Undated (fragment)

Dewey, Orville (1794-1882)

Box 1
10 July 1854

Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887)

Box 1
3 Oct.
Box 1
20 Apr. 1849

Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849)

Box 1
7 Aug. 1829

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)

Box 1
19 Sep. 1876

Everett, Edward (1794-1865)

Box 1
19 July 1833
Box 1
20 Sep. 1848
Box 1
21 Sep. 1859

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks (1822-1895)

Box 1
Undated (fragment)

Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850)

Box 1
21 Aug. 1838
Box 1
Oct. 1839

Furness, William Henry (1802-1896)

Box 1
17 Feb. 1862

Greenwood, Francis William Pitt (1797-1843)

Box 1
8 Feb.

Hedge, Frederic Henry (1805-1890)

Box 1
31 Oct. 1849

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)

Box 1
19 May 1865
Box 1
23 July 1890

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)

Box 1
23 Mar. 1881 (no letter)

Howland, John (1873-1926)

Box 1
10 Feb. 1842

Judd, Sylvester (1813-1853)

Box 1
15 July 1845
Box 1
16 June 1851

Kossuth, Louis (1802-1894)

Box 1
3 July 1852

Lowell, John Amory (1798-1881)

Box 1
25 Feb. 1874

MacDonald, George

Box 1
Undated (signature only)

Mann, Horace (1796-1859)

Box 1
24 Apr. 1839

Martineau, James (1805-1900)

Box 1
3 May 1872

Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)

Box 1
23 July 1849
Box 1
10 July 1853

Mountford, William

Box 1
18 June 1854

Norton, Andrews (1786-1853)

Box 1
7 Dec. 1839

Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856)

Box 1
9 Mar. 1842

Pierpont, John (1785-1866)

Box 1
19 Jan. 1865

Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)

Box 1
27 Feb.

Quincy, Josiah (1772-1864)

Box 1
June 1836

Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876)

Box 1
20 Jan. 1865

Sparks, Jared (1789-1866)

Box 1
4 July 1822
Box 1
25 Jan. 1850
Box 1
1 May 1850
Box 1
26 Apr. 1852

Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)

Box 1
28 June 1849

Taylor, Edward Thompson (1793-1871)

Box 1
6 Apr. 1844
Box 1
30 Oct. 1860

Ticknor, George (1791-1871)

Box 1
20 May 1839

Tuckerman, Joseph (1778-1840)

Box 1
2 Sep. 1837

Walker, James (1794-1874)

Box 1
16 Sep. 1853

Ware, Henry (1764-1845)

Box 1
8 Apr. 1840
Box 1
8 Mar. 1843

Ware, William (1797-1852)

Box 1
10 Jan. 1840
Box 1
15 May 1843

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)

Box 1
4 Dec. 1845
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Preferred Citation

Edward B. Hall autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

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

Persons:

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
Ware, Henry, 1794-1843.

Organizations:

First Congregational Church (Providence, R.I.).

Subjects:

Autographs--Collections.
Unitarian Universalist churches--Clergy.

Encoded by Susan Martin, October 2015.