1778-2007; bulk: 1791-1956
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.
Abstract
This collection consists of autograph letters and other papers of eminent Unitarians and liberal religious thinkers from the United States and abroad, 1778-2007, collected by George E. Nitzsche of the Unitarian Society of Germantown.
Biographical Sketch
George E. Nitzsche was born in 1874 and grew up in Nazareth, Penn. He attended law school at the University of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1898 and, after graduation, worked as bursar and registrar of the law school for six years. In 1904, he became manager of the University of Pennsylvania Bureau of Publicity, and in 1912, his title was changed from publicity agent to recorder. In his capacity as recorder, Nitzsche provided general information about the university to students and the public, promoted and managed university events, and collected archival material about the university and its alumni.
Nitzsche's publications include The Proceedings at the Dedication of the New Building of the Department of Law of the University of Pennsylvania (1901), Official Guide to the University of Pennsylvania (1904), University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials (1914), and Philadelphia: Guide to the City (1920). In November 1902, he founded the alumni publication Old Penn, later renamed The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Nitzsche was a member of the Unitarian Society of Germantown (Penn.) and the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, where he served on the board of trustees for 18 years. From 1923 to 1953, through a combination of gifts and purchases, he collected autographs of renowned Unitarians for the George E. Nitzsche Unitariana collection. He gave the collection to the Unitarian Society of Germantown in 1954.
Nitzsche was married to Elsa Koenig Nitzsche, and the couple had two daughters: Elsa and Helma. Nitzsche died on July 28, 1961.
Collection Description
This collection consists of over 200 documents, primarily letters, containing the autographs of eminent Unitarians and other liberal religious thinkers from the United States and abroad. Among the individuals represented are politicians, authors, scientists, reformers, clergymen, scholars, educators, businessmen, and judges. Included are autographs of John Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, William Ellery Channing, James Freeman Clarke, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Dorothea Dix, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horace Mann, Harriet Martineau, Theodore Parker, Francis Parkman, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Daniel Webster, and many others.
Although the papers span four centuries, the bulk of the material dates from the 19th century. Among the earliest items are a letter from Vice President John Adams to Secretary of War Henry Knox, 1791, and an 1801 "sea letter," or ship's passport, signed by both Thomas Jefferson and Levi Lincoln. Other highlights include a rare introspective letter from Transcendentalist author Margaret Fuller to Mary Peabody, later Mrs. Horace Mann; a 34-page handwritten account by Harriet Martineau of her transatlantic voyage in 1836; a letter from educator Elizabeth Palmer Peabody about her historical works; and a few lines by Ralph Waldo Emerson from his poem "Voluntaries," written to commemorate the 54th Massachusetts Regiment's attack on Fort Wagner, S.C.
The collection also contains articles, booklets, programs, posters, and other printed material related to famous Unitarians, Unitarianism, and other religious subjects. Included are books by Joseph Priestley and Charles William Wendte.
Arrangement
The papers in this collection are organized alphabetically by author. When the collection came to the Massachusetts Historical Society, some folders contained supplemental material, such as printed matter or correspondence, related to an individual whose autograph Nitzsche hoped to acquire but never did. These folders have been retained.
NOTE: This guide describes the collection of photocopies and supplemental material shelved at Ms. N-2165, not the original autographs located in Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased from the Unitarian Society of Germantown, July 2008.
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
I. Background material, 1855-1955
This series contains material collected by Nitzsche while researching and compiling his autograph collection. The bulk of the material consists of biographical sketches, copied from Who's Who in America and other sources, of individuals represented in the collection and those whose autographs Nitzsche hoped to collect. Included are names and biographies of many individuals not listed in Series II. Other papers in this series include printed matter about famous Unitarians and the history of Unitarianism, printed portraits of individuals not represented in Series II, and valuations and catalogs documenting the value of autographs at the time Nitzsche was collecting.
Box 1Folder 1-5
Biographies, undated and 1934
Box 1Folder 6-13
Miscellaneous printed matter, undated and 1855-1953
Box 1Folder 14
Miscellaneous portraits, 1897-1955
Box 2Folder 1
Valuations, undated and 1927
Box 2Folder 2-3
Auction catalogs, undated and 1936-1937
Box 2Folder 4
Book catalogs, 1921-1923
II. Autographs, 1791-2007
Arranged alphabetically.
This series contains original autographs, primarily letters, as well as supplemental material by or about many of the individuals represented in the collection. This material includes printed matter, correspondence, notes, and other papers. Some of the folders in this series contain no autograph, only supplemental material related to an individual whose autograph Nitzsche hoped to obtain but never did. These folders are indicated below in italics. For example, the folder labeled "Ames, Charles Gordon" contains a booklet written by Ames, but no autograph.
Adams, Charles Francis
Box 2Folder 5
Letter to Miss Helen M. Holyoke, 9 May 1871
Adams, John
Box 2Folder 6
Letter to General Knox, 13 Sep. 1791
Box 2Folder 6
Printed quotation by Charles Francis Adams about John Adams, undated
Adams, John Quincy
Box 2Folder 7
Letter to Rev. Samuel J. May, 24 Apr. 1838, with engraved portrait and seal of John Quincy Adams
Box 2Folder 7
Printed quotation by James Fenimore Cooper about John Quincy Adams, 1955
Alcott, Amos Bronson
Box 2Folder 8
Letter to "Dear Sir," 1 May 1866
Box 2Folder 8
Printed portrait of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1897
Alcott, Louisa May
Box 2Folder 9
Letter to Miss Laura C. Holloway, 23 Feb. [ca. 1888?]
Box 2Folder 9
Printed article about Louisa May Alcott, 1938
Alger, William Rounseville
Box 2Folder 10
Letter to Dr. Peabody, 11 Nov. 1885
Box 2Folder 10
Note about letter to Dr. Peabody, undated
Ames, Charles Gordon
Box 2Folder 11
Printed booklet: "Unitarian Christianity," undated
Ames, Fisher
Box 2Folder 12
Letter to "Dear Sir," 27 Jan. 1800
Ames, Oliver
Box 2Folder 13
Letter to Mr. C. W. Ernst, 2 Mar. 1888
Andrew, John Albion
Box 2Folder 14
Letter to Hon. S. P. Chase, 18 Dec. 1862
Anthony, Henry Bowen
Box 2Folder 15
Letter to "Frank," 22 Apr. 1864
Anthony, Susan Brownell
Box 2Folder 16
Letter to Mr. Foster, 8 Nov. 1884
Box 2Folder 16
Susan B. Anthony postage stamp, ca. 1936
Appleton, Nathan
Box 2Folder 17
Letter to Rev. A. Bigelow, 8 Feb. 1848
Baillie, Joanna
Box 2Folder 18
Letter to [George Bartley], 16 Sep. 1818
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Box 2Folder 19
Letter to Charles M. Wallace, Esq., 22 Feb. 1876
Bancroft, George
Box 2Folder 20
Letter to the editors of the North American Review about General Greene's actions at Fort Washington, 6 Mar. 1867
Barber, Henry Hervey
Box 2Folder 21
Letter to Dr. and Mrs. Wilber, 19 Dec. 1916
Barrows, Samuel June
Box 2Folder 22
Description of "the new Baptist meeting house," undated
Bartol, Cyrus Augustus
Box 2Folder 23
Letter to Rev. A. P. Peabody, 5 Dec. 1853
Bartol, George Murillo
Box 2Folder 24
Letter from Sydney B. Snow to George E. Nitzsche about George Bartol, 1935
Box 2Folder 24
Note about George Bartol, undated
Batchelor, George
Box 2Folder 25
Letter to Rev. Earl M. Wilbur, 19 July 1906
Beard, John Relly
Box 2Folder 26
Printed article about James R. Beard, 1907
Bellows, Henry Whitney
Box 3Folder 1
Letter to Dr. Peabody, 28 Mar. 1867
Bergh, Henry
Box 3Folder 2
Letter to Mrs. Carroll, 20 Oct. 1874
Bigelow, George Tyler
Box 3Folder 3
Letter to Hon. Richard Fletcher, 15 Dec. 1851
Blackwell, Alice Stone
Box 3Folder 4
Letter to "Dear Friend," 6 May 1901
Blankenburg, Lucretia
Box 3Folder 5
Printed article about Lucretia Blankenburg, undated
Blankenburg, Rudolph
Box 3Folder 6
Letter to Mr. Ames, 1 Aug. 1880
Box 3Folder 6
Biographical sketch of Rudolph Blankenburg, undated
Boutwell, George Sewall
Box 3Folder 7
Letter to George A. Dary, Esq., 22 Dec. 1892
Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll
Box 3Folder 8
Letter to Henry G. Denny, Esq., 2 July 1858
Bowring, Sir John
Box 3Folder 9
Letter to John Potter, Esq., 29 Oct. 1823
Brackett, John Quincy Adams
Box 3Folder 10
Letter to Miss Ernestine L. Merrill, 24 Sep. 1903
Brooke, Stopford Augustus
Box 3Folder 11
Letter to "Dear Madam," undated
Brooks, Charles Timothy
Box 3Folder 12
Letter to "My dear Sir," 17 Jan. 1868
Brooks, Peter Chardon
Box 3Folder 13
Letter to Samuel Swett, Esq., 9 Aug. 1808
Bryant, William Cullen
Box 3Folder 14
Letter to Thomas M. Brewer, Esq., 1 May 1869?
Button, Joseph Priestley
Box 3Folder 15
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 3 May 1926
Box 3Folder 15
Letter from Julia A. D. Gartrell to Joseph Priestley Button, 1922
Carpenter, Joseph Estlin
Box 3Folder 16
Postcard to Rev. Earl M. Wilbur, 27 Nov. 1905
Carpenter, Mary
Box 3Folder 17
Letter to Mrs. [Williams], 30 May 1837
Carpenter, William B.
Box 3Folder 18
Letter to "My dear Madam," 5 Jan. 1845
Carruth, William Herbert
Box 3Folder 19
Postcard to Dr. W. S. Morgan, 9 Apr. 1914
Cary, George Lovell
Box 3Folder 20
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 29 Mar. 1907
Center, Sarah E.
Box 3Folder 21
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 4 Feb. 1931
Box 3Folder 21
Printed article about Sarah E. Center, 1931
Box 3Folder 21
Draft of Sarah E. Center's will, 1931
Box 3Folder 21
Settlement of Sarah E. Center's estate, 1932
Box 3Folder 21
Biographical sketch of Sarah E. Center, undated
Chadwick, John White
Box 3Folder 22
Letter to Charles A. Burkhardt, 15 July 1889
Chamberlain, Neville
Box 3Folder 23
Article about Neville Chamberlain, 1938
Chandler, Charles Lyon
Box 3Folder 24
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 7 June 1935
Box 3Folder 24
Biographical sketch of Charles Lyon Chandler, undated
Chandler, William Eaton
Box 3Folder 25
Letter to Hon. H. B. Anthony, 19 Feb. 1883
Channing, William Ellery
Box 3Folder 26
Letter to Daniel Webster, Esq., 5 June 1829
Box 3Folder 26
Poems of William Ellery Channing, in another hand, undated
Box 3Folder 26
Transcript of letter to Daniel Webster, undated [two copies]
Box 3Folder 26
Printed images of Newport, R.I., and Channing statue, undated
Box 3Folder 26
Printed quotation, undated
Box 3Folder 26
Small printed poster about William Ellery Channing, undated
Channing, William Henry
Box 3Folder 27
Correspondence between Ruth B. Searle and George E. Nitzsche, 1944
Cheney, Ednah Dow
Box 3Folder 28
Letter to "My dear friend," 8 June 1882
Cheyney, Edward Potts
Box 3Folder 29
Two letters to George E. Nitzsche, undated and 18 May 1939
Child, Francis James
Box 3Folder 30
Letter to Miss Gertrude M. Hall, 5 Nov. 1888
Child, Lydia Maria
Box 3Folder 31
Letter to James T. Fields, undated
Christie, Francis A.
Box 3Folder 32
Printed booklet: "Why We Should Be Loyal to Unitarianism," undated
Chworowsky, Karl M.
Box 3Folder 33
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 8 Mar. 1955
Box 3Folder 33
Printed article: "What is a Unitarian?" 1955, autographed
Box 3Folder 33
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Karl M. Chworowsky, 1955
Clark, Joseph S., Jr.
Box 3Folder 34
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 7 Nov. 1952
Box 3Folder 34
Speech of Joseph S. Clark, Jr., 1952, autographed
Box 3Folder 34
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Joseph S. Clark, Jr., 1952
Box 3Folder 34
Printed article about Joseph Clark, Sr., 1956
Clarke, James Freeman
Box 3Folder 35
Letter to "My Dear Sir," 11 June 1862
Clifford, John Henry
Box 3Folder 36
Letter to Rev. Walker, 22 July 1858
Cobbe, Frances Power
Box 4Folder 1
Poem: "Morius Cano," undated
Collyer, Robert
Box 4Folder 2
Letter to "Brother mine," 21 Sep. 1908
Box 4Folder 2
Anecdote by George E. Nitzsche about Robert Collyer, undated
Cooper, Peter
Box 4Folder 3
Statement about the condition and the laws of mankind, 5 May 1881
Cranch, Christopher Pearse
Box 4Folder 4
Poem: "A Problem," undated
Crooker, Joseph Henry
Box 4Folder 5
Letter to Dr. Wilbur, 15 Aug. 1911
Box 4Folder 5
Printed portrait of Joseph H. Crooker, undated
Crothers, Samuel McChord
Box 4Folder 6
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 3 June 1910
Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar
Box 4Folder 7
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 13 June 1927
Box 4Folder 7
Letter to Mrs. A. S. Reid, 1 Mar. 1933
Box 4Folder 7
Copies of letters from Kate Curtis and Cyrus H. K. Curtis to Ralph H. Baldwin, 1930
Curtis, George Ticknor
Box 4Folder 8
Letter to Joseph T. Sherwood, Esq., 4 Nov. 1839, with reply by Sherwood, 6 Nov. 1839
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders
Box 4Folder 9
Letter to Miss Wheelock, 20 Oct. 1834?
Box 4Folder 9
Printed pamphlet about the Charlotte Cushman Club, undated
Darrow, Clarence S.
Box 4Folder 10
Printed advertisement for The Man from Kinsman: A Biographical Appreciation of Clarence Darrow, 1933
Darwin, Charles Robert
Box 4Folder 11
Letter to [Chauncey Wright], 23 Sep. [1871]
Box 4Folder 11
Two printed articles about Charles Darwin, 1943, 2007
D'Ascenzo, Myrtle and Nicola
Box 4Folder 12
Letter to the Nitzsche family, 10 Jan. 1952
Box 4Folder 12
Printed program with artwork by Nicola D'Ascenzo, 1937 [two copies]
Box 4Folder 12
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Mr. and Mrs. Nicola D'Ascenzo, 1952
Daskam, Max F.
Box 4Folder 13
Postcard to George E. Nitzsche, 3 Oct. 1941
David, Francis
Box 4Folder 14
Printed reproduction of a painting of Francis David, undated
Box 4Folder 14
Printed article about Francis David, 1911
Davis, Horace
Box 4Folder 15
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 17 Feb. 1906
Dewey, Orville
Box 4Folder 16
Letter to B. B. Thatcher, Esq., 13 Jan. 1834
Dickens, Charles
Box 4Folder 17
Letter to Mrs. Howe, 6 Nov. 1866
Box 4Folder 17
Note about Charles Dickens, 1927
Dix, Dorothea Lynde
Box 4Folder 18
Letter to "My dear Mary," 27 Mar. 1865
Dole, James Drummond
Box 4Folder 19
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 2 May 1934
Douthit, Jasper L.
Box 4Folder 20
Postcard to Rev. Earl M. Wilbur, 3 Mar. 1914
Dwight, John Sullivan
Box 4Folder 21
Letter to J. B. Clapp, Esq., 11 Mar. 1889
Eliot, Charles William
Box 4Folder 22
Letter to Miss Sedgwick, undated
Box 4Folder 22
Printed booklet: "The Religion of the Future," undated
Eliot, Frederick May
Box 4Folder 23
Printed quotation, undated
Eliot, Samuel A.
Box 4Folder 24
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 16 Mar. 1923
Box 4Folder 24
Printed portrait of Samuel A. Eliot, undated
Eliot, Thomas Lamb
Box 4Folder 25
Letter to the treasurer of the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry, 8 Nov. 1913
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Box 4Folder 26
Excerpt of "Voluntaries," June 1877
Box 4Folder 26
Small printed poster about Ralph Waldo Emerson, undated
Everett, Alexander H.
Box 4Folder 27
Letter to M. A. Jullien, 14 June 1830
Everett, Edward
Box 4Folder 28
Letter to Messrs. Schouler and Brewer, 6 June 1850
Felton, Cornelius Conway
Box 4Folder 29
Letter to George W. Greene, Esq., 17 Nov. 1834
Fields, James Thomas
Box 4Folder 30
Letter to "Gentlemen," 17 Sep. 1871
Fillmore, Millard
Box 4Folder 31
Letter to unidentified recipient, 22 July 1850
Fiske, John
Box 4Folder 32
Letter to Mr. Savage, 16 Nov. 1891
Fitch, John
Box 4Folder 33
Printed article about John Fitch, 1938
Forbes, Roger Sawyer
Box 4Folder 34
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 23 Sep. 1927
Francis, Convers
Box 4Folder 35
Letter to "Dear Sir," 5 May 1843
Franklin, Benjamin
Box 5Folder 1
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Franklin, undated
Box 5Folder 1
Two printed portraits of Benjamin Franklin, undated
Box 5Folder 1
Reproduction of the seal of the University of Pennsylvania, undated
Box 5Folder 1
Letter from J. H. Weatherall to George E. Nitzsche, 1931
Box 5Folder 1
Printed articles about Benjamin Franklin, 1931-1956
Box 5Folder 2
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Franklin Bache Huntingdon, 1940
Box 5Folder 2
Printed booklet about the International Benjamin Franklin Society, 1955
Box 5Folder 2
Printed booklet: "The Fabulous Doctor Franklin," by James Francis Cooke, 1956
Box 5Folder 2
Miscellaneous notes about Benjamin Franklin, undated and 1956
French, Daniel Chester
Box 5Folder 3
Letter to Mrs. [Whitmore], 2 Mar. 1898
Frothingham, Nathan Langdon
Box 5Folder 4
Letter to Henry M. Fuller, Esq., 9 May 1848
Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
Box 5Folder 5
Letter to unidentified recipient, 5 Apr. 1891
Fuller, Margaret
Box 5Folder 6
Letter to Miss Mary Peabody, 17 Apr. 1836
Box 5Folder 6
Biographical sketch of Margaret Fuller, undated
Furness, Horace Howard
Box 5Folder 7
Notes on Shakespeare's Othello, undated
Box 5Folder 7-8
Harvard University commencement address, undated
Box 5Folder 8
Letter to Mr. Ecot, 10 Mar. [no year]
Box 5Folder 8
Letter to Julian R. Dillaby, 19 Aug. 1895
Furness, Horace Howard, Jr.
Box 5Folder 9
Postcard to William G. Moore, undated
Box 5Folder 9
Three postcards to George E. Nitzsche, undated
Box 5Folder 9
Notes on Shakespeare's Coriolanus, undated
Box 5Folder 9
Printed excerpt from Shakespeare's Coriolanus, undated
Furness, William Henry
Box 5Folder 10
Letter to "Dear friends," 23 Jan. 1866
Gannett, William Channing
Box 5Folder 11
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 30 Sep. 1914
Garfield, James A.
Box 5Folder 12
Letter to Hon. Hugh McCullough, 30 June 1866
Gilbert, William M.
Box 5Folder 13
Letter from D. L. Gilbert to Mr. Nolen, 1899
Box 5Folder 13
Printed booklet: "Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on The Divine Comedy of Dante," 1899
Gilman, Nicholas Paine
Box 5Folder 14
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 26 Sep. 1895
Goodrich, Herbert F.
Box 5Folder 15
Letter to Sarah E. Center, 22 Jan. 1931
Box 5Folder 15
Three letters to George E. Nitzsche, 19 Feb.-9 June 1931
Box 5Folder 15
Biographical sketch of Herbert F. Goodrich, undated
Goodwin, Ichabod
Box 5Folder 16
Letter to Messrs. George and Ivory Lord, 2 Sep. 1831
Gordon, Alexander
Box 5Folder 17
Letter to Rev. E. M. Wilbur, 24 May 1905
Gore, Christopher
Box 5Folder 18
Letter to J. Bigelow, Esq., 2 Dec. 1807
Greeley, Horace
Box 5Folder 19
Letter to Dr. G. M. Brown, 2 Feb. 1866
Greenhalge, Frederic Thomas
Box 5Folder 20
Letter to Mr. Ernst, 22 Jan. 1894
Greenwood, Grace
Box 5Folder 21
Letter to Mr. Ticknor, 12 Feb. 1851
Griffin, Frederick Robertson
Box 5Folder 22
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 12 May 1956
Box 5Folder 22
Printed booklet about Joseph Priestley, 1933
Hale, Edward Everett
Box 5Folder 23
Letter to Mr. Clark, 29 Sep. 1871
Box 5Folder 23
Letter to Mr. Cobb, 9 Mar. 1874
Box 5Folder 23
Printed article about Edward Everett Hale, 1913
Box 5Folder 23
Printed calendar pages, undated
Hamlin, Hannibal
Box 5Folder 24
Letter to Chester S. Stoddard, 11 June 1868
Hanson, Miles
Box 5Folder 25
Printed booklet: "What Jesus Means to Me," undated
Hawthorne, Julian
Box 5Folder 26
Letter to R. H. Stoddard, 31 May 1885
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Box 5Folder 27
Printed ship's certificate for the Montreal, signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, American consul at the port of Liverpool, England, 18 Mar. 1854
Herford, Brooke
Box 5Folder 28
Letter to the editor of the Transcript about women's suffrage in Manchester, England, 29 Apr. 1885
Box 5Folder 28
Transcript of letter to the editor, undated
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Box 6Folder 1
Manuscript: "Saint or Sinner," [1878]
Hildreth, Richard
Box 6Folder 2
Letter to "Dear Sir," 15 May 1862
Hill, Thomas
Box 6Folder 3
Excerpt of "Carpe Diem," 11 Apr. 1871
Hillard, George Stillman
Box 6Folder 4
Letter to Samuel E. Sewall, Esq., 14 May 1846
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood
Box 6Folder 5
Letter to Rev. Dr. Peabody, 24 May 1859?
Hoar, George Frisbie
Box 6Folder 6
Letter to the editor of the Boston Herald, 21 July 1900
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Box 6Folder 7
Letter to Henry H. Edes, 9 Jan. 1889
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
Box 6Folder 8
Letter to Prof. C. E. Norton, 15 Dec. 1896
Box 6Folder 8
Letter to unidentified recipient, 27 Feb. 1907?
Horton, Edward Augustus
Box 6Folder 9
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 1 Aug. 1904
Hosmer, Frederick Lucian
Box 6Folder 10
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 14 Oct. 1913
Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue
Box 6Folder 11
Letter to Ross Turner, 4 Nov. [no year]
Howe, Julia Ward
Box 6Folder 12
Letter to Miss Cooper, 9 Jan. 1896
Howe, Samuel Gridley
Box 6Folder 13
Letter to Mr. Rogers, undated
Howells, William Dean
Box 6Folder 14
Letter to Mrs. Wiggin, 24 Jan. 1894
Huidekoper, Edgar
Box 6Folder15
Two letters to George E. Nitzsche, 29 May-22 June 1923
Hunt, James Henry Leigh
Box 6Folder 16
Receipt for delivery of the Londina Illustrata, 8 Jan. 1851
Hyde, Walter Woodburn
Box 6Folder 17
Letter to George [E. Nitzsche], 19 Nov.? 1939
Box 6Folder 17
Transcript of letter to George [E. Nitzsche], undated
Jackson, Helen Hunt
Box 6Folder 18
Poem: "The Serf," undated
James, Joshua
Box 6Folder 19
Biographical sketch of Joshua James, undated
Box 6Folder 19
Printed article about Joshua James, 1934
Jefferson, Thomas
Box 6Folder 20
Printed ship's passport for the Cumberland, in four languages, signed by Thomas Jefferson and Levi Lincoln, 18 June 1801
Box 6Folder 20
Printed quotation, undated
Box 6Folder 20
Printed booklet: "The Unitarianism of Thomas Jefferson," by Samuel M. Crothers, undated
Box 6Folder 20
Congressional Record about Thomas Jefferson, 1943
Box 6Folder 20
Correspondence between Hon. John R. Murdock and George E. Nitzsche, 1943
Box 6Folder 20
Two printed pamphlets about Monticello, undated and 1951
Jesus Christ
Box 6Folder 21
Small printed poster about Jesus Christ, undated
Box 6Folder 21
Anecdote by George E. Nitzsche about a statue of Jesus Christ, undated
Box 6Folder 21
Letter from Thomas Hart to Marguerite Logan Bentley, 1928
Jordan, David Starr
Box 6Folder 22
Letter to Dr. Earl M. Wilbur, 26 Mar. 1912
Box 6Folder 22
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 20 Sep. 1927
Box 6Folder 22
Forward to an essay of Miss Watson, undated [manuscript and typescript]
Box 6Folder 22
Essay: "May Day [at] the Little Brook," undated
Box 6Folder 22
Essay: "Science, Exact and Inexact," undated
Box 6Folder 22
Essay: "The Meaning of Evolution," undated
Judd, Sylvester
Box 6Folder 23
Letter to "Dear Sir," 24 Jan. 1845
Kemble, Frances Anne ("Fanny")
Box 6Folder 24
Letter to "My dear Theodora," 10 [no month] [no year]
King, Thomas Starr
Box 6Folder 25
Letter to Mr. Reynolds, 21 Mar. 1859
Box 6Folder 25
Printed booklet about Thomas Starr King, undated [two copies]
Kirkland, John Thornton
Box 6Folder 26
Letter to Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, 27 Sep. 1825
Klingelsmith, Margaret Center
Box 6Folder 27
Testamentary request, 7 Dec. 1907
Box 6Folder 27
Legal statement, 23 June 1922
Box 6Folder 27
Passport, 25 Apr. 1930
Box 6Folder 27
Essay: "One Issue," undated
Box 6Folder 27
Essay: "The Law, which does not Concern us, being women," undated
Box 6Folder 27
Untitled essay about law libraries, undated
Box 6Folder 28
Biographical sketch of Margaret C. Klingelsmith, undated
Box 6Folder 28
Printed notices on the death of Margaret C. Klingelsmith, 1931
Box 6Folder 28
Papers related to the death of Margaret C. Klingelsmith, 1931
Box 6Folder 28
Correspondence of George E. Nitzsche about Margaret C. Klingelsmith, 1931
Lawrence, Abbott
Box 7Folder 1
Letter to Hon. Richard Fletcher, 10 Dec. 1838
Lawrence, Amos Adams
Box 7Folder 2
Letter to Ephraim Abbott, Esq., 15 Apr. 1847
Lea, Arthur H.
Box 7Folder 3
Three letters to George E. Nitzsche, 28 Dec. 1935-30 Oct. 1936
Box 7Folder 3
Transcript of letter to George E. Nitzsche, undated
Box 7Folder 3
Biographical sketch of Arthur H. Lea, undated
Box 7Folder 3
Printed obituary of Arthur H. Lea, 1938
Lea, Henry Charles
Box 7Folder 4
Letter to William R. Tucker, 30 Jan. 1909
Lincoln, Abraham
Box 7Folder 5
Small printed poster about Abraham Lincoln, undated
Box 7Folder 5
Printed image of the Lincoln Memorial, undated
Box 7Folder 5
Printed program with quotation, undated
Box 7Folder 5
Printed articles about Abraham Lincoln, 1938
Lincoln, Levi
Box 7Folder 6
Statement of allegiance, 20 Aug. 1862
Livermore, Abiel Abbot
Box 7Folder 7
Letter to Dr. Peabody, 17 May 1855
Livermore, Mary Ashton
Box 7Folder 8
Letter to Mr. Ward, 29 Oct. 1871
Long, John Davis
Box 7Folder 9
Letter to Mr. Reynolds, 18 Apr. 1881
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Box 7Folder 10
Letter to Rev. Dr. Bosworth, 12 Sep. 1836
Longfellow, Samuel
Box 7Folder 11
Poem: "The Ruins of Furness Abbey," undated
Box 7Folder 11
Letter to Mr. Clark, 24 Oct. [no year]
Box 7Folder 11
Letter to Miss Hedge, 29 Aug. 1890
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence
Box 7Folder 12
Letter to Edwin M. Bacon, Esq., 5 July 1889
Lowell, James Russell
Box 7Folder 13
Letter to Mrs. Francis Alexander, 29 Dec. 1867, with poem
Box 7Folder 13
Photograph of James Russell Lowell, undated
Box 7Folder 13
Printed article about James Russell Lowell, undated
Lowell, John
Box 7Folder 14
Letter to George H. Sampson, 7 May 1825
Lupton, Dilworth
Box 7Folder 15
Biographical sketch of Dilworth Lupton, undated
Lyell, Sir Charles
Box 7Folder 16
Letter to "Sir," 15 July 1854
McCrary, George Washington
Box 7Folder 17
Letter to Gen. Smith, 16 June 1877
McDaniel, Walton Brooks
Box 7Folder 18
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 10 Nov. 1939
Madison, James
Box 7Folder 19
Biographical sketch of James Madison, undated
Box 7Folder 19
Notes about James Madison, undated
Mann, Horace
Box 7Folder 20
Letter to Rev. Dr. Bates, 5 Sep. 1846
Marshall, John
Box 7Folder 21
Letter to Henry Bacon, Esq., 12 Feb. 1824?
Martin, Helen R.
Box 7Folder 22
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 16 Apr. 1939
Box 7Folder 22
Transcript of letter to George E. Nitzsche, undated
Box 7Folder 22
Printed article about Helen R. Martin, 1939
Martineau, Harriet
Box 7Folder 23-24
Letter to unidentified recipient about a trans-Atlantic voyage, in the form of a journal, 3-25 Aug. 1836
Martineau, James
Box 7Folder 25
Letter to Rev. E. Everett Hale, 12 Mar. 1870
Masaryk, Charlotte Garrigue
Box 7Folder 26
Printed booklet about Charlotte Garrigue Masaryk, 1939
Masaryk, Thomas G.
Box 7Folder 27
Lecture by Herbert Adolphus Miller about Thomas G. Masaryk, 1937
Mason, J. Alden
Box 7Folder 28
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 10 Feb. 1955
Box 7Folder 28
Printed bulletin: The Languages of South American Indians, 1950, autographed
Box 7Folder 28
Biographical sketch of J. Alden Mason, undated
Box 7Folder 28
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to J. Alden Mason, 1955
Meserve, Harry C.
Box 7Folder 29
Printed quotations, undated
Mitchell, Maria
Box 7Folder 30
Letter to Mr. Slocum, 11 January 1885
Motley, John Lothrop
Box 7Folder 31
Letter to Mrs. W. B. Swett, 16 Jan. 1869?
Newell, William Wells
Box 8Folder 1
Biographical sketches of William Wells Newell, undated
Box 8Folder 1
Printed program for the ordination of William Wells Newell, 1867
Box 8Folder 1
Correspondence about William Wells Newell, 1965
Newton, Joseph Fort
Box 8Folder 2
Biographical sketch of Joseph Fort Newton, undated
Box 8Folder 2
Printed article about Robert Collyer, undated
Nitzsche, Elsa Koenig
Box 8Folder 3
Manuscript notes about the Incas, undated
Box 8Folder 3
Printed articles about Elsa Koenig Nitzsche, 1953-ca. 1970s
Nitzsche, George E.
Box 8Folder 4
Draft of introduction of Joseph R. Wilson, with note by George E. Nitzsche, 10 Nov. 1943
Box 8Folder 4-7
Copies of correspondence, printed matter, and other papers related to the Unitarian Church of Germantown and the Unitariana collection, 1921-1956
Norton, Andrews
Box 8Folder 8
Letter to Professor Cleaveland, 1815
Paine, Thomas
Box 8Folder 9
Biographical sketch of Thomas Paine, undated
Box 8Folder 9
Printed booklet about Thomas Paine, undated
Box 8Folder 9
Printed articles about Thomas Paine, 1927-1937
Box 8Folder 9
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Joseph S. Clark, Jr., 1954
Palfrey, John Gorham
Box 8Folder 10
Letter to Mr. Norton, 9 Nov.? 1863
Parker, Theodore
Box 8Folder 11
Letter to Miss Rebecca L. Duncan, 5 Sep. 1847
Box 8Folder 11
Small printed poster about Theodore Parker, undated
Parkman, Francis
Box 8Folder 12
Letter to "Charles," undated
Parsons, Theophilus
Box 8Folder 13
Printed receipt from the U.S. Loan Office, signed by Theophilus Parsons, 2 Sep. 1791
Peabody, Andrew Preston
Box 8Folder 14
Letter to "My dear Sir," 4 Jan. 1870
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
Box 8Folder 15
Letter to William B. Fowle, Sep. 1857
Peabody, Ephraim
Box 8Folder 16
Letter to Thomas A. Greene, Esq., 27 Sep. 1847
Peabody, Francis Greenwood
Box 8Folder 17
Letter to Dean E. M. Wilbur, 18 Dec. 1913
Peabody, Josephine Preston (later Marks)
Box 8Folder 18
Poem: "The Forgotten," undated
Peabody, Oliver William Bourn
Box 8Folder 19
Letter to Reverend Ephraim Abbot, 8 Dec. 1825
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd
Box 8Folder 20
Letter to General Dearborn, 21 Dec. 1832
Pickering, Edward Charles
Box 8Folder 21
Letter to Elmer Kneale, 27 Nov. 1911
Pollock, Walter
Box 8Folder 22
Printed page from The Unitarian News, 1921
Prescott, William Hickling
Box 8Folder 23
Letter to "My dear Madam," 21 Feb. 1846
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
Box 9Folder 1
Biographical sketch of Joseph Priestley, undated
Box 9Folder 1
Postcard about Joseph Priestley, undated
Box 9Folder 1
Small printed poster about Joseph Priestley, undated
Box 9Folder 1
Inventories of Joseph Priestley material collected by George E. Nitzsche, undated
Box 9Folder 2
Articles about Joseph Priestley, undated and 1926 [printed and drafts]
Box 9Folder 3
Printed booklet: "Priestleyana," by Edgar F. Smith, undated
Box 9Folder 3
Printed booklet: "Joseph Priestley," by Edgar F. Smith, 1926
Box 9Folder 4-5
Two printed journals: Journal of Chemical Education (Priestley nos.), 1927, 1933
Box 9Folder 6
Printed program, 1933
Box 9Folder 6
Two printed reports of the Joseph Priestley House, 1934, 1937
Box 9Folder 6
Printed reproduction of a painting of Joseph Priestley, 1939
Priestley, Joseph (1819-1883)
Box 9Folder 7
Certificate of registration at the University of Pennsylvania, 18 Nov. 1842
Box 9Folder 7
Certificate of matriculation at the University of Pennsylvania, 6 Nov. 1843
Priestley, S. E. Gerard
Box 9Folder 8
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 13 Dec. 1937
Box 9Folder 8
Biographical sketch of S. E. Gerard Priestley, undated
Box 9Folder 8
Printed brochure about S. E. Gerard Priestley, undated
Quincy, Josiah
Box 9Folder 9
Letter to B. A. Gould, Esq., 30 Aug. 1831
Box 9Folder 9
List of Boylston Prize declaimers, in another hand, 1 Sep. 1831
Reccord, Augustus P.
Box 9Folder 10
Printed booklet: "The Things That Remain," 1926
Reynolds, Grindall
Box 9Folder 11
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 27 Sep. 1893
Ripley, George
Box 9Folder 12
Letter to Rev. Dr. Sprague, 19 June 1861
Rogers, Samuel
Box 9Folder 13
Letter to Mrs. Mostyn, with printed poem by "C. T.," undated
Rubel, Donald C.
Box 9Folder 14
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 25 Jan. 1955
Box 9Folder 14
Biographical sketch of Donald C. Rubel, undated
Box 9Folder 14
Printed bill to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution, introduced by Donald C. Rubel, 1955
Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin
Box 10Folder 1
Letter to E. G. Dudley, Esq., 2 May 1861
Schelling, Felix Emmanuel
Box 10Folder 2-5
Chapter IV of Leaves From Certain Chapters of Elizabethan Playwrights, 1925
Box 10Folder 6
Three letters to George E. Nitzsche, 31 Mar. 1927-10 Apr. 1937
Box 10Folder 6
Review of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, edited by Samuel Burdett Hemingway, ca. 1937
Sharpe, Henry D.
Box 10Folder 7
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 1 Jan. 1923
Shaw, Lemuel
Box 10Folder 8
Letter to Richard Fletcher, Esq., 8 Dec. 1840
Shippen, Rush R.
Box 10Folder 9
Letter to Mr. Wendte, 15 Nov. 1871
Box 10Folder 9
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 8 June 1905
Sill, Edward Rowland
Box 10Folder 10
Letter to Mr. Stoddard, 22 June 1868
Simons, Minot
Box 10Folder 11
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 10 Feb. 1922
Slicer, Thomas R.
Box 10Folder 12
Printed booklet: "What Unitarianism Really Is," undated
Snow, Sydney B.
Box 10Folder 13
Two letters to George E. Nitzsche, 5-16 Mar. 1936
Box 10Folder 13
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Sydney B. Snow, 1936
Somerville, Mary
Box 10Folder 14
Letter to Mrs. [Cholinessy], undated
Sparks, Jared
Box 10Folder 15
Letter to Prof. Felton, 12 Feb. 1847
Spencer, Anna Garlin
Box 10Folder 16
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 5 May 1905
Sprague, Charles
Box 10Folder 17
Poem: "To two Swallows that flew into church during divine services," undated
Box 10Folder 17
Letter to Mrs. [Cragin], undated
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Box 10Folder 18
Letter to Edmund M. Davis, 10 Apr. [1869]
Staples, Laurence C.
Box 10Folder 19
Postcard to George E. Nitzsche, 3 Nov. 1952
Box 10Folder 19
Printed article about Laurence C. Staples, 1952
Stebbins, Horatio
Box 10Folder 20
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 17 Aug. 1893
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus
Box 10Folder 21
Check to Edmund Muller, 4 Mar. 1895
Box 10Folder 21
Printed article about Charles Steinmetz, 1953
Stevenson, Adlai
Box 10Folder 22
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to Hon. Adlai Stevenson, 1952
St. John, Charles E.
Box 10Folder 23
Printed article about Charles E. St. John, 1907
Stoddard, Richard Henry
Box 10Folder 24
Poem: "The Brahman's Son," 29 Mar. 1885
Story, Joseph
Box 10Folder 25
Letter to Hon. Bushrod Washington, 28 Apr. 1819
Story, William Wetmore
Box 10Folder 26
Letter to Charles S. Daveis, Esq., 30 May 1842
Strong, Charles Howard
Box 10Folder 27
Letter to Earl Morse Wilbur, 30 Apr. 1921
Box 10Folder 27
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 10 June 1921
Sullivan, Estelle T.
Box 10Folder 28
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 9 Nov. 1935
Box 10Folder 28
Printed notice on the death of Estelle T. Sullivan, 1937
Box 10Folder 28
Resolution on the death of Estelle T. Sullivan, 1937
Box 10Folder 28
Correspondence of George E. Nitzsche about Estelle T. Sullivan, 1937
Sullivan, William L.
Box 10Folder 29
Printed booklet: "Readings for Meditation," undated, autographed
Box 10Folder 29
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 28 Jan. [no year]
Box 10Folder 29
Remarks to the young people of Germantown Unitarian Church, Oct. 1934
Box 10Folder 29
Printed portrait of William L. Sullivan, undated
Box 10Folder 29
Printed quotation, undated
Box 10Folder 29
Printed article: "The Liverpool Incident," 1934
Box 10Folder 29
Printed notices on the death of William L. Sullivan, 1935
Box 10Folder 29
Resolution on the death of William L. Sullivan, 1935
Box 10Folder 29
Printed article about William L. Sullivan, 1935
Box 10Folder 29
Four printed programs of the Unitarian Church of Germantown, 1935-1955
Box 10Folder 29
Review by George E. Nitzsche of Epigrams and Criticism in Miniature, by William L. Sullivan, ca. 1936
Sumner, Charles
Box 10Folder 30
Letter to James Bell, Esq., 24 Dec. 1842
Sunderland, Jabez Thomas
Box 10Folder 31
Letter to Mr. Wilbur, 7 Dec. 1911
Box 10Folder 31
Printed booklet: "What Do Unitarians Believe?" undated [two copies]
Box 10Folder 31
Printed pamphlet: "Unitarians and the Hall of Fame," undated
Taft, William Howard
Box 11Folder 1
Letter to George E. Nitzsche, 27 Oct. 1925
Box 11Folder 1
Printed quotation, undated
Box 11Folder 1
Small printed poster about William Howard Taft, undated
Box 11Folder 1
Letter from George E. Nitzsche to William G. Barnard, 1921
Box 11Folder 1
Two letters from George E. Nitzsche to William Howard Taft, 1925
Taylor, Bayard
Box 11Folder 2
Letter to "Dear Sir," 5 Oct. 1855
Thayer, George Augustine
Box 11Folder 3
Printed article about George Augustine Thayer, 1925
Thurman, Allen Granbery
Box 11Folder 4
Letter to Mrs. A. G. Weld, 7 Mar. 1866, with manuscript on verso in another hand
Ticknor, George
Box 11Folder 5
Letter to Mr. M. Bruen, 24 May 1818
Tileston, F. Mitchell
Box 11Folder 6
Printed article: "Evangeliberalism," 1938
Trowbridge, John Townsend
Box 11Folder 7
Story: "Andy's Adventures; or the World Bewitched," undated
Tuckerman, Henry Theodore
Box 11Folder 8
Letter to "Fields," 6 Dec. 1852
Upham, Charles Wentworth
Box 11Folder 9
Letter to Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, 26 Mar.? 1835
Walker, James
Box 11Folder 10
Letter to T. M. Brewer, Esq., 16 Aug. 1853
Washington, George
Box 11Folder 11
Note about the religious belief of George Washington, undated
Box 11Folder 11
Printed article about George Washington, undated
Wasson, David Atwood
Box 11Folder 12
Letter to "Hale," 7 Feb. 1873
Wayne, James Moore
Box 11Folder 13
Letter to Mr. G. H. Martin, 18 Sep. 1860
Webster, Daniel
Box 11Folder 14
Letter to Mr. Everett, 20 Mar. 1848
Wedgwood, Josiah
Box 11Folder 15
Two letters from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to George E. Nitzsche, 1928, 1939
Wendte, Charles William
Box 11Folder 16
Two letters to George E. Nitzsche, 13-21 Nov. 1927
Box 11Folder 16
Two printed portraits of Charles William Wendte, undated
Box 11Folder 16
Printed booklet: "The True Basis of Religious Unity," undated [two copies]
Box 11Folder 16
Printed booklet: "What Is It to Be a Liberal in Religion?" undated [two copies]
Box 11Folder 16
Printed booklet: "What Jesus Taught and What Billy Sunday Preaches," undated
Box 11Folder 17
Printed booklet: "What Do Unitarians Believe?: A Statement of Faith," undated and 1885 [two copies]
Box 11Folder 17
Printed booklet: "Eine kurze Darstellung des Unitarianismus," undated [in German]
Box 11Folder 17
Printed booklet: "Qué creen los Unitarios," undated [in Spanish]
Box 11Folder 18
Printed booklet: "Unitarians: The Spiritual Descendents of the Pilgrim Fathers," 1890
Box 11Folder 18
Printed booklet: "Life Problems," 1900
Box 11Folder 18
Two printed programs, 1910-1913
Box 11Folder 18
Printed booklet: "The Unitarian Name and Principles," 1914 [two copies]
Box 11Folder 19
Printed booklet: "The Unitarian Churches and International Peace," 1916
Box 11Folder 19
Printed article about Charles William Wendte, 1924
Box 11Folder 19
Printed advertisement for The Wider Fellowship, by Charles William Wendte, 1927
Weston, S. Burns
Box 11Folder 20
Printed article about S. Burns Weston, 1936
Whipple, Edwin Percy
Box 11Folder 21
Letter to "My dear Professor," 4 Apr. 1879
Wicksteed, Philip Henry
Box 11Folder 22
Printed portrait of Philip Henry Wicksteed, undated
Wilbur, Earl Morse
Box 11Folder 23
Letter to "Dear Sir," 22 Sep. 1927
Wilbur, Henry
Box 11Folder 24
Printed portrait of Henry Wilbur, undated
Willard, Daniel
Box 11Folder 25
Notes about Daniel Willard, undated
Wister, Frances
Box 11Folder 26
Printed articles about Frances Wister, 1936, 1956
Wolcott, Roger
Box 11Folder 27
Letter to Henry H. Edes, Esq., 27 May 1891
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Box 11Folder 28
Printed quotation, undated
Wyman, Jeffries
Box 11Folder 29
Review of The Physiology of Man, by Austin Flint, Jr., ca. 1866
Box 11Folder 29
Review of Mind in Nature, by Henry James Clark, ca. 1866
III. Printed material, 1778-1927
This bulk of this series consists of the printed works of Joseph Priestley, primarily his own personal copies. Many of the books were inscribed or annotated by Priestley. Also included in this series are Charles William Wendte's The Wider Fellowship (2 vol.) and the membership register of the Spring Garden Unitarian Society, Philadelphia, Penn.
Box 12Folder 1
The Sadducee: A Poem Occasioned by Several Publications, and Particularly Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit. London: Printed by J. W. Pasham, 1778.
This volume is inscribed by the anonymous author: "The Author to his Friend, the Rev'd Rich'd Harvey."
Box 12Folder 2
Priestley, Joseph. The Present State of Europe Compared with Ancient Prophecies: A Sermon, Preached at the Gravel Pit Meeting in Hackney, February 28, 1794, Being the Day Appointed for a General Fast...with a Preface Containing the Reasons for the Author's Leaving England. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1794.
This volume was bound at a later date in Philadelphia.
Box 12Folder 3
Priestley, Joseph. Two Sermons, viz. I. The Present State of Europe Compared with Ancient Prophecies; Preached on the Fast-Day in 1794...II. The Use of Christianity, Especially in Difficult Times; Being the Author's Farewell Discourse to His Congregation at Hackney. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1794.
This volume is Joseph Priestley's personal unbound copy.
Box 12Folder 4
Priestley, Joseph. Observations on the Increase of Infidelity. Northumberland-town, [Pa.]: Reprinted for J. Johnson, 1796.
This volume is Joseph Priestley's personal unbound copy.
Box 13Folder 1
Priestley, Joseph. Notes on All the Books of Scripture, for the Use of the Pulpit and Private Families. Vol. 3. Northumberland, [Pa.]: Printed for the author, 1804.
This volume, Joseph Priestley's personal unbound copy, is annotated by Priestley: "Wants the Cancels. Otherwise corrected."
Box 13Folder 2
Priestley, Joseph. Notes on All the Books of Scripture, for the Use of the Pulpit and Private Families. Vol. 4. [Northumberland, Pa.: Printed for the author], 1804.
This volume, Joseph Priestley's personal unbound copy, is annotated by Priestley: "Not yet Corrected. Want 1 leaf of my Index."
Box 13Folder 3
Membership register of the Spring Garden Unitarian Society, Philadelphia, Penn., 1880-1917
This volume includes lists of members, marriages, christenings, deaths, and other information. Inserted are printed items related to the Spring Garden Unitarian Society and other papers.
Box 14Folder 1
Wendte, Charles William. The Wider Fellowship: Memories, Friendships, and Endeavors for Religious Unity, 1844-1927. Vol. 1. Boston: Beacon Press, 1927.
This volume consists of unbound finished folio sheets.
Box 14Folder 2
Wendte, Charles William. The Wider Fellowship: Memories, Friendships, and Endeavors for Religious Unity, 1844-1927. Vol. 2. Boston: Beacon Press, 1927.
This volume consists of unbound finished folio sheets.
Preferred Citation
George E. Nitzsche Unitariana collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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:
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
Bowditch, N. I. (Nathaniel Ingersoll), 1805-1861.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880.
Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911.
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Long, John Davis, 1838-1915.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859.
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876.
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861.
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931.
Organizations:
Unitarian Society of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.).
United States--Declaration of Independence--Signers.
Subjects:
Authors--Autographs.
Autographs--Collections.
Clergy--Autographs.
Educators--Autographs.
Governors--Massachusetts--Autographs.
Judges--Autographs.
Liberalism (Religion)--History.
Politicians--Autographs.
Presidents--United States--Autographs.
Reformers--Autographs.
Scientists--Autographs.
Unitarianism--History.
Unitarians.
Materials Removed from the Collection
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the MHS Photo Archives. Included are portraits of Charles Gordon Ames, George Boros, George William Curtis, William Greenleaf Eliot, Jr., William M. Gilbert, Samuel Longfellow, William Wells Newell, George E. Nitzsche, C. J. Street, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Philip Henry Wicksteed, as well as other photographs and engravings related to individuals in this collection.