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.
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.
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.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Edward H. Hall estate, Apr. 1912.
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)
23 Feb. 1859
Allston, Washington (1779-1843)
31 Oct. (not signed)
Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867)
2 Feb. 1861
Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
17 Jan. 1840
Bowring, John (1792-1872)
28 May 1830
Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)
28 Mar. 1881
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)
1 Jan. 1861
4 July 1864
Burritt, Elihu (1810-1879)
19 May 1849
Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876)
11 Jan. 1848
16 Feb. 1848
Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842)
Undated
31 July 1826
20 July 1833
Channing, William Henry (1810-1884)
29 Dec. 1864
Collyer, Robert (1823-1912)
Undated
Curtis, George William (1824-1892)
Undated (fragment)
Dewey, Orville (1794-1882)
10 July 1854
Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887)
3 Oct.
20 Apr. 1849
Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849)
7 Aug. 1829
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
19 Sep. 1876
Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
19 July 1833
20 Sep. 1848
21 Sep. 1859
Frothingham, Octavius Brooks (1822-1895)
Undated (fragment)
Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850)
21 Aug. 1838
Oct. 1839
Furness, William Henry (1802-1896)
17 Feb. 1862
Greenwood, Francis William Pitt (1797-1843)
8 Feb.
Hedge, Frederic Henry (1805-1890)
31 Oct. 1849
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
19 May 1865
23 July 1890
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)
23 Mar. 1881 (no letter)
Howland, John (1873-1926)
10 Feb. 1842
Judd, Sylvester (1813-1853)
15 July 1845
16 June 1851
Kossuth, Louis (1802-1894)
3 July 1852
Lowell, John Amory (1798-1881)
25 Feb. 1874
MacDonald, George
Undated (signature only)
Mann, Horace (1796-1859)
24 Apr. 1839
Martineau, James (1805-1900)
3 May 1872
Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)
23 July 1849
10 July 1853
Mountford, William
18 June 1854
Norton, Andrews (1786-1853)
7 Dec. 1839
Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856)
9 Mar. 1842
Pierpont, John (1785-1866)
19 Jan. 1865
Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)
27 Feb.
Quincy, Josiah (1772-1864)
June 1836
Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876)
20 Jan. 1865
Sparks, Jared (1789-1866)
4 July 1822
25 Jan. 1850
1 May 1850
26 Apr. 1852
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
28 June 1849
Taylor, Edward Thompson (1793-1871)
6 Apr. 1844
30 Oct. 1860
Ticknor, George (1791-1871)
20 May 1839
Tuckerman, Joseph (1778-1840)
2 Sep. 1837
Walker, James (1794-1874)
16 Sep. 1853
Ware, Henry (1764-1845)
8 Apr. 1840
8 Mar. 1843
Ware, William (1797-1852)
10 Jan. 1840
15 May 1843
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
4 Dec. 1845
Preferred Citation
Edward B. Hall autograph 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.