Commonplace book, 1853-1855

Item — bound manuscript: 3

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, clippings, and documents by, to or about Moses Coit Tyler, richly documenting his personal and family life, his religious and scholarly pursuits, and the reception of his scholarly work. Includes correspondence among many members of Tyler's family, ranging in date from 1779-1899; drafts of sermons, lectures, and speeches Tyler gave, including an 1871 speech, "Woman is a Person"; diaries Tyler kept from 1858-1859 and 1870-1899; manuscripts (mainly letters) of prominent Americans; and commonplace books in which Tyler recorded quotations, kept from 1853-1855 and 1857-1861. Also included are reviews of and personal letters about Tyler's books A History of American Literature During the Colonial Time, 1607-1765; The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783; Patrick Henry; Three Men of Letters; and Glimpses of England. Correspondence includes letters from Tyler to his wife Jeannette in which he records his and other people's reactions to the events of the Civil War.

Correspondents include Charles Kendall Adams, J.B. Angell, M.D. Conway, Willard Fiske, S.S. Harris, Paul Hamilton Hayne, G.H. Putnam, H.W. Sage, Jacob Gould Schurman, Edmund Clarence Stedman, T. Tilton, and A.D. White. Family correspondents include Roland Greene, Mary Greene Tyler, Charles C. Tyler, John Tyler, Elisha Tyler, Olive Tyler, Rebecca Tyler, and Jeannette Tyler. Manuscripts collected by Tyler include letters by John Trumbull, Nathaniel Niles, and William Wirt Henry, with 2 letters by Daniel Webster and an autograph essay by Abbé Raynal, "Nouvelle Angleterre."

Dates

1853-1855

Creator

From the Collection: Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Person)
From the Collection: Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902. (Person)
From the Collection: Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916. (Person)
From the Collection: Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907. (Person)
From the Collection: Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904. (Person)
From the Collection: Greene, Roland. (Person)
From the Collection: Harris, Samuel, 1841-1888. (Person)
From the Collection: Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886. (Person)
From the Collection: Henry, William Wirt. (Person)
From the Collection: Niles, Nathaniel, 1741-1828. (Person)
From the Collection: Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930. (Person)
From the Collection: Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796. (Person)
From the Collection: Sage, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1814-1897. (Person)
From the Collection: Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. (Person)
From the Collection: Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. (Person)
From the Collection: Trumbull, John. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Charles C. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Elisha. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Jeannette. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, John. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Mary Greene, 1807-1894. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Title of work: Glimpses of England..) (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Title of work: History of American literature during the colonial time, 1607-1765..) (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Title of work: Literary history of the American Revolution, 1763-1783..) (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Title of work: Three men of letters..) (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Olive, 1772-1840. (Person)
From the Collection: Tyler, Rebecca Coit, 1810-1836. (Person)
From the Collection: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

66 volumes. (66 volumes.)

Physical Storage Information

bound manuscript: 3 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

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