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Edward Everett Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C1050
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Citations should be as follows: Edward Everett Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1828-1865 (inclusive)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Form:
Correspondence -- 19th century
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American statesman Edward Everett.

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Edward Everett, an American statesman, was born in Dorchester, Mass., on April 11, 1794. He graduated from Harvard University in 1811. He was elected to Congress (1825-1835), and served as governor of Massachusetts (1836-1840), United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain (1841-1845), president of Harvard University (1846-1849), secretary of state (1852-1853), and United States senator (1853-1854). He died in Boston on January 15, 1865.

The collection consists of selected correspondence of Everett. Correspondents include George N. Briggs, James Carnahan, Ralph Waldo Emerson, David A. Hall, John G. Locke, William B. Sprague, and John Tyler.

Arranged by accession number.

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

Various AM.

Finding aid written by James Flannery on February 7, 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letter from Edward Everett to John Tyler, President of the USA referring to explosion on the "Princeton" in which Sec. of State Uphur was killed, 1844 April 8. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Edward Everett to Rev. Drs. Carnahan, Miller, Newkirk, and Green, Letter from Everett to Mr. V.D. Collins, 1847-1853. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Edward Everett to David A. Hall concerning making and shipping a wardrobe, 1851 May 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Edward Everett to Mrs. Anne Smyth (wife of Admiral W.H. Smyth) acknowledging a book and commenting on the prospect of Civil War in America, 1861 May 13. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Edward Everett to "Gentlemen", 1865 January 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from Edward Everett to R.W. Emerson, unaddressed (photostats), 1826-1846. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Edward Everett to Mr. John G. Locke, 1854 April 2. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

4 Letter from Edward Everett to William B. Sprague, 1 to Mr. Emerson, 1 Letter to Mr. Kenyon, 1 to George N. Briggs, 1 to "My dear friend", 1 Calling Card, 1834-1858. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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