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Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 (MS Am 889.14-889.16): Guide.Administrative InformationNo accession number. Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell; received: 1918. Processed by: Alison Harris, Peter K. Steinberg, and Bonnie B. Salt Preferred Citation for Publication:Charles Henry Brainard Papers, 1795-1884 (MS Am 889.14-889.16). Houghton Library, Harvard University. There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Return to the Table of Contents Brainard (1817-1885) was an historian, print dealer, and publisher as C.H. Brainard Publishing Co., in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1885 he wrote: John Howard Payne, a biographical sketch of the author of "Home , sweet home", ... Return to the Table of Contents Includes three volumes: an autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated). The autograph album (MS Am 889.14) contains autograph quotations or sentiments, signed, from Matilda Goddard, Jacqueline Pendleton, Rufus Dawes, S. E. Sewall, Thaddeus Hyatt (dated 3 Apr. 1860 at the Washington jail), Anna E. Dickinson, W. H. H. Murray, and others; with a photograph of Hyatt, signed, addressed to Brainard. The letter book (MS Am 889.15) contains letters to Brainard written to Brainard from John Whittier, Charles Sumner, William Burleigh, Celia Burleigh, Rufus Dawes, George Ripley, and others; with a portrait print of Ripley. The scrapbook (MS Am 889.16) contains letters, few to Brainard, and cut-out signatures from Noah Webster, Washington Allston, Jared Sparks, John Pierpont, and others. The autographs of Eliza Leslie, John Whittier, Thomas Read, Horace Greeley, and others are accompanied by portrait prints. A typescript list of autographs was inserted the front, now removed to separate folder. Return to the Table of Contents Arranged in call-number order: MS Am 889.14: Autograph album MS Am 889.15: Letter book MS Am 889.16: Scrapbook and index Return to the Table of Contents |