Jared Sparks selected papers, 1819-1863 Franklin Bache S. D. Bradford William Duane Peter S. Du Ponceau J. Francis Fisher George Gibbs Henry D. Gilpin Edward D. Ingraham James Mease William B. Reed Henry Stevens, Sr. Henry Stevens, Jr. Benjamin Vaughan Petty Vaughan William Vaughan There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches. Table of contents (11 pp.). (Film 570)

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Date: 1819-1863 | Size: 2 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

Letters and papers relating to Sparks's research on Benjamin Franklin and the publication of an edition of the latter's writings. There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches.

Background note

Jared Sparks was a clergyman, editor, historian, and president of Harvard College; he became an American Philosophical Society member in 1837.

Collection Information

Physical description

2 microfilm reels.

Provenance

Location of originals:

Originals in Harvard University Library.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Correspondence.
  • Research notes.

Personal Name(s)

  • Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864
  • Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
  • Duane, William, 1760-1835
  • Fisher, J. Francis (Joshua Francis), 1807-1873
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  • Gibbs, George
  • Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilwor
  • Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854
  • Mease, James, 1771-1846
  • Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876
  • Sparks, Jared (1789-1866)
  • Stevens, Henry
  • Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835
  • Vaughan, Petty, 1788-1854
  • Vaughan, William