Found 4 collections related to Essays

Consists predominantly of letters and notes, dated 1803 to 1835, written by English journalist, political philosopher and novelist William Godwin, pertaining to social and professional matters, including a brief discussion of the writings of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft. Recipients include American actor and poet John Howard Payne. Also present are partial emended manuscript drafts of two undated essays, "Of Riches and Poverty" and "Of the Happiness of Youth;" and a receipt less

Papers consist mainly of letters to Washington, D. C., attorney David A. Hall mainly relating to legal matters and District of Columbia lands. Also included are indentures pertaining to real property in the District of Columbia, and two manuscripts by Hall relating to succession less

Tirzah M. Williams was the daughter of Cyrus Williams of North Stonington and New Haven, Connecticut, and a graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, class of 1843. The Tirzah M. Williams papers include two letters from Mary Lyon, letters from Williams' friends and teachers at Mount Holyoke, English compositions written at Mount Holyoke, Williams' graduation certificate, and a diary kept from 1838 to 1841 less