948 resultados para Letter from a Friend in America to Luke Howard, of Tottenham, near London.


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One letter briefly describing Russell’s studies at the home of Rev. Dr. McClintock in Greenland, N.H., where he was staying during a nine-month suspension from Harvard for theft of college property. Tudor, who was also found to be involved, was suspended for six months. Russell also inquires about fellow classmates, some of whom participated in the theft.

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One letter in which Tudor writes of his relief at the acquittal of his brother-in-law Charles Stewart at a court martial. He also discusses speculation and trade, his shares in silver mines at Bella Vista and Chanca, Peru, and the political climate. He additionally references his role in planning the monument at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, writing, "I had something to do in originating and preparing the way for the Bunker Hill monunument, a truly patriotic object, which I believed was a proper way to excite public enthusiasm."

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One letter from Bentley, a Unitarian minister in Salem, praising Tudor’s work on James Otis and offering his recollections of Otis from the late 18th century.

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One letter mentioning the French ambassador to Naples, Charles Jean-Marie Alquier. In French.

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One letter, written from London, regarding an exhibition of Newton’s art and improvements of the English School in cabinet painting.

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One letter explaining his decision to decline membership in the Anthology Society, critiquing Rees’s Cyclopaedia, and discussing the North American Review.

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One letter inviting Tudor to his wedding to Susan Powell Mason, daughter of their mutual friend, Jonathan Mason.

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One letter offering information and sources on the judge and poet Benjamin Pratt, including an article in the May 1810 Monthly Anthology and Boston Review.

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One letter in which Belknap declines Tudor’s offer to partner in business speculation.

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One letter written to Tudor in the care of Frederick Degen in Naples. In French.

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One letter regarding the price and condition of a painting and the art market in general. In French.

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One letter wishing Tudor safe passage to Genoa and requesting Tudor forward his letters to an address in Florence.

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One letter from the Boston merchant in England regarding experiments in ship construction and Frederic Tudor’s ideas on designing sailing vessels to transport ice.

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One letter regaring a shipment of books to Tudor in Brazil; includes an affadavit signed by the ship’s captain.

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One letter regarding a sale of paintings by Tudor in Boston.