Samuel G. Goodrich Collection, 1812-1972 (bulk 1820-1860)
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Samuel G. Goodrich Collection
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Goodrich, Samuel G.
Biographical History for: Samuel G. Goodrich Collection
Biographical Note Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. consul at Paris from 1851 to 1853.
Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection of 97 items, most collected by Mr. Harmon Boyd (AC 1917), consists chiefly of correspondence but also passports, contracts, tickets, official proclamations, and other documents relating to Samuel Goodrich's life and literary work, chiefly dating from 1820 to 1860 with some undated material. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Goodrich; correspondence to other individuals usually concerns Goodrich or his literary works or characters. The collection also includes several letters written by or to Goodrich's daughter, Emily Goodrich Smith, concerning her father's works; and one letter dated 1860to Goodrich's wife. Three items comprise 20th century material relating to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd's ownership of the collection.
American literature--19th century--Biography--Sources.
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Children's literature, American--Biography--Sources.
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.
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Boyd, Harmon, 1896- collector.
Amherst College. Class of 1917. Boyd.
Adams, John Quincy. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1823 Nov 1
Allston, Washington. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich] 1837 Feb 7
American Institute. MS.Doc., honoring Samuel Goodrich 1846 Oct 14
Appleton, [?]. AN, inviting Samuel Goodrich to dinner to meet Thomas H. Benton 1856 Nov 21
Bancroft, George. ANS, [to Samuel Goodrich?] 1858 Apr 2
Bartlett, [?]. Printed invitation to wedding of Frances Amelia Bartlett and Don Esteban Santa Cruz de Obiedo [n.y.] Oct 13
Beecher, Catherine Esther. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, about using his work as a text at her school 1828 Mar 7
Bell, John. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1849 Apr 15
Benjamin, Park. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich?] 18[33?] Jan 14
Benjamin, Park. ANS (fragment), [to Samuel Goodrich?] n.d.
Bennett, James G. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1853 Oct 23
Blanqui, [?]. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich] 1852 Jun 26
Blessington, William. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1842 Sep 30
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon. Printed Document, Signed. Also signed by Pierre Jules Baroche (Foreign Minister) 1851 Mar 12
Brainard, John Gardner Calkins. ADS, regarding Goodrich's publication of his poems 1825 Mar 14
Bryant, William Cullen. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1830 Apr 10
Burritt, Elihu. ALS, to Emily Goodrich Smith 1878 Mar 15
Cary, Alice. ALS, to Prof. Harper [1857?] Dec 12
Cass, Lewis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1850 Sept 11
Cass, Lewis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1853 Feb 8
Chase, Salmon Portland. ALS, to General King 1831 Sept 6
Cheever, B.H. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1851 Sep 28
Clay, Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 185[0?] Sep 26
Clinton, DeWitt. ANS, to John Jacob Astor 1823 Nov 12
Cody, W.F. ("Buffalo Bill"). Two cut signatures n.d.
Corwin, Thomas. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Aug 20
Cropper, Isa [pseudonym]. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich; an admiring letter from a young reader n.d.
Dix, John Adams. ALS, to Eleanor Goodrich Smith 1874 Feb 13
Dix, John Ross. ALS, fragment (last portion) 1857 Jan 26
Dix, John Ross. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1857 Mar 25
Doane, George Washington. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, regarding a misprint in The Token n.d.
Draper, Lyman. Printed D.S., making Samuel Goodrich an honorary member of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1854 Mar 7
Fillmore, Millard. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1850 Aug 31
[Fillmore, Millard.] AN, [to Samuel Goodrich] [1851] Feb 16
[Fillmore, Millard.] AN, [to Samuel Goodrich] [1851] Feb 24
Fillmore, Millard, and Daniel Webster. Printed document signed, on vellum, appointing Samuel Goodrich Consul at Paris. 1851 Mar 12
Franqueville, Pedro. Last will and testament, in Spanish. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. With emendations 1816-1846
Fremont, Jessie Benton. ALS, to Emily Goodrich. Cut from scrapbook; prescription from Pharmacy of the British Legation pasted to opposite side n.d.
Goodrich, Chauncey. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1813 Jun 14
Goodrich, Chauncey. ADS, appointing Samuel Goodrich his aide-de-camp 1815 Apr 17
Goodrich, Samuel G. AL (signature torn off), to Maryanne W. Goodrich 1812 Dec 9
Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS, to Rev. Samuel Goodrich 1813 Jun 8
Goodrich, Samuel G. Passport. Signed by Richard Rush. Numerous visas, stamps, and seals 1824 Dec 16
Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS, London, probably to his secretary, with instructions for delivery of books 1842 Sep 22
Goodrich, Samuel G. Diplomatic passport, for a trip to Rome carrying despatches. Numerous visas and stamps 1854 Oct. 26
Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS 1858 Mar 31
Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS (fragment), to Mr. Webb n.d.
Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS, poem about "Peter Parley" n.d.
Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS to A. L. Dennis, Esq., introducing his son-in-law, Mr. Eldridge [n.y.] Apr, 6
Gould. H.F. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1837 Feb 2
Greely, Horace. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1855 May 15
[Gr_____, J.P.?] ANS [1856?] Oct.
Hall, Samuel Carter. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich [1842] Sep 30
Hall, [?] Maria (Mrs. Samuel Carter). ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1842 Sep 30
Hamlin, Hannibal. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1853 Sep 2
Hosack, David. ALS, commending Samuel Goodrich to Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnaean Society, London 1823 Nov 15
Howitt, Mary. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich] 1847 Jan 2
Hugo, Victor. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, inviting him to visit 1853 Apr 29
Irving, Washington. ANS, fragment, apparently sent to Samuel Goodrich, quoting from the Sketch Book n.d.
King, Daniel P. ALS, to Caleb Cushing 1841 Feb 13
Lankton, Chloe. ALS, to Eleanor Goodrich Smith. [With ANS, [1877?] Aug 6, and clipping] 1877 Jul 31
Laurence, Abbott. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Jun 18
Lee, Richard Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Sep 17
Lee, Richard Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Sep 23
Library of Congress. Copyright Office. ALS, to Emily Goodrich Smith; request from A.R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, for four Peter Parley books 1878 Feb 25
Longfellow, H.W. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1856 Nov 24
Manufacturers Trust Company. Reproduced signatures of four assistant secretaries [1950] Nov 1
McGill, [William A.] and Schwing, [S.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, requesting to "take a photograph likeness of 'Peter Parley'" 1859 Nov 28
Montez, Lola (Marie de Lansfeld). ADS, contract with Legrand Smith for publicity services, witnessed by Samuel Goodrich 1851 Aug 8
Morse, Samuel F.B. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1850 Jan 25
Morse, Samuel F.B. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1855 Dec 12
Munson, Samuel [B?]. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich (on a proof of an engraving by Munson) 1828 Feb 24
Mussey, Barrows. TLS, to Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Boyd, asking permission to see the Samuel G. Goodrich Collection. With printed advertisement for Swissair Far East featuring an excerpt from Peter Parley's Geography for Children 1972 May 18
Mussey, Barrows. TLS, to Harmon S. Boyd 1972 Jul 17
Ollendorff, H.G. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich] 1854 May 31
Pitkin, Timothy. ALS, to Richard Rush 1823 Nov 10
President of the United States of America. MS.L.S. (copy), from Americans resident in Paris to the President of the U.S., requesting the retention of Samuel Goodrich as Consul 1853 Jan
Rothschild Freres. AL, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Jan 16
Scott, Winfield. ALS, to Messrs. Niven, Fullerton, and Monel 1850 Jul 8
Sigourney, Lydia H. ALS [to Samuel Goodrich] 1856 Nov 23
Sigourney, Lydia H. AL (initialed), to Mrs. Samuel Goodrich 1860 May 31
[Smith, Eleanor Goodrich.] Printed railway ticket. The first ticket purchased at Southbury for the first passenger train on the New York & NE Railroad. With a descriptive clipping 1881
Smith, Emily [Goodrich] Printed ticket for passage and board on the steamer Frances 1876 May 29
Smith, Emily Goodrich. ALS, to Helen Shove, mother of Harmon Boyd 1895 May 25
Sparks, Jared. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1833 Jan 22
Stroh, W. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1850 Sep [19?]
Taylor, Bayard. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1852 Sep 15
Toqueville, A. de. ANS, [to Samuel Goodrich?] 1853 Apr 30
Warden, Francis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1854 Sep 15
Webster Daniel, and Millard Fillmore. Printed document signed, on vellum, appointing Samuel Goodrich Consul at Paris. 1851 Mar 12
Webster, Daniel. Passport of Samuel Goodrich as Consul for Paris 1851 Mar 15
Webster, Daniel. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1851 Mar 15
Willis, N.P. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich] 1827 Jun 7
Woodruff, C.T. [and 6 others.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1858 Jun 22
Wolcott, Oliver. ADS. 1823 Sep 30
Wolcott, Oliver. ADS. 1825 Aug 27
Wyckoff, Mary C. [for the Executive Committee of the Alumnae of the Albany Female Seminary.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich 1850 May 29
Yale College. Junior Class. Broadside: "Order of exercises at the presentation of the wooden spoon… May 23, 1851." Relation to Samuel Goodrich is unclear. 1851 May 23
[Unidentified.] ALS fragment (last portion), to Mr. Baudric 1832 Aug 13