1779-1909
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of autograph letters and cut-slip autographs written to or collected by James Schouler and tipped into a volume.
Biographical Sketch
James Schouler was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1839, the son of William Schouler (1814-1872), a journalist and Massachusetts politician, and his wife Frances Eliza (Warren) Schouler. James Schouler graduated from Harvard College in 1859 and was admitted to the Boston bar in 1862. He practiced law and was a lecturer at the Boston University School of Law and Johns Hopkins University. In addition to his legal practice, Schouler was a historian and served as president of the American Historical Association from 1896 to 1897. He died in Intervale, New Hampshire, in 1920.
Collection Description
This collection consists of autograph letters and cut-slip autographs, primarily written to James Schouler or his father William, collected by James, and tipped into a volume. Correspondents include U.S. presidents, politicians, military leaders, and other prominent Americans. Also included are a few handwritten notes by Schouler on his History of the United States of America.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the estate of James Schouler, May 1921.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886)
Adams, Henry (1838-1918)
Adams, John (1735-1826)
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867)
Authors' Club
Bancroft, George (1800-1891)
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894)
Biddle, Nicholas (1786-1844)
Boutwell, George S. (1818-1905)
Briggs, George Nixon (1796-1861)
Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Butler, William Allen (1825-1902)
Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850)
Campbell, Lewis D. (1811-1882)
Carusi, Charles F. (d. 1931)
Chase, Salmon P. (1808-1873)
Choate, Rufus (1799-1859)
Clay, Henry (1777-1852)
Clifford, John H. (1809-1876)
Note: This letter is missing as of January 1977.
Cooley, Thomas McIntyre (1824-1898)
Crittenden, John J. (1787-1863)
Curtis, George William (1824-1892)
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
Eastburn, Manton (1801-1872)
Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
Everett, William (1839-1910)
Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
Hamilton, Alexander (1755 or 1757-1804)
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904)
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Johnston, Alexander (1849-1889)
Jones, Henry Champion (1856-1942)
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lincoln, Levi (1782-1868)
Lincoln, Robert T. (1843-1926)
McLean, John (1785-1861)
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Marshall, John (1755-1835)
Muensterberg, Hugo (1863-1916)
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Otis, Eliza Henderson Boardman (1796-1873)
Parkman, Francis (1823-1893)
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
Polk, James K. (1795-1849)
Quincy, Josiah
Rhodes, James F. (1848-1927)
Royal Society of Arts
Schouler, James
Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)
Seward, William H. (1801-1872)
Sherman, John (1823-1900)
Sherman, William T. (1820-1891)
Smith, Caleb B. (1808-1864)
Sprague, Seth
Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869)
Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868)
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
Sumner, William Graham (1840-1910)
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)
Wade, Benjamin F. (1800-1878)
Washburn, Emory (1800-1877)
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Wilson, Henry (1812-1875)
Winthrop, Robert C.(1809-1894)
Preferred Citation
James Schouler autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.