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Cortazzo autograph collection (RLC.Ms.027)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
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Inventory

Series 1. American literary figures
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by last name and consists of letters, letter fragments, and autographs from American authors, editors, poets, and literary scholars. Also included are letters received by Emma and Katerine Cortazzo and other family members of theirs. Notable persons include: Mark Twain, Julia Ward Howe, Maude Howe Elliot, W. D. Howell, Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry Van Dyke, Sarah Woolsey, and Washington Irving.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 À Beckett, John J.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 2 Abbott, Francis Ellingwood (1836-1903)
 1894 Mar 13
Box 1, Folder 3 Andrews, Elisha Benjamin (1844-1917)
 1886 May 15
Box 1, Folder 4 Barr, Amelia Edith (1831-1919)
 1893 Mar 20
Box 1, Folder 5 Barrows, Isabel C. (1845-1913)
 1886 Jun 24
Box 1, Folder 6 Benjamin, Walter R. (1854-1943)
 1914 Jun 19
Box 1, Folder 7 Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893)
 1892 Mar 24
Box 1, Folder 8 Brown, Alice (1857-1948)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 9 Burroughs, John (1837-1921)
 1899 Aug 10
Box 1, Folder 10 Butler, Nicholas Murray (1862-1947)
 1902 Jan 20
Box 1, Folder 11 Cable, George Washington (1844-1925)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 12 Clark, James Freeman (1810-1888)
 1881 Dec, 1882 Oct 17, 1885 Nov 19, 1882 Dec 25
Box 1, Folder 13 Davenport, Edward Loomis (1815-1877)
 1871 Sep 11
Box 1, Folder 14 Deland, Margaret (1857-1945)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 15 Dunne, Finley Peter (1867-1936)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 16 Earle, Alice Morse (1851-1911)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 17 Edwards, Amelia Blanford (1831-1892)
 1873 Apr 18
Box 1, Folder 18 Edwards, George Wharton (1859-1950)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 19 Eliot, Charles W. (1859-1950)
 1892 Jan 16
Box 1, Folder 20 Elliot, Maud Howe (1854-1948)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 21 Everett, Charles Carroll (1829-1900)
 1898 Apr 11
Box 1, Folder 22 Letter to Professor DuBois.
 1900 Jan 10
Box 1, Folder 23 French, Lillie (1854-1939)
 1902 Mar 7
Box 1, Folder 24 Furness, William Henry (1802-1896)
 1866 Jul 25
Box 1, Folder 25 Gardner, Isabella (1840-1924)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 26 Gay, Henry Nelson (1870-1932)
 1913 Jan 13, 1913 Mar 12, 1914 May 12
Box 1, Folder 27 Giddings, Franklin Henry (1855-1931)
 1892 Feb 3
Box 1, Folder 28 Gilman, David Colt (1831-1908)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 29 Griswold, Latta (1876-1931)
 1915 Feb 22
Box 1, Folder 30 Guiney, Louise Imogen (1861-1920)
 1899 Aug 11
Box 1, Folder 31 Hadley, Arthur T. (1856-1930)
 1899 Oct 27
Box 1, Folder 32 Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
 1895 Apr 2
Box 1, Folder 33 Hall, Granville Stanley (1844-1924)
 1855 Feb 16
Box 1, Folder 34 Hawthorne, Julian (1846-1934)
 1908 Dec 1
Box 1, Folder 35 Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
 1893 Jun 25
Box 1, Folder 36 Hill, Thomas
 1884 Jun 20
Box 1, Folder 37 Hodges, George (1856-1919)
 1897 Feb 22
Box 1, Folder 38 Hodgson, Richard (1855-1905)
 1899 Oct 23
Box 1, Folder 39 Hoeber, Arthur (1854-1915)
 1904 Dec 28
Box 1, Folder 40 Hopkins, Margaret Briscoe
 1899 Sep 20
Box 1, Folder 41 Howe, Frederic Clemson (1867-1940)
 1894 Sep 25
Box 1, Folder 42 Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
 1906 Nov 29 and undated
Box 1, Folder 43 Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 44 Hulton, Laurence
 1893 Jun 12
Box 1, Folder 45 Irving, Washington (1783-1859)
 1849 Mar 24
Box 1, Folder 46 Jewett, Sarah Orne (1849-1909)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 47 Johnson, Robert Underwood (1853-1937)
 1915 Jan 15
Box 1, Folder 48 Litchfield, Grace Denio (1849-1944)
 1902 May 13 and undated
Box 1, Folder 49 Livermore, Abiel Abbot (1811-1892)
 1886 Jul 20
Box 1, Folder 50 Low, Seth (1850-1916)
 1895 Mar 21
Box 1, Folder 31 Marsh, O. C.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 51 Matthews, Brander (1851-1929)
 1900 Apr 19
Box 1, Folder 52 Meade, L.
 1890 Jun 16
Box 1, Folder 53 Montgomery, J. H.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 54 Moulton, Louise Chandler (1835-1908)
 1885 Dec
Box 1, Folder 55 Munger, Theodore Thorton (1830-1910)
 1893 Apr 13
Box 1, Folder 56 Newton, Richard Herber (1840-1914)
 1897 Oct 20
Box 1, Folder 57 Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908)
 1892 Jan 25
Box 1, Folder 58 Orczy, Emmuska, Baroness (1865-1947)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 59 Page, Thomas Nelson (1853-1922)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 60 Paine, Albert Bigelow (1861-1937)
 1899 Sep 17
Box 1, Folder 61 Paine, Robert Treat (1835-1910)
 1892 Feb 15
Box 1, Folder 62 Peabody, Andrew Preston (1811-1893)
 1889 Apr 26
Box 1, Folder 63 Peaslee, Arthur N.
 1916 Jun 13
Box 1, Folder 64 Pier, Arthur Stanwood (1874-1966)
 1899 Aug 14 and undated
Box 1, Folder 65 Potter, Henry Codman (1834-1908)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 66 Proctor, Edna Dean (1829-1923)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 67 Repplier, Agnes (1855-1950)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 68 Richardson, Norval (1877-1940)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 69 Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882)
 1860 Nov 22
Box 1, Folder 70 Royce, Josiah (1855-1916)
 1892 Jul 17
Box 1, Folder 71 Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth (1838-1912)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 72 Santayana, George (1863-1952)
 1899 Feb 11
Box 1, Folder 73 Savage, Minot Judson (1841-1918)
 1897 Oct 5
Box 1, Folder 74 Savage, Maxwell Sands
 1900 Dec 16 and undated
Box 1, Folder 75 Savage, P. H.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 76 Schurman, Jacob Gould (1854-1942)
 1895 Apr 11
Box 1, Folder 77 Sedgwick, Jane Minot
 undated
Box 1, Folder 78 Smith, Francis Hopkinson (1838-1915)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 79 Stetson, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
 1899 Sep 2
Box 1, Folder 80 Story, Julian (1857-1919)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 81 Thomas, Edith Matilda (1854-1925)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 82 Ticknor, Anna E. (1823-1896)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 83 Tilden, W. P.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 84 Train, Elizabeth Phipps (1856-)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 85 Tupper, Martin (1810-1889)
 1881 Jul 4
Box 1, Folder 86 Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 87 Van Dyke, Henry (1852-1933)
 1899 Jul 21
Box 1, Folder 88 Wells, Kate (1838-1911)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 89 Wheeler, Hallie Erminie (1874-1956)
 1913 Mar 4
Box 1, Folder 90 Whiting, Lilian (1847-1942)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 91 Woolsey, Sarah C. (1835-1905)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 92 Woolson, Abba Goold (1838-1905)
 1899 Jan 10
Box 1, Folder 93 Wright, Carroll Davidson (1840-1909)
 1897 Aug 30
Box 1, Folder 94 Zangwill, Israel (1864-1926)
 undated

Series 2. American historical figures
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by last name and contains letters, documents, military orders, and bank checks from American activists, politicians, and servicemen. Included are military records and correspondence concerning the Cortazzo's relative, General George W. Cullum. Notable persons include: Jane Addams, Presidents Rutherford Hayes and Theodore Roosevelt, Winfield Scott, and Alfred T. Mahan.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 95 Addams, Jane (1860-1935)
 1890 Jul
Box 1, Folder 96 Alden, James (1810-1877)
 1870 May 24
Box 1, Folder 97 Astor, John Jacob (1822-1890)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 98 Blaine, James G. (1830-1893)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 99 Bonaparte, Je?ro?me Napole?on (1805-1870)
 1853 Mar 19
Box 1, Folder 100 Chadwick, French Ensor (1844-1919)
 1912 Aug 23 and undated
Box 1, Folder 101 Channing, William Henry (1810-1884)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 102 Cranch, William (1769-1855)
 1825 Oct 8
Box 1, Folder 103 De Camp, John (1812-1875)
 1863 Jan 20
Box 1, Folder 104 Dewey, George (1837-1917)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 105 Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 106 Gowdy, John Kennedy (1843-1918)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 107 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 108 Hoar, George Frisbee (1826-1904)
 undated
Box 1, Folder 109 Irvine, William (1741-1804)
 1802 Jun 30, 1804 Apr 14
Box 1, Folder 110 Larned, Charles William (1850-1911)
 1899 Oct 25
Box 2, Folder 1 Lawrence, Abbott (1792-1855)
 1851 Aug 27
Box 2, Folder 2 Long, John Davis (1838-1915)
 1886 Oct 3
Box 2, Folder 3 Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840-1914)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 4 Michie, Peter Smith (1839-1901)
 1900 Nov 11
Box 2, Folder 5 Olney, Richard (1835-1917)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 6 Paulding, Hiram (1797-1878)
 1862 Oct 25
Box 2, Folder 7 Peary, Robert Edwin (1856-1920)
1895 Oct 30
Box 2, Folder 8 Penrose, Boies (1860-1921)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 9 Platt, Thomas Collier (1833-1910)
 1902 Mar 7
Box 2, Folder 10 Quay, Matthew Stanley (1833-1904)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Reed, Thomas Brackett (1839-1902)
1886 Oct 1
Box 2, Folder 12 Robeson, George (1829-1897)
 1873 Jun 24
Box 2, Folder 13 Rodgers, Christopher (1819-1892)
 1861 May 21
Box 2, Folder 14 Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
 1885 Feb 19, 1899 Jan 19
Box 2, Folder 15 Rowan, Stephen Clegg (1808-1890)
 1868 Dec 11
Box 2, Folder 16 Sampson, William Thomas (1840-1902)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 17 Santa Anna, Antonio Lo?pez de (1794?-1876)
 1866 May 15
Box 2, Folder 18 Schley, Winfield Scott (1838-1911)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 19 Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)
 1835 Jul 3
Box 2, Folder 20 Seward, William Henry (1801-1872)
1856 May 29
Box 2, Folder 18 Sickles, Daniel Edgar (1819-1914)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 21 Sigsbee, Charles Dwight (1845-1923)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 22 Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
 1865 Nov 29
Box 2, Folder 23 Stone, William A. (1846-1920)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 24 Strong, W. S.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 25 Toucey, Isaac (1796-1869)
 1857 Oct 7
Box 2, Folder 26 Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)
 1862 Mar 1, 1863 Oct 24
Box 2, Folder 27 White, Andrew Dickson (1832-1918)
 1884 Feb 9 and undated
Box 2, Folder 28 Winthrop, Robert C. (1809-1894)
 1853 Nov 22
Box 2, Folder 29 Woodford, Stewart Lyndon (1835-1913)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 30 Woodward, Benjamin Duryea (1868-1948)
 1899 Dec 11

Series 3. Royal figures
Letters, official documents, and autographs from various kings, emperors, princes, and consorts. Notable persons include: Queen Victoria, King George III, Archduke Ferdinand I, King George I, Emperor Leopold I, and Anna de Medici. This series is arranged in alphabetical order.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 38 Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850)
 1817 Sep 29 and undated
Box 2, Folder 31 Angoule?me, Louis-Antoine d'Artois, duc d' (175-1844)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 32 Anna, Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)
 1662
Box 2, Folder 33 Aumale, Henri d'Orle?ans, duc d' (1822-1897)
 1886 Nov 28
Box 2, Folder 34 Beauharnais, Euge?ne de (1781-1824)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 35 Bernadotte, Oscar, prince (1859-1953)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 36 Bonaparte, Paolina (1780-1825)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 37 Bourbon-Penthie?vre, Louise-Marie-Ade?lai?de de, duchesse d'Orle?ans (1753-1821)
 1821 Mar 6
Box 2, Folder 39 Castelar, Emilio (1832-1899)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 40 Charles X, King of France (1757-1836)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 41 Charles XIII, King of Sweden and Norway (1748-1818)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 42 Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1826-1872)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 43 Christian IX, King of Denmark (1818-1906)
 1848
Box 2, Folder 44 Conde?, Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de (1736-1818)
 1817 Jun 13
Box 2, Folder 45 Eleonora, Empress, consort of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686)
 1679
Box 2, Folder 46 Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529-1595)
 1548 Jun 6
Box 2, Folder 47 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608-1657)
 1656 Aug 15
Box 2, Folder 48 Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1744-1797)
 1786, 1795 Jun 24 and undated
Box 2, Folder 49 Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1770-1840)
 1821
Box 2, Folder 50 George II, King of Great Britain (1683-1760)
 1759 Sep 30
Box 2, Folder 51 George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)
 1763 Aug 11, 1814 Jan 13
Box 2, Folder 52 George, Prince, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)
 1849 Aug 3
Box 2, Folder 53 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640-1705)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 54 Louisa, Queen Consort of Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1828-1871)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 55 Paris, Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orle?ans, comte de (1838-1894)
 1861 Jun 1
Box 2, Folder 56 Philip V, King of Spain (1683-1746)
 1727
Box 2, Folder 57 Princes of Siam
 undated
Box 2, Folder 58 Talleyrand-Pe?rigord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Be?ne?vent (1754-1838)
 1809 Apr 19 and undated
Box 2, Folder 59 Teresa Cristina, Empress, consort of Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1822-1889)
 1876 Apr 3
Box 2, Folder 60 Toulouse, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de (1678-1737)
 1703 Jul 30
Box 2, Folder 61 Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)
 1863 May 14
Box 2, Folder 62 William IV, King of Great Britain (1765-1837)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 63 William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834)
 1826 Feb 23
Box 2, Folder 64 Woronzow, Michael Simonovitch, Prince Woronzow, Russian General (1782-1856)
 undated

Series 4. Miscellaneous
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by last name and contains letters from various artists, surgeons, entertainers, musicians, theologians, and philosophers. Notable persons include: Samuel Wilberforce, Louis Pasteau, Dame Ethel Smyth, John Singer Sargent, and Camilla Landi.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 65 Bartet, Jean Julia Regnault (1854-1941)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 66 Bonnat, Le?on Joseph Florentin (1833-1922)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 67 Brewster, Anna M. H. (1819-1892)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 68 Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina (1814-1904)
 1870 Jan 15
Box 2, Folder 69 Caird, Edward (1835-1908)
 1896 Dec 3
Box 2, Folder 70 Carren?o, Teresa (1853-1917)
 1896 May 1
Box 2, Folder 71 Cortazzo, Katherine
 undated
Box 2, Folder 72 Critchett, George (1817-1882)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 73 DeFour, Marc
 1900, 1907
Box 2, Folder 74 Egle, William Henry (1830-1901)
 1884 Apr 18
Box 2, Folder 75 Emery, Winifred (1861-1924)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 76 Ezekial, Moses Jacob (1844-1917)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 77 Ffrench, Yvonne
 1889 Jul 5
Box 2, Folder 78 Greenough, Richard Saltonstall (1819-1904)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 79 Hall, Augustus
 undated
Box 2, Folder 80 Henner, Jean Jacques (1829-1905)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 81 Hesteline
 1899 Nov 25
Box 2, Folder 82 Hofland, Thomas Christopher (1777-1843)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 83 Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 84 Landi, Camilla (1866-1911)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 85 Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 86 Loder, G. W.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 87 Maugham, William Somerset (1874-1965)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 88 Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria (1756-1825)
 1824
Box 2, Folder 89 Montalba, Hilda
 undated
Box 2, Folder 90 Munthe, Axel (1857-1949)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 91 Murray, John
 1909 Aug 9
Box 2, Folder 92 Nanson, Fridtjof (1861-1930)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 93 Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 94 Primoly, Louis
 undated
Box 2, Folder 95 Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 96 Simmons, Franklin (1839-1913)
 1901 Jan 19
Box 2, Folder 97 Smith, Donald Alexander (1820-1914)
 1897 Aug 7
Box 2, Folder 98 Smyth, Ethel Mary (1858-1944)
 1898 Oct 29
Box 2, Folder 99 Toulmouche, Auguste (1829-1890)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 100 Vaughan, Herbert (1832-1903)
 1906 Nov 24
Box 2, Folder 101 Widor, Charles Marie (1844-1937)
 undated
Box 2, Folder 102 Wilberforce, Samuel (1805-1873)
 1862 Feb 27
Box 2, Folder 103 Willard, Ashton Rollins (1858-1918)
 1900 Mar 28