(MASSACHUSETTS) Correspondence of William E Green of Worcest

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(MASSACHUSETTS.) Correspondence of William E. Green of Worcester. 29 letters to William E. Green and family members; various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1799-1849

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William Elijah Green (1777-1865) was a graduate of Brown University and prominent lawyer in Worcester, MA. This collection includes 4 letters to and from his Providence friend John Whipple, 1799-1806 a letter from noted attorney Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, 28 December 1828 11 letters from friend Levi Thaxter of Watertown, MA (father-in-law of the poet Celia Thaxter), 1802-06. Thaxter wrote in 1802, apparently in jest, "What a place is Worcester, once noted for its hospitality & politeness, now famed for scandal & abuise. . . . Hell is too good for us." The collection also includes three family letters wholly or partly written by William's son Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903), who became a New York lawyer and played a major role in the development of the city's parks and library. The first of these letters was co-written with Andrew's brother Samuel Fisk Green (1822-1884), later a famed missionary to Ceylon.