(PHILOSOPHY) Wakeman Thaddeus B Archive of his correspondenc

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(PHILOSOPHY.) Wakeman, Thaddeus B. Archive of his correspondence and manuscripts. 3 Autograph Letters Signed * Autograph Manuscript titled "Draft Resolutions read by me at Union Meeting, Washington Hall," New York, November 1865 * 38 letters received * 11 printed pamphlets, circular letters, and leaflets * and related papers. Most items in strong condition. Vp, 1865-1900

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Thaddeus Burr Wakeman (1834-1913) was a philosopher, activist, and lawyer from New York City. Most of this small archive relates to his involvement in the related positivist, liberal, and secularist movements. Notable letters include: Wakeman's letter to [Edward A.] Stevens concerning the officers of the American Secular Union, August 1888 3 letters from Boston Universalist clergyman George Chainey regarding his publications This World and Infidel Pulpit, and atheist leader Robert Green Ingersoll, 1881-82 A letter from Alonzo J. Grover concerning his suppressed speech opposing President Garfield to the National Liberal League, December 1880 A letter from Texas philosopher Edmund Montgomery, March 1889. A complete list of correspondents is available upon request.