HEWITT, JOHN HILL,
1801-1890.
John Hill Hewitt papers
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Correspondence biography sketchbooks
John Hill Hewitt papers > Correspondence biography sketchbooks
Series 1
Correspondence, biography, sketchbooks
Box 1-3 (folder 8), 12-13, and 15-18, OBV1-2, and MF1
Correspondence, 1830-1890 | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | 1 | Claudia A. Bland to "My Dear Sister," Augusta, Georgia, October 6, 1830, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Henry Clay to Hewitt, "Ashland," December 5, 1843, 1 p., note [2 copies] |
1 | 1 | A.H.H. Stuart to Hewitt, Washington, D.C., January 31, 1849, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | Daniel Webster to Hewitt, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1850, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | A.H.H. Stuart to Hewitt, Department of the Interior, October 30, 1850, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | Fanny Morant to Hewitt, no place, March 3, 1855, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Anna Cora Ritchie to Hewitt, no place, February 27, 1860, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | Anna Cora Ritchie to Hewitt, no place, March 1, 186(0), 2 pp., ALS [mutilated] |
1 | 1 | Anna Cora Ritchie to Hewitt, no place, March 3, 1860, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Anna Cora Ritchie to Hewitt, March 15, 1860, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | G. T. Beauregard to Hewitt, Charleston, South Carolina, October 12, 1862, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Samuel LeRoy Hammond to Hewitt, Charleston, South Carolina, February 10, 1863, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "Dear Chicken" [wife], Augusta, Georgia, March 15, 1864, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | J. H. Morgan to Hewitt, Atlanta, July 7, 1864, 1 p., LS |
1 | 1 | George Dunn to Hewitt, Richmond, Virginia, January 20, 1865, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "My Dear Allie" [wife], Baltimore, September 4, 1865, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to [wife, no salutation], Mount Washington, January 24, 1866, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie," Baltimore, April 13, 1866, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "My Dearest Love" [wife], "Swann Lake," July 1, 1868, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Mary to "Dear Sodie," Staunton, October 12, 1866, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie," Jersey City, July 19, 1868, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie," Winchester, July 24, 1869, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "My Dear Allie," Winchester, September 17, 1869, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie," Winchester, September 22, 1869, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to [wife, no salutation], Winchester, October 3, 1869, 2 pp., ALS [incomplete, no signature] |
1 | 1 | Hewitt to "My Dear Baby" [wife], Baltimore, August 15, 1870, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | Martin Rouzer, et al., to Hewitt, Mechanicstown, Maryland, July 28, 1871, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | George W. Childs to Hewitt, Philadelphia, May 23, 1872, 2 p., ALS |
1 | 1 | J. B. Gordon to Hewitt, Atlanta, November 28, 1872, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | J. E. Fuel to Hewitt, New York, December 20, 1872, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 1 | A. S. [?] to "Professor Hewitt," July 23, 187[?], 1 p., ALS [fragment] |
1 | 2 | A. F. Crutchfield to Hewitt, Baltimore, April 22, 1873, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | J. C. Norris to Hewitt, Baltimore, August 21, 1873, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | J. C. Norris to Hewitt, Baltimore, September 8, 1873, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | Biglow & Main [publishers of Church and Sunday School Music] to Hewitt, New York, February 9, 1874, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | Biglow & Main [publishers of Church and Sunday School Music] to Hewitt, New York, February 11, 1874, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | Wm. F. Gill to Hewitt, Boston, March 6, 1874, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | George W. Hewitt to Hewitt, August 18, 1874, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | F. Henry Drown to Hewitt, New York, September 1, 1874, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | F. Henry Drown to Hewitt, New York, September 9, 1874, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | F. Henry Drown to Hewitt, New York, [?], 1874, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | Wm. F. Gill to Hewitt, Boston, March 27, 1875, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | Wm. F. Gill to Hewitt, Boston, April 11, 1875, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | A. F. Crutchfield to Hewitt, Baltimore, May 20, 1875, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | Owen M. Taylor to Hewitt, Annapolis, October 7, 1876, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | Turnbull Brothers [publishers, booksellers] to Hewitt, Baltimore, October 30, 1876, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 2 | J. W. Watkins to Hewitt, New Orleans, March 17, 1877, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | Joseph N. Ireland to Hewitt, Bridgeport, Connecticut, August 30, 1878, 5 pp., ALS |
1 | 2 | Joseph N. Ireland to Hewitt, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 5, 1878, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie" [wife], Washington, D.C., February 18, 1880, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | R. Brock to Hewitt, Richmond, Virginia, May 6, 1881, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Hewitt to "Dear Allie," Washington, D.C., December 9, 1881, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | J. J. Moran [?] to Hewitt, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1882, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | J. H. B. Latrobe to Hewitt, no place, April 3, 1882, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | M. S. Stevenson to Hewitt, no place, August 13, 1882, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | W. H. Kirk to Hewitt, Philadelphia, September 29, 1883, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | Vice President of the St. Vincent Lyceum to Hewitt, October 18, 1884, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Charles Soran to Hewitt, Baltimore, November 29, 1884, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | B. F. Perry to Hewitt, Greenville, South Carolina, December 19, 1884, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | J. H. B. Latrobe to Hewitt, Baltimore, Maryland, December 30, 1884, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | B. F. Perry to Hewitt, Sans Souci, South Carolina, September 27, 1885, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | George W. Childs to Hewitt, Philadelphia, October 2, 1885, 1 p., ANS |
1 | 3 | J.H.H. to "Dear Allie" [wife], Jersey City, October 18, 1885, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | J.H.H. to "Dear Little Wife," New York, October [?] 22, 1885, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | G. W. Childs to Hewitt, Philadelphia, February 1, 1886, 2 pp., LS |
1 | 3 | J. P. Carter to Hewitt, Baltimore, October 30, 1886, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | Mrs. B. F. Perry to Hewitt, Sans Souci, South Carolina, December 11, 1886, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | G. W. Booth to Hewitt, Baltimore, July 5, 1888, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | Wm. H. Ruby to Hewitt, Lawson, Maryland, October 15, 1888, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 3 | John Thomas Jones to Hewitt, Reading, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1888, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Mrs. B. F. Perry to Hewitt, Greenville, South Carolina, December 16, 1888, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Wm. H. Ruby to Hewitt, Lawson, Maryland, January 16, 1889, 1 p., ALS l |
1 | 3 | Henry Clay Wysham to "My Dear Old Master" [Hewitt], San Francisco, July 29, 1889, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Hewitt to Charles W. Moulton, Baltimore, December 3, 1889, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Hewitt to "My Dear Daughter," Baltimore, [?], 1890, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 3 | Undated letters and notes (8 items) |
Hewitt family correspondence, 1893-1934 | ||
1 | 4 | H. P. Main to Mrs. Alethia Hewitt, New York, July 28, 1893, 1 p ALS. |
1 | 4 | V. E. Mitchell to Mrs. Hewitt, New York, April 18, 1894, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Alice L. Harper to Mrs. Alethia M. Hewitt, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, August 17, 1897, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Alice L. Harper to Mrs. Hewitt, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, September 16, 1897, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | A. Montgomery to "My Dear Friend," Richmond, Virginia, March 17, 1898, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 4 | Lamar Fontaine to Mrs. Hewitt, Lyon, Miss., March 26, 1898, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 4 | Alice L. Harper to Mrs. Hewitt, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, April 29, 1898, 6 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Alice L. Harper to Mrs. Hewitt, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, December 26, 1898, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Georgette Bridgford to "editor," New York, August 6, 1901, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | T. E. Niles to Mrs. Hewitt, New York, October 19, 1901, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 4 | Mrs. John H. Hewitt to T. E. Niles, Baltimore, October 22, 1901, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | W. M. Marine to Mrs. Hewitt, Baltimore, October 24, 1901, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Mrs. John H. Hewitt to T. E. Niles, Baltimore, October 27, 1901, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 4 | Mrs. John H. Hewitt to "My Dear Aunt Mary," Burlington, New York, October 2, 1915, 4 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | J. H. Whittier to Family Mr. J. H. Hewitt, Richmond, April 3, 1924, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | Mrs. M. S. Lebey to Keith Read, Isle of Hope, Georgia, November 15, 1926, 3 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | James E. Hancock (?) to Mrs. M. S. Lebey, Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 1928, 1 p., ALS |
1 | 4 | Clementine Lebey [Mrs. M.S.] to Keith Read, Isle of Hope, Georgia, February 19, 1934, 2 pp., ALS |
1 | 4 | W. E. Mitchell, undated, incomplete letter |
Miscellaneous papers | ||
1 | 5 | Small address book |
1 | 5 | Contract between J. H. H., Edmund Bull & W. N. Tuttle September 11, 1839, 2 pp. concerning the establishment of a daily paper |
1 | 5 | Resolution from the Union Guards, September 17, 1842, thanking J.H.H. for presenting to the Corps a "quick step march" |
1 | 5 | Fragment of "The Carnival of Venice" [song], October 14, 1853 |
1 | 5 | List of Expenditures, J. H.H., March 24, 1864 [and xerox copy] |
1 | 5 | Inventory of stock on hand, Blackmar & Bro., April 16, 1865; "copy from the original inventory, J.H.H." |
1 | 5 | Receipt for $100 to J.H.H., June 26, 1865 |
1 | 5 | Small ledger containing household expenses, 1864-1865 |
1 | 5 | "A Poet's Wife"--acrostic sonnet by J. H. H., September 10, 1879 |
1 | 5 | J.H.H. note concerning "Annals of Baltimore," March 1883 |
1 | 5 | Two undated manuscript notes |
1 | 6 | Printed items: broadsides, clippings, advertisements, other memorabilia |
1 | 7 | Photographs (9 items) [images 0031-001.tif and 0031-002.tif] |
1 | 8 | Hewitt Sketchbook |
1 | 9 | Correspondence with Clementine Hewitt Lebey and others regarding Hewitt papers at Emory, 1941-1957 |
John H. Hewitt autobiographies | ||
1 | 10 | "John Hill Hewitt: An Autobiography," prepared by Jerome McLeod (1 of 3) |
1 | 11 | "John Hill Hewitt: An Autobiography," prepared by Jerome McLeod (2 of 3) |
1 | 12 | "John Hill Hewitt: An Autobiography," prepared by Jerome McLeod (3 of 3) |
2 | 1 | "Five Years under the Confederate Flag, Being a Compendium of Events during the Southern Struggle for Independence--accounts of important battles--camp-life--sketches of some of the leading characters, anecdotes, music, poetry, the drama, etc., etc." by John H. Hewitt [some 333 pp., written on the back of court dockets] |
3 | 1 | "Muskets and Music, a Cadet's Experience at West Point Military Academy Over a Hundred Years Ago, 1817-8 - 1822" [typed copy taken from Hewitt's autobiography, see bound volumes 14 and 15] |
3 | 2 | "A Minstrel's Memories, the Autobiography of an Old Poet" [typed copy apparently written just before Hewitt's death, with an "addenda" by one of his daughters] |
18 | - | "Leisure Hours and Stray Leaves of Poetry, commenced in the year 1881" [diary, 1881-1885 and poems] |
18 | - | "Gilbert Crampton--Romance and Reality, being the biography of a man of letters, edited by a cosmopolitan" [Hewitt autobiography, vol. 1.], also on MF1 |
18 | - | "Gilbert Crampton . . ." [Hewitt autobiography, vol. 2] [Includes Hewitt's Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. Government, 1865, pasted in front of volume], also on MF1 |
OBV2 | - | "Leisure Hours of John H. Hewitt, 1887- 1888" [diary] |
Biographical information | ||
3 | 3 | Typed copy of a necrology which appeared in the Baltimore American, October 8, 1890, "Death of Prof. Hewitt" |
3 | 4 | Typescript, "The Mss. of John Hill Hewitt in the Emory University Library," by Thomas H. English, read at a meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Chapel Hill, N.C., November 29, 1940 |
3 | 5 | Typescript, essay on Hewitt by W. M. Marine |
3 | 6 | "The Hewitt Family in American Music," by John Tasker Howard |
3 | 7 | James Hewitt and Eliza King marriage record, Trinity Church Parish, New York, 1796 |
James H. Hewitt notebooks | ||
3 | 8 | Two notebooks, probably by James Hewitt, containing miscellaneous musical anecdotes, brief historical sketches and a history of music from antiquity through the Renaissance |
Newspapers clippings | ||
12 | - | "Oldest Scrap Book, Miscellaneous," 1824 |
13 | - | Ledger, contains newspaper clippings, mostly from later years |
15 | - | Newspaper clippings, 1880 |
15 | - | Newspaper clippings, 1883 |
16 | - | Newspaper clippings, 1885 |
17 | - | Newspaper clippings, scattered dates, 1840s-1870s |
17 | - | Newspaper clippings, no date |
17 | - | Newspaper clippings, no date |
OBV1 | - | Newspaper clippings, no date |
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