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Additional authors

1. Greenleaf family.
2. Webster family.
3. Jay, John, 1745-1829.
4. King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
5. Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
6. Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
7. Webster, Rebecca Greenleaf, 1760-1842.

Description

1. 5.65 linear feet (10 boxes, 15 v.)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, writings by Webster on various topics, diaries, and miscellaneous papers.

Uniform title

1. American magazine (New York, N.Y. : 1787)
2. New-York commercial advertiser (New York, N.Y. : 1804)

Subject

1. Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
2. Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 > American dictionary of the English language
3. English language > Etymology
4. Editors
5. Diaries
6. Political parties > History
7. Constitutional amendments > United States
8. Suffrage
9. Lexicographers
10. Banks and banking > United States
11. Commonplace books
12. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
13. Educators
14. English language > Lexicography
15. Connecticut > Politics and government > 1775-1865
16. Epidemics
17. Amherst College History > Sources
18. Federal government
19. Lawyers

Genre/Form

1. Commonplace books.
2. Diaries.

Call number

1. MssCol 3258

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
2. Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional formats (note)

1. Entire collection available on microfilm;
2. available as digital images.

Funding (note)

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Biography (note)

1. Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, educator, lawyer, and editor.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.

Title

1. Noah Webster papers, 1764-1843.

Additional formats

1. Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-443
2. Selected items available as digital images.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Access

1. Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Funding

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Location of other archival materials

1. Related collections include the William Greenleaf Webster Papers and the Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.

Biography

1. Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, educator, lawyer, and editor. His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1806. He is best known for the more comprehensive American Dictionary of the English Language, finished in 1825 and published in 1828.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

1. Editors.
2. Educators.
3. Lawyers.
4. Lexicographers.

Added author

1. Greenleaf family.
2. Webster family.
3. Jay, John, 1745-1829.
4. King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
5. Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
6. Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
7. Webster, Rebecca Greenleaf, 1760-1842.

Added title

1. American magazine (New York, N.Y. : 1787)
2. New-York commercial advertiser (New York, N.Y. : 1804)

Research call number

1. MssCol 3258