Register of the Jesse Chickering Papers, 1805-1919
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleJesse Chickering Papers, 1805-1919
Creator
Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Papers of Jesse Chickering,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Processing Information
Encoded by Alvin Pollock, Electronic Text Unit, UC Berkeley Library
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Biographical Note
Jesse Chickering, 1797-1855, was an author and political economist.
[top]Collection Overview
Contains journals, correspondence, financial papers, writings and speeches, and printed materials. Most material concerns Chickering's career as author and political economist. The Writings and Speeches Series contains the manuscript drafts of Chickering's writings, including his
"Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1840"
(1846);
"Emigration into the United States"
(1848);
"Reports on the Census of Boston"
(1851); and
"Letter addressed to the President of the United States on Slavery, considered in Relation to the Principles of Constitutional Government in Great Britain and in the United States"
(1855). Other subjects in this series include constellations, bank reports from several Boston banks, Harvard alumni, and publication of Chickering's work.
The Correspondence Series includes personal letters and letters pertaining to research on Massachusetts population growth. Correspondents include: Levi Woodbury, George Ticknor, John Langdon Sibley, David Henshaw, George Bancroft, Henry I. Bowditch, Horace Mann, Daniel Webster, and James Buchanan (Harvard Librarian). Immigration, slavery, and Harvard University are also mentioned in the correspondence. The Journals Series contains statistical information on immigration into the United States between 1819 and 1855, with emphasis on Massachusetts. The Miscellaneous Series includes information pertaining to astronomy, including cloth maps with astronomical models and planetaria.
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Subject Headings
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- Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851.
- Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.
- Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885.
- Henshaw, David, 1791-1852.
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
- Bowditch, Henry I (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892.
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
- Mann, Horace, 1796-1859.
- Astronomical models.
- Planetaria.
- Slavery--Law and legislation.
- Constellations.
- Harvard University--Alumni.
- Immigrants--United States--Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts--Population.
- Banks and banking, American--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Letter addressed to the President of the United States on slavery: considered in relation to the constitutional principles of government in Great Britain and in the United States--By an American citizen.
- Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Reports on the census of Boston.
- Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Emigration into the United States.
- Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Statistical view of the population of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1840.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
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| | Correspondence Series | ||||||
| | Financial Papers Series | ||||||
| | Writings and Speeches Series | ||||||
| | Printed Materials Series | ||||||
| | Miscellaneous Series | ||||||
 | | Oversize Materials | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
Journal Series
1819-1871
(5 folders)
Correspondence Series
1821-1858
(8 folders)
Financial Papers Series
1859, undated
(2 folders)
Writings and Speeches Series
Astronomical,
1827-1828, undated
Banks,
undated
Bank Dividend Report,
1841, undated
Constitution and Government,
1758-1780, undated
Convents and Catholicism,
1794-1835, undated
Harvard Alumni,
1852, undated
(2 folders)
"Immigration into the United States,"
1847-1851, undated
(2 folders)
Box 4
Legislative Representation,
1853, undated
Market Bank Report,
1835-1841, undated
Medical,
1835, undated
North and City Bank Reports,
1841-1845, undated
On the Declaration of Independence,
undated
Population,
1830, undated
"Reports on the Census of Boston, 1851"
,
undated
Slavery:
"Nebraska Question,"
1854
"North American Review, Slavery and the Missouri Question,"
1820
"Slavery in the United States Constitutionally Considered,"
undated
"Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765-1840"
Wealth in Mass.,
undated
Miscellaneous,
1821-1851, undated
(2 folders)
Printed Materials Series
1826-1855, undated
(5 folders)
Miscellaneous Series
General,
1821-1864, undated
Astronomical studies,
undated
Clippings,
1854-1851, undated
Box 6
Legal papers,
1805-1860, undated
Railroads,
1836-1843, undated
(2 folders)
Oversize Materials
Writings and Speeches Series
"Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765-1840."
undated
Printed Material Series
1838-1918, undated
Miscellaneous Series
Astronomical studies,
undated
(2 folders)
Oversize Cabinet
OC:I:10:
General, 1821-1864, undated
