Letter 1846 February 22, Cambridge (Mass.) to Geo. W. Greene

Download or read book Letter 1846 February 22, Cambridge (Mass.) to Geo. W. Greene written by and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparks confirms receipt of Greene's letter and the manuscript from the Boston post office by the last steamer. Sparks requests that Greene make out a list of the contents of each chapter. Sparks recommends that Greene refrain from sending a duplicate of the manuscript until confirming the safe delivery of the original. American historian Jared Sparks wrote about the Early Republic period in American history, publishing on Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and the American Revolution. He also wrote a Life of Gouverneur Morris (1832), and was a professor at Harvard at the time this letter was written (1839-49); he would later assume the duties of President of Harvard (1849-53). The work alluded to here is The Life of Nathanael Greene, Major-General in the Army of the Revolution (1867-71). George Washington Greene (1811-1883) was an author, educator and historian.