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[Identification of item], in the Edward Everett Letters, #2890-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Clergy--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
• Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
• Harvard University--Presidents.
• Unitarians--Clergy--History--19th century.
• Unitarians--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
• United States. Congress. House--History.
• United States. Congress. Senate--History.

Unitarian minister; professor of Greek at Harvard; member of the United States House of Representatives, 1825-1835; governor of Massachusetts, 1836- 1840; United States minister to Great Britain, 1841-1845; president of Harvard, 1846-1849; United States secretary of state, 1852-1853; and United States senator, 1853-1854; from Massachusetts.

Letters from Everett to various persons concerning speaking engagements, articles, and other matters and two photographs of Everett.