The Inventory of the Irving P. Fox and Helen Joy Collection #1449
The Inventory
of the
Irving P. Fox and Helen Joy
Collection
#1449
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center FOX, IRVING P. AND HELEN JOY #1449 Oct. 1999
**This material was transferred from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
I. Correspondence Box 1 F.l A. Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 ALS, July 10, 1775, from Benedict Arnold at Albany to Silas Deane expressing his regret that the Continental Congress rejected his plan of operation and complaining about the conditions of his men. With transcript. F.2 B. d'Estaing, Comte Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794 ALS, May 25, 1778. In French aboard the Languedoc, to Silas Deane in which d'Estaing alludes to a letter from Deane. Expresses his sympathy for the American cause and mentions his proposal to the court of France that Louisiana become an independent country. With rough translation. F.3 C. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 ALS to Silas Deane, April 19, 1782. From Franklin while at Passy. Indicate Franklin's displeasure that Deane's letters were published. With transcript. F.4 D. Hancock, John, 1737-1793 ALS, Oct. 22, 1776, authorizing the commissioners going to the court of France (Silas Deane, Arthur Lee, and Benjamin Franklin) to purchase or loan eight ship of the line. Signed by Hancock as the President of the Continental Congress. With transcript. F.5 E. Jay, John, 1745-1829 ALS to Silas Deane while Jay was in Madrid, March 10, 1781. With transcript. F.6 F. Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 ALS to Silas Deane, Jan. 9, 1779 from Albany. Declares Schuyler's esteem for Deane and this regret that Dean has been unjustly attacked. With transcript. F.7 G. Washington, George, 1732-1799 ALS to Silas Deane, July 25, 1778 from White Plains. Expresses his admiration for Deane and his best wishes for Deane's embassy to France. F.8 H. Autograph book: "A Collection of Autographs made by the Rev. Henry J. Fox, D.D., presented to his son, Irving, on the occasion of his marriage, Sept. 11, 1890" Abbott, Edwin Abbott, p.36 ANS,n.d. Anthon, Charles, p.35 P. 12 of a manuscript dealing with the Acarnanians. Holograph, 1p. Beecher, Henry Ward, p.10; 21 ALS to Theodore Tilton, Oct. 1, 1863. Autographs of Mark Hopkins and Elihu Burritt are pasted below ANS from Henry Ward Beecher ( on the verson of an ALS from Francis Lieber, Jan. 7, 1848). Belknap, William W., p.50 Autograph. Billings, Josh, p.2 (pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw) ANS,Jan. 14, 1882 Buchanan, James, p.23 Autograph Cable, George Washington, p.12 ALS, March 30, 1880 Calhoun, John C., p.45 Autograph. Cass, Lewis, p.46 ALS,Feb.28, 1855 Clarendon, George William, p.49 Autograph. Corwin, Thomas, p.44 Autograph. Curtis, George William, p.51 Autograph. Dana, Charles Anderson, p.47 Autograph Davis, Jefferson, p.45 Autograph. Dix, John Adams, p.53 2 autographs. Douglass, Frederick, p.52 Autograph. Eliot, Charles William, p.1 ALS, Oct. 15, 1883 Everett, Edward, p.45 Autograph. Field, Cyrus W., p.14 ALS, Sept. 10, 1875 Fillmore, Millard, p.44 Autograph. Fish, Hamilton, p.43 Autograph. Forrest, Edwin, p.47 Autograph Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore, p.31 ALS, Dec. 3, 1860 Garrison, William Lloyd, p.34 ALS, June 6, 1863 Gavazzi, Alessandro, p.21 ANS on the verson of an ALS from Francis Lieber, Jan. 7, 1848. Gilfillan, James, p.44 Autograph. Gilman, John Taylor, p.41 Canceled check, signed, Sept. 23, 1800 Goodrich, Chauncey, p.42 Autograph. Greeley, Horace, p.52 Autograph. Hale, Edward Everett, p.8 ALS, April 28, 1884 Hale, Sarah Joseph, p.42 Autograph. Hamilton, James, p.45 Autograph. Hamlin, Hannibal, p. 6; 7 ALS, June 9, 1878 ALS, March 14, 1877 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, p.51 Autograph. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, p.49 Autograph. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., p.9 ALS, Sept. 17, 1884 Horsford, Eben Norton, p.56 Autograph. Huntington, Daniel, p.49 Autograph. Kemble, Fanny, p.51 Autograph. Lansdowne, Henry Charles, p.49 Autograph. Lieber, Francis, p.21 ALS, Jan. 7, 1848 Lodge, Henry Cabot, p.5 ALS, March 28, 1886 Longfellow, Henry W., p.50 Autograph, 1876. Lowell, Percival, p.3 ALS, n.d. Marcy, William Learned, p.43 Autograph. McDougal, John, p.43 Autograph. Morris, George Pope, p.50 Autograph. Mott, Lucretia, p.49 Autograph. Parker, Theodore, p.16 ALS, 1858 with unidentified letter on the verso Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, p.15 Initialed note, n.d. Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke, p.50 Autograph. Saxe, John Godfrey, p.42 Autograph. Scott, Winfield, p.4 7 Autograph. Seward, William H., p.32; 43 ALS,Feb. 12, 1858 Autograph. Sherman, John, p.50 Autograph. Sherman, William Tecumseh, p.52 Autograph. Simpson, Bishop Matthew, p.30 Telegram to Simpson asking him to deliver Abraham Lincoln's funeral oration, April 21, 1865 Slade, William, p.43 Autograph. Smith, Gerritt, p.26 ALS, June 21, 1863 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, p.50 Autograph. Strickland, Agnes, p.42 Autograph Stowe, Harriet Beecher, p.53 Autograph. Wanamaker, John, p.56 Autograph. Webster, Daniel, p.27; 44 ALS,Aug. 19, 1850 Autograph. Winthrop, Robert Charles, p.28 ALS, Dec. 16, 1847
Fox, Irving P. and Helen Joy #1449 5/31/74 Preliminary Listing
Added to Box 1
I. Correspondence. A. Berenson, Bernard. ALS to Irving P. Fox. 1. 3 p., Nov. 10, 1883. 2. 16 p., Dec. 24, 1883. 3. 1 p., Feb. 2, 1884. 4. Postcard, Mar. 24, 1884. 5. 8 p., Apr. 12, 1884. 6. 20 p., May 22, 1884. 7. 1 p., June 17, 1884. 8. 1 p., July 27, 1885. 9. 1 p., Aug. 1, 1884. 10. 1 p., Aug. 2, 1884. 11. 1 p., Aug. 26, 1884. 12. 1 p., Sep. 15, 1884. 13. 1 p., Oct. 4, 1884. 14. 1 p., Oct. 9, 1884. 15. 1 p., Dec. 2, 1884. 16. 1 p., Dec. 28, 1884. 17. 1 p., Ar. 13, 1885. 18. 1 p., June 15, 1885. 19. 1 p., June 10, 1886. 20. 1 p., "Thursday Morning."
II. Miscellaneous. A. "Class Poem," by Irving A. Fox; printed booklet; for Boston University LF / oJ College of Liberal Arts, Class of 1883. B. Two printed programs regarding commencement of the BU Class of 1883, in Latin; with listing of students and their dissertations (Irving Pearson Fox listed as "Irving Pirifilius Vulpecula").
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