Jesse Chickering papers, 1758-1918, bulk dates 1819-1871
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Summary
- Creator:
- Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855
- Abstract:
- Jesse Chickering (1797-1855) was an author and political economist. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence and writings. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet (Seven boxes and two oversize folders.)
- Language:
- Material in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.00222
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains journals, correspondence, financial papers, writings and speeches, and printed material. 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 1819-1855, with emphasis on Massachusetts.
The Miscellaneous series includes information pertaining to astronomy, including cloth maps with astronomical models and planetaria.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jesse Chickering (1797-1855) was a white American author and political economist who studied population growth, immigration, and slavery.
- Processing information:
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Encoded by Alvin Pollock, Electronic Text Unit, University of California, Berkeley Library.
- Arrangement:
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The Jesse Chickering papers are arranged into six series: Journals, Correspondence, Financial Papers, Writings and Speeches, Printed Material, and Miscellaneous.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Astronomical models
Constellations
Banks and banking, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Immigrants -- United States -- Massachusetts
Slavery -- Law and legislation
Planetaria
Population -- Economic aspects -- United States - Names:
- Economists' Papers Archive
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892
Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855
Henshaw, David, 1791-1852
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 - Places:
- Massachusetts -- Population
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