Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870

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Elisha Kent Kane was a physician and explorer.

From the guide to the Elisha Kent Kane letters, 1853-1857, (American Philosophical Society)

American Secretary of Navy (1852-53), lawyer, and author known for his political satire.

From the description of Manuscript and correspondence, 1842-1866. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547449

American novelist and Congressman from Maryland; Secretary of the Navy.

From the description of Letter to George P. Putnam [manuscript], 1856 January 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647831761

The talented and versatile John Pendleton Kennedy was a businessman, politician, lawyer, and author. Born and educated in Baltimore, he was admitted to the bar in 1816 and had a successful career as a lawyer. He was elected to the Maryland house of delegates, and later served in the United States Congress, ultimately being named Secretary of the Navy in 1852. Early in his life he published three popular works of fiction, which helped shape America's national literature, and he remained active in literary circles, aiding the career of the young Edgar Allan Poe. He was also a railroad president and mill owner, and helped found the University of Maryland.

From the description of John Pendleton Kennedy letters, 1857-1863. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64582045

Author and attorney.

From the description of Papers, 1822-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38196451

American author and Congressman; secretary of the Navy under President Fillmore.

From the description of Letter to A.T. Goodman, 1861 July 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55532304

American statesman and author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to a Miss Smith, 1864 May 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270486576

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American novelist and politician.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Dr. I.I. Cohen, [no year] Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491455

From the description of Letter, 1842 August 2, House of Representatives to Penelope D. Goodwin, Baltimore, Maryland [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810748

From the description of Letter to B. B. French [manuscript], 1853 July 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647849380

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to John Tomlin, 1841 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485186

Kennedy was an American author and Secretary of the Navy.

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American author.

From the description of Letters of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1856 and 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647832063

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creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Manuscript and correspondence, 1842-1866. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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referencedIn Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837-19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.includes:ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.ff.... British Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers and photographs of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1831-1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Correspondence, 1823-1849. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Johns Hopkins Univ., Peabody Inst. Archives. John Pendleton Kennedy Collection.
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Pendleton, Philip C. Letters, 1813-1863. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to George P. Putnam [manuscript], 1856 January 7. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to B. B. French [manuscript], 1853 July 11. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letters of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1856 and 1867. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896. Autograph collection of A. Cleveland Coxe, 1837-1882. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to a Miss Smith, 1864 May 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889. Letter to John Pendleton Kennedy, Burnet House [manuscript], 1850 November 26. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. Letter: Philadelphia to John Pendleton Kennedy, Baltimore, 1832 Jan. 30. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Bryant, John Cullen,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1795-1943. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943. Houghton Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to members of the literary society of Franklin and Marshall College : Baltimore, Md. : ALS, 1860 May 30. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letters from John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1833-1852? University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.
creatorOf Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873. Papers of John R. Thompson [manuscript], 1842-1926. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection, 1852 Jul 19 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Elder, William, 1806-1885. William Elder letter to John P. Kennedy [manuscript], 1858 Jan. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Letters from Poe and article about him [manuscript] 1836-1847. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
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referencedIn Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857. Papers, 1830s-1860s. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Pendleton, Philip C. Letters : Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs, to John Pendleton Kennedy, 1861, 1862. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Dr. I.I. Cohen, [no year] Feb. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter from John Pendleton Kennedy to Mr. L. Rabillon [manuscript], 1857 July 13. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857. Rufus W. Griswold papers, 1785-1897 year (Bulk: 1834-1857) Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864. Benjamin Park papers, 1645-1925. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Maryland Manuscripts Collection, 1664-1981, 1664-1981 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1828-1859. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to Chisnell Dabney, 1831 December 10. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Gottschalk, Louis F. "The millinery man" [microform] : a musical comedy in two acts / music by Louis F. Gottschalk ; libretto by Chas. Baswitz ; book by John P. Kennedy and C. Baswitz. University of Missouri -- Columbia, MU Libraries; University of Missouri; MU; Ellis Library; University of Missouri Columbia
referencedIn Richard Dale Papers, 1778-1918, (bulk 1778-1830) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers of John Pendelton Kennedy [manuscript], 1851-1852. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857. Letters, 1853-1857. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. John Pendleton Kennedy letters, 1857-1863. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Beardsley, Irene A., collector. American Women's Himalayan Expedition, Inc. : files, 1974-1984 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letters from John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1834-1869. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Collection, 1824-1864. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Dabney, Chiswell. Chiswell Dabney letter, 1830 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Harwood family. Harwood family papers, 1722-1962. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letters from John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 1842-1863. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter from John Pendelton Kennedy to Thomas Hicks [manuscript], 1859 July 10. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to John Tomlin, 1841 Dec. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter from John Pendleton Kennedy to Mrs. Louis M. Goldsborough [manuscript], 1849 July 18. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letters, 1831. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Elisha Kent Kane letters, 1853-1857 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter, 1842 August 2, House of Representatives to Penelope D. Goodwin, Baltimore, Maryland [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Wirt, William, 1772-1834. William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
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referencedIn Bancroft-Bliss Families Papers, 1788-1928, (bulk 1815-1875) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873. Letters to John P. Kennedy [manuscript] 1847-1850. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Papers of Edgar Allan Poe, 1836-1955. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to A.T. Goodman, 1861 July 14. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers, 1822-1859. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to Horace Greeley : Baltimore, Md. : ALS, 1847 Oct. 15. UC Berkeley Libraries
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referencedIn Ripley, George, 1802-1880. Letter to Osmond Tiffany, 1860 February 15. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 829-1925. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to Miss Phoebe Ann Comstock, 1839 January 21. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to Osmond Tiffany. Baltimore, MD. 1860 Oct. 17. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891. Papers of Alexander H. H. Stuart and the related Stuart and Baldwin families [manuscript], 1776-1878 (bulk 1850-1861). University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1852. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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referencedIn Viola Price Franklin letter collection, 1849-1941 Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to Henry Carey. [s.l.]. 1834 Jul. 15. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
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