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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1817 - 1881

General Context

James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 – April 24, 1881) was an American publisher, editor, and poet. His business, Ticknor and Fields, was a notable publishing house in 19th century Boston.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Dickens letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 868208
Mss 868208
Date(s): 1868-03-08
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from Charles Dickens in Syracuse, New York to James T. Fields in which he describes the rigors of a stay in Syracuse on his American lecture tour.

George Edward Ellis letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 865675.1
Mss 865675.1
Date(s): 1865-12-25
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Edward Ellis in Charlestown, Massachusetts to James T. Fields, requesting space in the March 1866 "Atlantic Monthly" for an article on Samuel Adams. (Tipped onto fly leaf of James T. Fields' copy of George E. Ellis "Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson...")

George Ticknor letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 862621
Mss 862621
Date(s): 1862-11-21
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to James Thomas Fields, thanking fields for advancing $.25 to Mr. Scholl and enclosing the money.

James Thomas Field poem

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 851190
Webster Mss 851190
Date(s): 1851-02
Abstract

In English.

Robert Charles Winthrop letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 856455
Mss 856455
Date(s): 1856-08-05
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Robert Charles Winthrop in Nahant, Massachusetts to James T. Fields in which he invites Fields to write an ode to be sung at the inauguration of the statue of Benjamin Franklin in Boston on Sept. 17, 1856.

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