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Ticknor, Anna Eliot, 1800-1885

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1800 - 1885

Biography

Anna Ticknor was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on September 23, 1800. Anna was the daughter of wealthy Boston merchant, Samuel Eliot, and the wife of the American academic and Hispanist, George Ticknor. The couple had four children, two of whom died in early childhood. Anna died on February 14th, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Ticknor diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1249
MS-1249
Date(s): 1835 to 1837
Abstract

Anna Ticknor (1800-1885), wife of George Ticknor. The collection consists of eight diaries of her travels through Europe with her family from 1835-1837.

Charles Dickens letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 842125.1
Mss 842125.1
Date(s): 1842-01-25
Abstract

In English.

Cornelius Conway Felton letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 861451
Mss 861451
Date(s): 1861-08-01
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Cornelius Conway Felton in Cambridge to Mrs. Ticknor, accepting her invitation. Reminisces about the days when he was Mr. Ticknor's pupil.

Daniel Webster letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 825140.1
Mss 825140.1
Date(s): 1825-01
Abstract

In English.

Daniel Webster letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 826674.1
Mss 826674.1
Date(s): 1826-12-24
Abstract

In English.

George William Frederick, 7th Earl of Carlisle letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 842640
Mss 842640
Date(s): 1842-11
Abstract

In English.

James Fenimore Cooper letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 843474
Mss 843474
Date(s): 1843-08-24
Scope and Contents

Letter from James Fenimore Cooper in Cooperstown to Mrs. Anna Ticknor at Eagle Tavern, telling her that he is not sending Mr. Ticknor a bottle of claret. Hopes she will like the area enough to come again.

John Duke of Saxony letters

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 840940
Mss 840940
Date(s): 1840 to 1871
Scope and Contents

Letters from John, Duke of Saxony to George Ticknor in which he discusses his literary work, particularly concerning Dante, current literature, German politics, including the Revolution of 1848 and the Franco-Prussian War. Two letters to Anna Ticknor after her husband's death are in German. Includes incomplete transcript of letters and correspondence relative to their publication under the title: "Briefwechsel König Johanns von Sachsen mit George Ticknor" (Leipzig, 1920).

Nathaniel Bowditch letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 836455.2
Mss 836455.2
Date(s): 1836-08-05
Abstract

In English.

Sir James MacKintosh letters

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 819266
Mss 819266
Date(s): 1819-04-16
Abstract

In English.

William Hickling Prescott letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 844101
Mss 844101
Date(s): 1844-01-01
Abstract

In English.

William Makepeace Thackeray letters

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 853270.1
Mss 853270.1
Date(s): 1853-04-20 to 1856-01-13
Scope and Contents

Letters from William Makepeace Thackeray in Washington and New York to George and Anna Ticknor in Boston in which he says good-bye to Mrs. Ticknor. Mentions his lecturing and asks to be excused from a dinner engagement.

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