Five-page letter from George Bancroft in Newport, Rhode Island to "My dear Sir" [George Ticknor], reminisces about Prescott. Prescott one wrote to Webster to help Hawthorne retain his position when General Taylor came into power.

Two-page letter from George Bancroft in Newport, Rhode Island to "My dear Sir" [i.e. George Ticknor], telling him that he has made inquiries of his sister. Mentions his mother.

In English.

Letter from George Bancroft to George Ticknor in Boston, sending him letters to be forwarded to friends.

Four-page letter from George Bancroft in New York to "My dear Sir" [i.e. George Ticknor], telling him that he is sending copies of Prescott's letter for Ticknor to copy.

In English.

In French.

Letter from George Ticknor, Edward Everett, Cornelius C. Felton and George T. Curtis in Boston to Major General Jesup, telling him that they are collecting Webster's papers and would like to know of any letters, papers and printed material. Includes newspaper clipping of Webster Festival.

Autograph of George Ticknor at Caldwell, Lake George sent by him to J. Eastman Chase in North Conway, New Hampshire

In English.

Four-page letter from George Ticknor in Boston, Massachusetta to Arthur Henry Bright in Liverpool, England, acknowledging a Thanksgiving Day gift and discusses current world affairs.

Two-page letter from George Ticknor to Edwin David Sanborn in Marshfield, telling him that he has returned the colume of newspapers and the manuscript material loaned him and asks Sanborn to make sure they are all there.

Letter from George Ticknor in Berlin to the American minister Peter Dumon Vroom, requesting his passport and states that he is going to Dresden.

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Messrs W.D. Ticknor and Co., noting that he has received the wrong book and wants to exchange it.

Three-page letter from George Ticknor at Niagara Falls to Benjamin Robbins Curtis, asking Curtis to join the writer and talks about the natural beauty of Niagara.

Letter from George Ticknor to Charles Stuart Phelps, concerning Agassiz and the museum, presumably the Harvard Museum.

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Hamlet Lee in New Albany in Indiana with an autograph of Hamlet Lee.

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch, thanking Bowditch for the copy of "Suffolk Proper Names" recently sent him.

Two-page letter from George Ticknor to an unidentified recipient, asking addressee to procure him a copy of Daniel Lord's pamphlet. Writer thinks of visiting Gardner. Wouldn't addressee like to go?

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to D. Appleton and Company in New York, regarding the continuation of a subscription for Spencer's First Principles.