Noah Webster: American Men of LettersScudder, Horace Elisha
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Noah Webster: American Men of Letters
Scudder, Horace Elisha
Educators -- United States -- Biography; Lexicographers -- United States -- Biography; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Connecticut, legislature of, in connection with copyright laws, 56;
discontents in, written about by N. W., 112.
Connecticut Valley, the, a strong-hold of Puritanism, 12.
Constitution, origin of the, 116;
an examination of its leading principles, 129.
Copyright laws, origin of, 52;
N. W.'s efforts in securing, 53-56;
letter to D. Webster on, 57-61;
reply by D. W., on, 61, 62;
petition by authors for, 63;
movements in Congress concerning, 62-67;
their connection with N. W.'s writings, 67, 68.
"Courant, The Connecticut," started in Hartford, 1764, 24;
N. W. writes for it under signature of Candor, 130.
Curtius, a signature of N. W., 137.
Definitions in N. W.'s Dictionary, 260.
Delaware legislature in connection with copyright laws, 56.
Dictionary, Encyclopædic character of the, introduced by N. W., 216, 217.
Dilworth, Thomas, and his New Guide, 34;
compared with N. W. and his Spelling-Book, 36, 87.
Doctor, the, in New England life, 17;
of the Indian school, 18.
Dwight, Timothy, 55.
Dyche and Pardon's Dictionary, 216.
East Windsor, at convenient distance from Hartford, 11.
"Echo, The," 98-104.
"Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry, On the," by N. W., 139.
"Elementary," N. W.'s, 34.
Ellsworth, Oliver, N. W. lives in the family of, 9.
Epidemic Diseases, N. W.'s Treatise on, 105.
"Errors in Johnson's Dictionary and other Lexicons," by N. W., 219.
"Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations," by N. W., 142.
Etymology, N. W.'s studies in, 258.
Everett, Edward, lends George Ticknor Meidinger's Grammar, 21.
"Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,
An," 129.
Federal Catechism, A, 39.
Federalism, N. W.'s, 46, 113.
Fowler, William Chauncey, quoted, 28-30.
Fox and the Swallow, The, illustration to, 41.
France in American politics, 131.
Franklin, Benjamin, N. W. compared with, 152, 160;
views of, on spelling reform, 190.
French Revolution, The, 131, 133.
Freneau, Philip, 48, 133.
Genet, Citizen, 130, 131, 132.
Gibbon repeated in N. W., 239.
Glastonbury, temporary seat of a section of Yale College, 7;
school at, taught by N. W., 8.
Goodrich, Chauncey, on N. W.'s mental habits, 215.
Goodrich, S. G., describes N. W., 237
Goshen, N. W. conceives his Spelling-Book at, 33;
Spelling-Book revised at, 54.
Goths and Vandals disapproved of in New England, 5.
Grammar, N. W.'s, 41.
"Grammatical Institute, A." N. W.'s earliest work, 34;
compared with Dilworth's New Guide, 35, 37;
meant for the farmers' children, 38;
second part of, a grammar, 41;
third part of, a reader, 46; 182, 183.
Greenleaf, Rebecca, N. W.'s wife, 96.
Hamilton, Alexander, 114;
compared with N. W., 115;
his connection with the French difficulties, 132;
what Jefferson thought of him, 137.
Harrison, Governor, of Virginia, 56.
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