Alexander Hill Everett to John Everett., 04/09/1823-04/09/1823

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: 71594

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Alexander Hill Everett letters.

Dates

04/09/1823-04/09/1823

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/08/06

Container Summary

1 ALS dated 4/9/1823 from Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847), U.S. charge d'affaires at The Hague (1818-1824), to his brother John Everett, regarding life at The Hague and in Brussels. Includes references to John working in the office of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), the Prince of Orange, King William I (1772-1843) of the Netherlands, King Louis XIV (1638-1715) of France, the popularity of Ivanhoe as a costume at balls, Edward Everett (1794-1865), and Alexander's book "Europe" (1822). A lengthy discussion of Alexander's forthcoming book "New Ideas on Population: With Remarks on the Theories of Malthus and Godwin" is found in the second half of the letter, which includes references to Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) and William Godwin (1756-1836) and essentially argues that an increase in population increases food production and leads to better methods of food production. Sent from Brussels.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL - CORRESPONDENCE TO EVERETT, JOHN (1823): Autographed Letter

EVERETT, JOHN - CORRESPONDENCE FROM EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1823): Autographed Letter

HAGUE - CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING (1823): Autographed Letter

BRUSSELS - CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING (1823): Autographed Letter

WEBSTER, DANIEL - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

PRINCE OF ORANGE - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

WILLIAM I (KING OF NETHERLANDS) - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

LOUIS XIV (KING OF FRANCE) - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

IVANHOE - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

EVERETT, EDWARD - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

"EUROPE" (BOOK BY EVERETT, ALEXANDER H.) - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

"NEW IDEAS ON POPULATION" (BOOK BY EVERETT, ALEXANDER H.) - REF., 1824: Autographed Letter

POPULATION - CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THEORIES (1824): Autographed Letter

MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

GODWIN, WILLIAM - REFERENCE (1824): Autographed Letter

NETHERLANDS - CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING (1823): Autographed Letter