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James Sledd and Wilma Ebbitt,
Dictionaries and That Dictionary: Casebook on the Aims of Lexicographers
(Chicago, 1962).
Dictionaries and That Dictionary: Casebook on the Aims of Lexicographers
(Chicago, 1962).
Illustration Credits
First page of American Dictionary, 1807 (frontispiece and endpapers)
. Courtesy The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
. Courtesy The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
Webster birthplace
. Woodcut “Noah Webster’s Boyhood Home,” in J. W. Barber,
Connecticut Historical Collections
. Courtesy The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.
. Woodcut “Noah Webster’s Boyhood Home,” in J. W. Barber,
Connecticut Historical Collections
. Courtesy The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.
Portrait of John Trumbull by his cousin, John Trumbull, 1793.
Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
1786 Yale campus
. Woodcut by Daniel Bowen. Courtesy Yale University Buildings and Grounds Photographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
. Woodcut by Daniel Bowen. Courtesy Yale University Buildings and Grounds Photographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Young Noah Webster
. Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
. Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
American Spelling Book
title page
. Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
title page
. Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Handwritten list of houses and cities
,
1785.
Courtesy Noah Webster Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
,
1785.
Courtesy Noah Webster Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
John McComb’s 1789 “Plan of the City of New York.”
Courtesy Library of Congress.
Courtesy Library of Congress.
James Greenleaf
. Oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1795 (29 x 24 in.). Deposited by J. Rush Ritter on behalf of the Livingston Family. Courtesy The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
. Oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1795 (29 x 24 in.). Deposited by J. Rush Ritter on behalf of the Livingston Family. Courtesy The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
American Minerva
page.
Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
page.
Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Noah Webster, ca. 1795
. Attributed to James Sharples, but possibly by Ellen Wallace Sharples. Pastel on light gray wove paper, lined with canvas (9
x 7
in.). Bequest of Charles Allen. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY.
. Attributed to James Sharples, but possibly by Ellen Wallace Sharples. Pastel on light gray wove paper, lined with canvas (9
x 7in.). Bequest of Charles Allen. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY.Benedict Arnold House
. Courtesy Dana Collection, The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
. Courtesy Dana Collection, The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
Compendious Dictionary
title page.
Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
title page.
Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Handwritten definition of “adultery” in
American Dictionary of the English Language:
autograph manuscript [n.d.]
. Courtesy The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MA 301. Photography: Graham Haber, 2010.
American Dictionary of the English Language:
autograph manuscript [n.d.]
. Courtesy The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MA 301. Photography: Graham Haber, 2010.
Joel Barlow
. Courtesy Library of Congress.
. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Rebecca Greenleaf Webster
. Oil on canvas (33
x 27
in.). Courtesy Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA.
. Oil on canvas (33
x 27in.). Courtesy Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA.Amherst College
. Lithograph, 1821. Courtesy Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.
. Lithograph, 1821. Courtesy Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.
Emily Webster Ellsworth
. Oval ivory miniature painted by Anson Dickinson ( 2
x 2 ⅜ in.), 1812. Courtesy Collection of the Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut.
. Oval ivory miniature painted by Anson Dickinson ( 2
x 2 ⅜ in.), 1812. Courtesy Collection of the Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut.Elderly Noah Webster
. Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
. Courtesy Images of Yale Individuals, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
William Webster
. Courtesy Dana Collection, The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
. Courtesy Dana Collection, The Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum.
Contract of William C. Minor.
Courtesy G. & C. Merriam Company Archive. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Courtesy G. & C. Merriam Company Archive. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Index
Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.
Abolition, Webster and
Adams, Abigail
Adams, Charles
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Samuel
Agriculture, Webster and
Ainsworth, Robert
Albany Centinel
America, Webster’s views on
American Dictionary, The
(Webster); editions
(Webster); editions
American Dictionary of the English Language, An
(Webster); sales of
(Webster); sales of
American Gazetteer, The
(Morse)
(Morse)
American Geography
(Morse)
(Morse)
American Hotel, Manhattan
American Language, The
(Mencken)
(Mencken)
American Magazine, The
; Webster’s publication
; Webster’s publication
American Mercury, The,
editorials
editorials
American Minerva
(newspaper); and yellow fever epidemic.
See also The Commercial Advertiser
(newspaper); and yellow fever epidemic.
See also The Commercial Advertiser
American people, Webster and
American Revolution; Barlow and
American Spelling Book
(Webster); criticisms of; cultural influence; promotion of; reissue; sale of copyright; sales of.
See also
Spelling books
(Webster); criticisms of; cultural influence; promotion of; reissue; sale of copyright; sales of.
See also
Spelling books
Americans, Webster and
“Americus” (pen name)
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst Academy
Amherst College
Anglo-Saxon language
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis Convention
Anonymous writings; lecture reviews; opposition to Jefferson;
The Prompter
The Prompter
Anthology Club, Boston
Appleton, Nathaniel
Appleton, Sara
“Aristides” (pen name)
Arnold, Benedict; house of
Arrogance of Webster
Articles of Confederation; Webster and
Autobiography, in definitions
Bache, Benjamin Franklin
Backus, Elijah
Bailey, Nathan
Baldwin, Abraham
Baldwin, Ruth
Balloons, hot-air
Baltimore, Maryland
Bank, establishment of
Barker, E. H.
Barlow, Joel; and Dilworth; and “Dilworth’s Ghost,” job search; “The Prospect of Peace,”
Barlow, Ruth Baldwin
Barnes, Daniel
Bayard, Nicholas
Bayard, Samuel
Beers, Isaac
Beers Tavern
Belden, Ebenezer
Belding, John
Belding, Mercy Webster.
See also
Webster, Mercy (sister)
See also
Webster, Mercy (sister)
Belknap, Jeremy
Bellamy, Joseph
Betsy Thoughtless
(Haywood)
(Haywood)
Bible, Webster and
Bidwell, Stephen
Bierce, Ambrose,
The Devil’s Dictionary
The Devil’s Dictionary
Bigelow, Timothy
Billings, Fredric
Billings, Richard
Bill of Rights, Webster’s view on
Bishop, Abraham
Blakely, Josiah
Blue-backed speller.
See also American Spelling Book
(Webster)
See also American Spelling Book
(Webster)
Bompard, Jean-Baptiste
Book tours
Books: publication of, 18th century; Webster’s taste in
Boston, Webster’s move to
Boston Athenaeum
Boston Gazette, The
Boswell, James
Boulton, Richard
Bowdoin, James
Bradford, Meletiah
Bradford, William;
Of Plymouth Plantation
Of Plymouth Plantation
Brick School, Hartford
Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases
(Webster)
(Webster)
Brissot, Jacques Pierre
Britain, relationship with
Brothers in Unity
Brown, Charles Brockden
Browne, John
Buckminster, Joseph; and speller
Buckminster, Joseph Stevens
Bunce, George
Burgoyne, John
Burney, Fanny
Burr, Aaron
Burr, Theodosia Prevost
Business, Webster’s view on
BusinessWeek
Calvinism
Cambridge University, Webster at
Campbell, Samuel
Canfield, John
Career of Webster; ambitions
Carey, Matthew
Census; Webster and
Charitable Society, Hartford
Charleston, South Carolina
Chastellux, Marquis de
Chester, Leonard,
Federalism Triumphant
Federalism Triumphant
Childs, Francis
Choir director, Webster as
Christmas, Webster and
Churches, New York
Cities, Webster’s views on
Civic affairs, Webster and
Climate change
Clinton, Cordelia
Clinton, George
Clinton, Henry
Clio, The, a Literary Miscellany
Cobb, Edward
Cobb, Matthew
Cobbett, William
Cohoes Falls
Coinage Act of 1792
Coleman, William
Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, A
(Webster)
(Webster)
Collection of Papers on Political, Literary and Moral Subjects, A
(Webster)
(Webster)
Collection of Papers on the Subject of Bilious Fevers, A
(Webster)
(Webster)
College, cost of
College of William and Mary
Collegiate School.
See also
Yale College
See also
Yale College
Colt, Peter
Colton, Simeon
Columbia Herald, The
Columbiad
(Barlow)
(Barlow)
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