WEBSTER, NOAH. 1758-1843. Autograph Letter Signed ('Noah Webster'), to William Young, regarding a purchase of printing paper, 1 p, 4to, New York, March 8, 1796, with address on verso of second leaf, browning, chip at right margin, not affecting text. Provenance: Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel (letter and mailing envelope). Noah Webster writes to William Young, a Philadelphia bookseller, inquiring about an order of paper for Morse's Gazetteer. Webster had moved to New York to take up the responsibility of editing the Gazetteer. He writes 'We expect the paper to be good, & the payment will be prompt' Webster had a long relationship with Morse, and Young was a seller of some of the imprints they collaborated on. Young was also the printer of the 7th edition of Webster's American Spelling Book. Included is a typed letter from Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel, Webster's biographer, dated 1950, which discusses the letter. [WITH:] CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY. 1780-1842. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp recto and verso, 4to (conjoining leaves), Newport, RI, September 30, 1839, to Joseph Tuckerman, DD, expressing his deep gratitude to his mentor, folded with ink-stamped postal cancellation on verso of last leaf. Channing, the foremost Unitarian minister of his time, writes to his mentor, Joseph Tuckerman, who is nearing death. 'I hope to see you & to find you well enough for conversation - I have much to say, I want to hear much.' He expresses his profound gratitude: 'You have strengthened me by your warmth & encouragements - & what is more than gratefully remembered you have given me the example of disinterested, unfailing devotion to a great work - I have never told you how often I have felt myself reproved by your zeal & fidelity....' Channing was minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston, and his Christian humanism influenced the Transcendentalist movement, championing human rights and dignity, aid to the poor, peace and the freedom of all people. The recipient, Joseph Tuckerman, was the founder of the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, and has been described as the 'father of American social work.' Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing