Jacob H. Hollander collection manuscripts, 1660-1936 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Jacob H. Hollander collection manuscripts, 1660-1936

ID: 01/01/MSS00024

Primary Creator: Hollander, Jacob H. (1871-1940)

Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Each item is assigned a number based on Hollander's own arrangement of his collection. The manuscripts comprise Hollander numbers 3923-4071.

Languages: English, French, German

Jacob Harry Hollander (July 23, 1871 - July 9, 1940) was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Meyer and Rosa (Meyer) Hollander. After attending local public and private schools as well as spending one year at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, Hollander graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1891. He received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1894, when he joined the faculty, and he became a full professor in 1904. As a professor of political economy, Hollander focused on the life and works of the English economist David Ricardo.

Throughout his career, Hollander accepted a variety of governmental assignments, and the first of which was an appointment by President William McKinley to the Bimetallic Commission in 1897. In 1900, he was appointed Treasurer of Puerto Rico and implemented the Hollander Tax. Hollander resigned the position in August 1901, and the Department of the Interior sent him to Native American territory in Oklahoma in 1904 as a special agent.  President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Hollander as a financial advisor to the Dominican Republic from ca. 1905-1910. Hollander would support Roosevelt in his presidential campaign in 1912, and he was an advocate of Prohibition and, following World War I, a pacifist. He died in 1940.

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Acquisition Method: Purchase, 1958.

Related Publications: Marsh, Elsie A. G. The Economic Library of Jacob H. Hollander. Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1937. Available online.

Other Note: The collection is housed in the Hollander quarto and folio sections.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Item 3923: Certificate by Dudley North, Dr. Burmell, and Hamond Claxton, 1660 September 25

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses entering the country by land and sea.

Item 3924: Letter from Gregory King, London, to Robert Southwell, 1688 October 13

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses royal succession and an unidentified collection.

Item 3925: Letter from Josiah Child, Streatham, London, to George Bound, 1688 February 2

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.

Item 3926: Letter from Adam Ferguson, Leipzig, to Adam Smith, 1754 December 1

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses the University of Groningen and German nobility.

Item 3927: Letter from William Creech, Edinburgh, to Thomas Cadell, 1792 January 9

2 items (9 pages): manuscript. English. Encloses a draft manuscript outline of Adam Ferguson's Principles of Moral and Political Science (1792). Discusses an error in a bill.

Item 3928: Letter from Adam Ferguson, St. Andrews, Scotland, to James Chalmers, 1807 October 2

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Mentions Ferguson's new address.

Item 3929a: Maunscirpt index by Joseph Massie, 1764 December 17

1 item (567 pages): manuscript. English. Alphabetical and chronological index of commercial books and pamphlets.

Item 3929*: Typescript index by Joesph Massie, undated

1 item (567 pages): typescript. English.  Alphabetical and chronological index of commercial books and pamphlets.

Item 3930: Letter from Jacques Necker to M. Bestier, 1779 September 17

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. French.  Discusses the digging of drainage ditches.

Item before 393: Letter from Adam Smith, Glasgow, to Lord Minto, 1762 April 9

1 item (1 page): typescript. English. Typed copy made by Jacob Hollander on 1938 October 21. Original manuscript located at the University of Glasgow. A letter of recommendation.

Item 3931: Letter from Adam Smith, Kirkaldy, Scotland, to unidentified recipient, 1767 August 30

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Discusses the payment of a bill.

Item 3932: Letter from Adam Smith, Kirkaldy, Scotland, to Lord Hailes, 1769 May 23

2 items (2 pages): manuscript. English. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript. Discusses the interpretation of an unidentified work and female fiefs.

Item 3933: Letter from Adam Smith, Kirkaldy, Scotland, to William Strahan, 1778 January 14

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses a bill and fees associated with a book.

Item 3934: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to William Strahan, 1778 February 5

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Discusses the commission for a book.

Item 3935: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to Joseph Banks, between 1780 and 1789

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Introduces Mr. Seslie, a mathematician.

Item 3936: Letter from Adam Smith, Glasgow, to George Baird, 1783 Febrary 7

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses a work regarding a rational grammar.

Item 3936*: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to Mr. Crawford, 1783 May 28

1 item (1): manuscript. English.  Discusses cargo on the ships Speedwell and Dreadnaught.

Item 3937: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to unidentified recipient, 1784 August

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Requests several gift bindings of Smith's texts.

Item 3938: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to William Strahan?, 1786 February 13

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses Smith's compositor's faults and requests a new compositor for the second edition.

Item 3940: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to Thomas Cadell, 1789 March 31

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Co-signed by James Edgar. Discusses a new edition of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiment.

Item 3941: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to an unidentified recipient, 1789 December 2

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Written in Smith's official capacity as Commissioner of Customs. Discusses shipping fees.

Item 3942: Letter from Adam Smith, Edinburgh, to David Douglas, 1790 January 21

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Provides information about a parliamentary meeting.

Item 3943: Letter from Josiah Tucker, Gloucester, England, to "Mr. Cadel", 1785 June 12

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Possibly intended for Thomas Caddell. Discusses assistance for a clergyman who wishes to obtain a dispensation.

Item 3944: Letter from Arthur Young, Bradfield, England, to James Powelle, 1804 December 26

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  A thank you note.

Item 3945: Letter from Arthur Young to "Rev. Mr. Ashby", undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses Pliny and other Greek scholars.

Item 3946: Letter from Dugald Stewart, Bo'ness, Scotland, to William Davies, 1811 February 18

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English.  Explains that medallions are to be sent to an engraver.

Item 3947: Letter from Dugald Stewart, Kinneil House, Bo'ness, Scotland, to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1820 August 10

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Previously cataloged separately as Post-1650 MS 0589 Acknowledges receipt of a book from Malthus and discusses Stewart's recent illness.

Item 3948: Letter from Dugald Stewart, Catrini, Italy, to "Lord Ancram", undated

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English.  Explains that 500 pounds are to be sent to Madrid from the estate.

Item 3949: Report from J.J. Smith, Robert Cox, John Atkins, and William Domville, London, to the Right Honorable Lord Mayor's Court of Aldermen, 1815 December 15

1 item (321 pages): manuscript. English.  An enquiry into the practices of London brokers and the Court of Aldermen's jurisdiction over them.

Item 3950: Letter from Jeremy Bentham to an unidentified recipient, 1822 May 8

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses social engagements.

Item 3951: Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Reverend W. I. Fox, 1825 May 31

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Introduction to a work concerning patronage.

Item 3952: Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Charles Sinclair Cullen, 1830 July 5

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses a visit from Lady Wilersby.

Item 3953: Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Edward Smith, 1831 February 17

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Discusses an employee's firing.

Item 3954: Scrapbook assembled by Francis Place, 1815 June 18

1 item (22 pages): manuscript. English. Assembled by Place, with additions by Frederick Hendricks. A collection of letters, newspaper clippings, and other items related to Bentham and "Chrestomathia".

Item 3955: Letter from William Godwin to an unidentified recipient, 1813 June 28

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  A personal letter.

Item 3956: Letter from Samuel Whitbread, London, to "Mr. Leader", 1790 June 14

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Complains about a workman's poor work on a carriage step.

Item 3957: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, Bath, to Cadell and Davies, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Discusses Malthus's book.

Item 3958: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England, to James Mackintosh, 1813 August 2

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English.  Introduces Mackintosh to an unidentified baron.

Item 3959: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, London, to Henry Mackenzie, 1819 June 16

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses Mackenzie's son, country governing, and influenza.

Item 3960: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, East India Company College, Hertfordshire, England, to William Empson, 1825 May 18

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English.  Discusses Malthus's recent travels.

Item 3961: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, East India Company College, Hertfordshire, England, to an unidentified recipient, 1827 April

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  Recounts Malthus's experiences giving evidence to a committee of the House of Commons.

Item 3962: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, St. Catharine's, Somerset, England?, to Moses Ricardo, 1830 June 18

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English.  References letters discussing "Political Economy".

Item 3963: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, East India Company College, Hertfordshire, England, to James Stevens, 1833 January 31

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Addressed to Stevens in his capacity at the Colonial Office. Discusses a proposal regarding Canada.

Item 3964: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, East India Company College, Hertfordshire, England, to Karl Friedrich Czornig von Czernhausen, 1833 November 11

1 item (7 pages): manuscript. English. Contains inquiries about the Austrian Empire.

Item 3965: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus, East India Company College, Hertfordshire, England, to "Mrs. Otter", 1834 September 15

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses wine to be bottled and a friend's illness.

Item 3966: Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Includes annotations, likely by Jacob Hollander. A response to an autograph request.

Item 3967: Letter from Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, to Isaac Riley, 1810 February 6

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English.  Discusses the publication of a statement.

Item 3968: Letter from Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, to William Gwynn, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Written between 1820 and 1829. Introduces M. Ramata, an Italian.

Item 3969: Letter from Jean Baptiste Say, Paris, to an unidentified recipient, 1814 September 2

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. French.  Discusses editions of Traite d'economie politique.

Item 3970: Letter from Jean Baptiste Say, Paris, to David Ricardo, 1819 October 10

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. French. Includes a facsimile of the manuscript and a typescript English translation. Discusses the fourth edition of Traite d'economie politique.

Item 3971: Letter from Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi to an unidentified recipient, 1838 February

1 item (1 page): manuscript. French. Discusses wealth and property.

Item 3972: Letter from Henry Hunt, Middleton Cottage, Andover, England?, to Clio Rickman, 1816 April 29

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses a portrait of Mr. Pain.

Item 3973: Letter from David Ricardo, Stock Exchange, London?, to John Robins, 1814 June 14

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Provides Ricardo's reasons for declining Robins's request.

Item 3974: Letter from David Ricardo, Upper Brook Street, London, to Mrs. Lowry, 1817 May 20

2 items (1 page): manuscript. English. Includes a photograph of the manuscript. Discusses a loan settlement.

Item 3975: Letter from David Ricardo to Mrs. Lowry?, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. A thank you note.

Item 3976: Letter from David Ricardo, Upper Brook Street, London, to John Barton, 1817 May 20

1 item (6 pages): manuscript. English. Includes a facsimile of the envelope. Contains Ricardo's thoughts on the theory of profits.

Item 3977: Letter from David Ricardo, Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, England, to W. Ward, 1819 September 8

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses buying into a loan.

Item 3978: Letter from David Ricardo, London, to E. Solly, 1821 April 20

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses the reasons why Ricardo cannot answer Solly's question.

Item 3979: Letter from David Ricardo, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1821 June 21

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. A response to an autograph request.

Item 3980: Letter from David Ricardo, Upper Brook Street, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1822 June 16

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses social engagements.

Item 3981: Letter from David Ricardo, London, to Mr. Wright, 1822 April 11

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Acknowledges receipt of Mr. Wright's pamphlet.

Item 3981*: Letter from David Ricardo, Upper Brook Street, London, to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Mr. Cowell's paper.

Item 3982: Letter from David Ricardo, London, to Miss Bayley, 1822 July 9

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses a mutual friend and a recent trip.

Item 3983: Letter from David Ricardo, Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, England, to Jacob Lawrence, 1823 August 15

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Provides Ricardo's reasons for declining to assist in an unidentified matter.

Item 3984: Notes from David Ricardo to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (20 pages): manuscript. English. Contains Ricardo's responses to comments about his writing by Coutts Trotter and Hutches Trower.

Item 3985: Notes from Hutches Trower to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (24 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Ricardo's pamphlet.

Item 3986: Letter from Thomas Phillips, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1843 October 18

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. A response to an autograph request.

Item 3987: Letter from David Ricardo, Jr., London, to an unidentified recipient, 1833 March 15

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Ricardo's support of a petition to abolish slavery.

Item 3988: Letter from James Mill, East India House, London, to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Mill's social visits.

Item 3989: Letter from James Mill, London, to David Booth, 1820 February 21

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses Mr. Bentham.

Item 3990: Letter from James Mill, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1827 February 5

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses payments for a subscription.

Item 3991: Letter from James Mill, East India House, London, to Thomas Hodgskin, 1829 August 4

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Offers advice and discussions the publication of economic treatises.

Item 3992: Letter from John R. McCulloch to James Cropper, 1823 February 20

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Acknowledges Cropper's request for a proof.

Item 3993: Letter from John R. McCulloch, London, to G. R. Porter, 1837 December 28

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Acknowledges the receipt of a book and references their 1836 correspondence.

Item 3994: Letter from John R. McCulloch, London, to William Jerdan, 1838 January 27

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. A thank you note.

Item 3995: Letter from John R. McCulloch, London, to William Jerdan, 1838 June 11

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Extends an invitation.

Item 3996: Letter from Hugh G. Reid, Carmarthen, Wales, to Jacob H. Hollander, 1895 September 14

2 items (2 pages): manuscript. English. Encloses a reading room note signed by Jacob Hollander. Discusses letters written by David Ricardo.

Item 3997: Notes from William Cobbett to an unidentified recipient., 1830 February 24

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Comments on "Collective Wisdom of the Nation" and the House of Commons.

Item 3998: Letter from William Cobbett to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Cobbett requests financial documents.

Item 3999: Letter from Robert Owen, London, to James Elmes, 1817 August 15

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses Elmes's plan.

Item 4000: Letter from Robert Owen, London, to Miss Crumpe, undated

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Responds to Crumpe's recent work.

Item 4001: Letter from Robert Dale Owen to John Griscon, 1829 December 16

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses a lecture on natural education.

Item 4002: Letter from Robert Dale Owen, London, to Thomas F. Baily, 1859 May 24

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Owen's upcoming trip to New Harmony, Indiana.

Item 4003: Letter from Maria Edgeworth, Edgeworths Town, Ireland, to Mr. Chambers, 1818 July 16

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Acknowledges the receipt of a book.

Item 4004: Letter from Alexander Baring, Arlesford, Hampshire, England, to E. H. Barker, 1829 October 28

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses Baring's desire to see justice done in an unidentified matter.

Item 4005: Letter from James Mackintosh to "Nolan", undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses Mackintosh's illness and a social dinner.

Item 4006: Letter from Lady Holland to Lord Plunket, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses social visits.

Item 4007: Letter from Sydney Smith to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1820 February 27

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses the differences between Malthus and Ricardo.

Item 4008: Letter from Henry Brougham to Percival, undated

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Acknowledges the receipt of a book.

Item 4009: Letter from Samuel Romilly to an unidentified recipient, 1817 October 22

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses a plan for "William."

Item 4010: Letter from Harriet Martineau to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses social calls and an illness

Item 4011: Letter from Jane Marcet, London, to Mr. Yelloby, 1839 May 27

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses the sale of a pony.

Item 4012: Letter from Nassau William Senior to an unidentified recipient, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses walking into town.

Item 4013: Letter from Francis Lieber, Boston, to Thomas H. Gallaudet, 1830 April 28

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses the Hartford asylum.

Item 4014: Letter from Henry C. Carey, Burlington, Virginia, to Editor, "Library World", 1852 October 15

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. Discusses a previous inquiry into Carey's objection.

Item 4015: Letter from John Stuart Mill, India House, London, to Thibaudeau, 1834 November 28

1 item (4 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses a review.

Item 4016: Letter from John Stuart Mill, East India House, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1852 May 15

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. English. Discusses free trade and London booksellers.

Item 4017: Letter from John Stuart Mill, East India House, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1857 august 25

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. French. Discusses the Traite d'economie politique.

Item 4018: Document from John Stuart Mill, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1857 March 20

1 item (1 page): manuscript. English. A signed application for shares in the Northern Bengal Railway Company.