Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Jane Church letters
Collection — Manuscript box 50 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251245]
Identifier: 2559
Scope and content
Letters of Mary J. Church to her brother from New York City, where she was attending Rutgers' Female College, concerning family and friends, school work, notable places in the city, impressions of Henry Ward Beecher, comments on the Civil War, and the reaction to Lincoln's assassination.
Dates:
1864-1865.
Shelton family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064923802]
Identifier: 808
Scope and content
Collection consists largely of letters between members of the interrelated Tappan, Brewster, Tomlinson, and Shelton families, and emphasizes religious, missionary, and educational experiences. Included are a letter (1821) from a female teacher at the Brainard Cherokee Mission School; letters (1827) from Anne Tappan at Catharine Beecher's School in Hartford, Connecticut; letters (1834) from Lucy Tappan, a teacher at a religious academy in Detroit, concerning local conditions, Miss Beecher,...
Dates:
1783-1934.
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