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Mary Jane Church letters

Collection — manuscript box: 50 - folder 1

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.

Creator

Church, Mary Jane, 1847- (Person)

Extent

13 items. (13 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Education.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- : Assassination.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Rutgers College -- : Students.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women college students -- New York (N.Y.)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Description rules: Appm
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script

Physical Storage Information

manuscript box: 50 - folder 1 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

https://rare.library.cornell.edu/

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)