Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899

Brown class of 1845; two-term Congressman (1857-61) from Worcester, Massachusetts; played a significant role in the founding and organization of the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

From the description of Papers, 1843-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529135

American educator and inventor.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Worcester, Mass., to Silas Seymour, [1861 Sept.] and 1861 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571903

Eli Thayer (1819-1899) was a Worcester, Mass., educator and U.S. Congressman, 1857-1861. He organized the Emigrant Aid Company, which sponsored the settlement of Kansas by New Englanders in 1855. A graduate of the Worcester Manual Labor School (now Worcester Academy) in 1840 and Brown University in 1845, Thayer became a pioneer in the field of women's education and an ardent abolitionist.

From the description of Papers, 1839-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207174827

Educator and politician, Thayer organized the Emigrant Aid company in New England (1850s) to resettle citizens holding an anti-slavery position into slaves states, a plan which was particularly successful in Kansas.

From the description of Papers of Eli Thayer [manuscript], 1857-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844250