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Blossom, Ira A., 1789 or 90-1856. Letters : to H.J. Huidekoper, 1825-1857 (bulk 1825-1848).

Title: Letters : to H.J. Huidekoper, 1825-1857 (bulk 1825-1848).

Letters to Harm Jan Huidekoper, Holland Land Company agent, Meadville, Pa., 1825-1848, regarding land sales, payments by settlers, and other Holland Land Company matters, including the attacks on the Batavia office by a mob, 1838. Most letters also feature news of contemporary events, such as the Erie Canal opening celebration in Lockport, Oct. 1825; the schooner Michigan scheduled to be sent over Niagara Falls, Aug. 1827; the outbreak of cholera in 1832, the arrest of Benjamin Rathbun for forgery and the effects of the scandal on Blossom and others, 1830-1838; the Upper Canada Rebellion, 1837; and the hiring of an organist at the Unitarian Church, 1838. Also, three letters written after the deaths of Blossom and H.J. Huidekoper by N.K. Hall, guardian of Blossom's daughter Anna, to Edgar Huidekoper, Meadville, seeking advice on a suitable school for Anna.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

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Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

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