Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

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Birth 1822-09-10
Death 1891-04-10
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Served with the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1866; Freedmen's Aid Society, 1866-1873; founded the New England Women's Club, 1868; Boston School Committee representative, 1875-1878; member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1879-1888; president of the Massachusetts School Sufrrage Association, 1880-1888; member and president of the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women, 1880-1886; and member of the Association for the Advancement of Women.

From the description of Abby W. May [photograph], [ca. 1850]. (Massachusetts Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 51166846

Sarah Lawrence (1845-1915) married Peter Chardon Brooks (1831-1920) in 1866. Her brother, Amory Appleton Lawrence (1848-1912), followed in the footsteps of his father, the merchant and philanthropist, Amos Adams Lawrence.

From the description of Sallie and Amory Lawrence [graphic]. 1850. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 48933375

The crayon daguerreotype was patented by Boston daguerreotypist John Adams Whipple in 1849. Whipple actively employed this style in his portraiture work in the early 1850s, hence the circa date of this daguerreotype.

From the description of [George Barrell Emerson] [graphic] / Whipple. [ca. 1850] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 55739089

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