Howells-Fréchette family.

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William Dean Howells (1837-1920), author, journalist, and editor of the Atlantic monthly, was the son of Ohio newspaperman William Cooper Howells. After the Civil War, William Cooper Howells, an acquaintance and client of President James Garfield, served as U.S. Consul in Quebec. The entire Howells family was active in the literary and journalistic circles of the eastern United States, and one of William Dean Howells's sisters, Annie Thomas Howells, married the Canadian journalist Achille Fréchette.

From the description of Howells-Fréchette family papers, 1844-1934. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228721068

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associatedWith Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934. person
associatedWith Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910. person
associatedWith Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. person
associatedWith Fréchette, Achille, 1847-1927. person
associatedWith Fréchette, Annie Howells. person
associatedWith Fréchette family. family
associatedWith Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. person
associatedWith Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. person
associatedWith Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940. person
associatedWith Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. person
associatedWith Howells family. family
associatedWith Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894. person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
associatedWith Republican National Convention 1880 : Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Smith, William Henry, 1833-1896. person
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Active 1934

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