Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries 1861-1870

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Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries 1861-1870

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3228

Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn, mother of Vermont Governor Peter Thacher Washburn, kept these diaries from 1861-1863, 1865-1867, and 1869-1870 at her home near Woodstock, Vermont. Entries include comments on social life at home; books read; church meetings; gardening, apple picking and drying, and other home occupations; weather and road conditions; and deaths and funerals. The diary also includes a few brief notes about Civil War events, President Grant's stopping at the local depot on August 28, 1869, and her son's death on February 7, 1870. The diaries are inscribed to Hannah M. Washburn

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher

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Washburn, Peter T. (Peter Thacher), 1814-1870

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Peter T. Washburn, son of Reuben and Hannah B. (Thacher) Washburn, was born on September 7, 1814 in Lynn, Massachusetts. His family moved to Vermont in 1817 and settled in Ludlow, Vermont in 1825. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1835 and then studied law under his father. In 1838 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Ludlow. In 1844 he moved his practice to Woodstock and formed a partnership with Charles P. Marsh until his death in 1870. Peter T....