Theodore Dwight Weld account book 1850-1860

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Theodore Dwight Weld account book 1850-1860

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3274

Theodore Dwight Weld was an abolitionist, author, and superintendent of schools in New Jersey and Massachusetts. This collection contains an account book kept by Theodore Dwight Weld regarding accounts with parents and guardians of students attending his schools at Belleville and Eagleswood, New Jersey, between 1850 and 1860. Entries include accounts for board and tuition, school books, clothing and incidentals; as well as lists of students and of applicants for vacancies; memoranda entitled "Wishes of Parents and Pupils' Needs;" and addresses of patrons. Vouchers for payments made to teachers between 1850 and 1853 are also pasted in the book

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313168

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina GrimkeĢ, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...