Todd family papers 1836-1921

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Todd family papers 1836-1921

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Family papers (chiefly family correspondence) of Congregational minister John Todd (1818-1894), who was a founder of Tabor, Iowa, of its first Congregational Church, and of Iowa's Tabor College. The Todd home served as a station on the Underground Railroad from 1854 to 1856, and as an arsenal for abolitionist John Brown.

3.25 linear ft. (8 boxes)

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Todd family.

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Atkins family.

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Brooks, William Myron, 1835-1924.

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Todd, Quintus Curtius, 1849-1927.

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Todd, John, 1818-1894

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John Todd was a Congregationalist minister and abolitionist. He moved to Iowa in 1850 and organized the Tabor, Iowa Congregational Church and turned his home into a station on the Underground Railroad. He also helped to start Tabor College and to found Congregational churches in Glenwood, and Sioux City, Iowa. In 1864 Todd served as chaplain with the 46th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. From the description of Todd, John papers, 1818-1894, 1841-1894. (State Historical Society of Io...

Todd, James E. (James Edgar), 1846-1922.

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