Nathaniel Wright Family Papers 1787-1917

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Nathaniel Wright Family Papers 1787-1917

Lawyer of New Hampshire and Ohio. Correspondence, diaries, journals, legal documents, and other items concerning Nathaniel Wright and his family. Relates chiefly to the careers of Wright, his son Daniel Thew Wright, and his son’s legal partner, Maskell E. Curwen, including material pertaining to the settlement of estates, railroad litigation, internal improvements, and the family’s education, social life, and travels.

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Wright family.

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Wright, Daniel Thew, 1864-1943

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Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878

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Educator Catharine Esther Beecher, a daughter of Lyman Beecher, was an advocate of education for women and of women teachers. In 1823 she founded the Hartford Female Seminary to educate young women. In 1846, she began a project to send female teachers from the Eastern states to western states and territories, and established training schools for women teachers in several western cities. From the description of Letter, 1847. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 548941345 ...

Woods, John, 1794-1855

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Lewis, Samuel, 1799-1854

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Dunn, George Hedford, 1794-1854

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Curwen, Maskell E.

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Wright family.

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Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865

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Duane, son of William Duane (1760-1835), worked at the Aurora general advertiser in Philadelphia, practiced law (from 1815) and later served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1833). He was removed from office for refusing to withdraw government deposits from United States Bank before a meeting of Congress. From the description of Letter to Thomas Elder esq., 7 September 1831. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342893 ...

Wright, Nathaniel, 1789-1875

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Lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1817-1855 / Nathaniel Wright. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19795638 Lawyer, of New Hampshire and Ohio. From the description of Nathaniel Wright family papers, 1787-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194903 Biographical Note 1789, Jan. 28 Born, Hanover Parish, N.H....

Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863!

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American preacher and revivalist; also famous as reformer, educator, and central figure in theological controversies; b. in New Haven, Conn.; in 1799 ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, N.Y.; in 1810 accepted the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, Conn., where he attracted large crowds. In 1826 became pastor of the Hanover Street Church in Boston where his reputation for defending orthodoxy against Unitarianism became widespread. During his years ...

Peck, William V. (William Virgil), 1804-1877

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Harrison, William Henry, 1802-1838

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Biographical note: William Henry Harrison was born in 1802, the son of future president William Henry Harrison and Anna Symmes Harrison. The younger Harrison attended Transylvania University for a short period of time. From the description of Letters, 1819-1821. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191917845 ...

Burnet, Jacob, 1770-1853

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U.S. Senator from Ohio. From the description of Autograph memorandum signed : Cincinnati, 1804 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533885 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to John Sloane, 1829 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530910 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Yellow Springs, Ohio, to Robert Buchanon, 1833 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531605 U.S. senator from Ohio, college...

Wright, D. Thew (Daniel Thew), 1825-1912

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