Horsford-Tryon families papers 1800-2000 (bulk 1835-1887)

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Horsford-Tryon families papers 1800-2000 (bulk 1835-1887)

Mainly correspondence among family members primarily in central New York. Includes letters written by the chemist and women's education advocate, Eben Horsford, and by Maria Charity Horsford to her adult children from Washington, D.C., 1850-1853, during her husband Jerediah Horsford's service in the U. S. House of Representatives.

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Gillette, William, 1853-1937

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Haskell, Harriet Hinsdale

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Hosford family.

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Horsford, Maria Charity Norton, 1790-1859

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Mrs. Jerediah Horsford. From the description of Papers of Charry Maria Norton Horsford, 1851-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80589291 ...

Byam, Maria Horsford, 1826-

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Miner, Myrtilla, 1815-1864

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Lind, Jenny

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Cox, James Richards

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Norton, Julia Horsford, 1822-

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Horsford, Jerediah, 1791-1875

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Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893

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Horsford (Harvard, A.B., 1847) taught chemistry at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Eben Norton Horsford, ca. 1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972793 Engineer, college professor and industrial chemist; president of Wellesley. From the description of E. N. Horsford letter to a Miss Reid [manuscript], 1884 February 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 713898870 David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister. ...

Horsford-Tryon families

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Biographical Notes Jerediah Horsford (1791-1875) was born in Vermont but moved to Moscow, N.Y. (current Leicester, N.Y.) in 1815 as a missionary to the Seneca Indians. He and his wife, Maria Charity Horsford, became successful farmers. Horsford was elected to the 32nd United States Congress as a Whig and he and his wife lived in Washington, D.C., in 1851-1853. The Horsfords had four children: Eben, Eliza, Maria, and Julia. Eben Horsford (1818...

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Tryon, James, 1820-1895

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Tryon, Eliza Horsford, 1820-1883

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Horsford family.

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Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820

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Horsford, Laura, 1828-

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Tryon family.

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