Fayerweather Family Papers, 1836-1962 Fayerweather Family Papers 1836-1962

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Fayerweather Family Papers, 1836-1962 Fayerweather Family Papers 1836-1962

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The Fayerweather family, descendants of slaves, served the village of Kingston and the surrounding countryside as blacksmiths throughout the nineteenth century. Most famous in the family is Sarah Ann Harris Fayerweather whose attendance at Prudence Crandall's school for girls caused tension over school intergration in Connecticut. The records contain papers and memorabilia from several generations of the Fayerweather family.

1.25 linear feet; 3 box(es)

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University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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Fayerweather, Sarah Ann Harris, d. 1878.

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Fayerweather, George, 1802-1869

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Fairweather family

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The Fayerweather name is well known in South County history. Several generations of the Fayerweather family, descendants of slaves, served the village of Kingston and the surrounding countryside as blacksmiths throughout the nineteenth century. Ironically, however, the Fayerweather name is most often remembered for a person who acquired it through marriage rather than by birth. Sarah Ann Harris Fayerweather, wife of George Fayerweather III, achieved her plac...

Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876

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Fayerweather family

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Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890

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Educator Prudence Crandall (P.C. Philleo) was best known for attempting to secure equal educational opportunity for Afro-Americans. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Postcard, 1883. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007184 ...