Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence 1870-1892

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Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence 1870-1892

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Annie Hampton Brewster was the sister of Benjamin H. Brewster, U.S. Attorney General from 1881-1885. The collection consists largely of correspondence with James Edward Carpenter, Philadelphia attorney.

0.5 linear ft.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Carpenter, J. E. (James Edward), 1841-1901

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Dorr, Harriet Odin.

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Brewster, Anne M. H. (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892

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Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent. She defied familial and social conventions by converting to Catholicism, suing her brother for her share of their mother’s estate, emigrating to Rome, supporting herself financially, and not marrying. Brewster preferred an independent life and supported herself as a writer. After 1868, she lived in Rome, Italy and wrote articles about Italian art, architecture, archaeology, political ev...

Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888

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U.S. attorney general. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster correspondence, 1850-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451368 U.S. attorney general from 1881-1885. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster letters, 1882-1886. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936782 ...