Papers, 1791-1921

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Papers, 1791-1921

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Papers, 1791-1921

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00100/catalog

Abstract

Letters, diaries, photographs, etc., of the Poor family from New England.

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24 boxes

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 6386186

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Poor (Family : Poor, Henry Varnum, 1812-1905)

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Five generations of the Poor family, members of which were active in the clergy, business and social movements in New England, produced this collection, which centers on Henry Varnum Poor (1812-1905), a railroad journalist and economist, and on his wife Mary (Pierce) Poor (1820-1912), a participant in social reform movements and daughter of John Pierce (1773-1849) who for 50 years was minister of the First Church of Brookline, MA. Also represented are the Pierce family: John Pierce and his wife ...

Abbot, Abiel, 1770-1828

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Minister of Congregational churches in Haverhill (1795-1803) and Beverly (1803-1828) Massachusetts, born in Andover (Mass.). A graduate of Harvard, Abiel Abbot married Eunice Wales of Dorchester (Mass.) in 1795. In the fall of 1818 Abbot, who suffered from a lung disorder, set out for South Carolina to improve his health. After spending eight weeks in Charleston, Abbot spent two months as a guest of James Legare at his St. John's, Colleton Parish, South Carolina estate. In March Abbot went to Sa...

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

ABIGAIL L. PIERCE

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Parker Varnum, Jr.

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13. Stetson, Caleb

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Laura (Poor) Stone

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Brandon, Miriam

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Sarah B. R. Kingsbury

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ELIZABETH PIERCE

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Poor, Lucy

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Poor, Mary Pierce, 1820-1912

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Charles Durfee

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Massachusetts State Historical Society.

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Poor, Agnes Blake, 1842-1922

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Poor was a descendant of the Poor and Merrill families of Andover, Me. In 1883 she assembled notes that she had taken during conversations with her uncle, Silvanus Poor, about the history of Andover. From the description of Andover Memorials, 1883. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007833 ...

Poor, Eva

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Poor, Henry V. (Henry Varnum), 1812-1905

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Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1970), best known as a potter and ceramic artist, was also an architect, painter, muralist, designer, educator and writer who lived and worked in New City, New York. A native of Chapman, Kansas, Henry Varnum Poor moved with his family to Kansas City when his grain merchant father became a member of the Kansas Board of Trade. From a young age he showed artistic talent and spent as much time as possible - including school hours - drawing. When a sch...

Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915

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Hudson, Mary

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Lucy (Pierce) Hedge

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Constance (Brandon) Poor

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Ellen (Hedge) Poor

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Elizabeth Tappan

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FEROLINE (PIERCE) FOX

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Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905

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Unitarian minister and poet. From the description of Letters and poem, 1863 Aug. 24-1872 Aug. 4. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166329703 Massachusetts clergyman and author. From the description of Note, 1847. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187642 American author. From the description of ALS, [1874 August], North Hampton, N. H., to Mr. Morrell. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935455 Will...

Mary (Pierce) Poor

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MARY (POOR) CHANDLER

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Hedge, Charlotte

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Pierce, Elizabeth

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8. Pierce, John, 1773-1849

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Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905

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League for the Establishment of a Separate Prison for Women

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Caroline Hedge

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Perkham, Rebecca

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Miss Margaret Anthony

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Anna K. M. Knowlton

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Harris, Thaddeus Mason

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Poor, Agnes Blake, 1842-1922

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John Fox

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Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890

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Frederic Henry Hedge was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1805, the son of Levi Hedge, a professor of logic at Harvard, and Mary Kneeland Hedge, the granddaughter of Edward Holyoke, president of Harvard (1737-1769). After spending 4 years studying in Germany he attemded Harvard University starting in 1822 and graduated in 1825. He studied theology in the Divinity School in Cambridge and was ordained in 1829. He served as pastor in West Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bangor, Maine; Providence, Rhod...

Papers, 1791-1921

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