Fred Stanley Goodrich papers 1863-1918

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Fred Stanley Goodrich papers 1863-1918

Alpena, Michigan, resident. Correspondence, including a letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson and a letter describing Goodrich's Civil War experience in the 115th New York Volunteers at the Battle of Morris Island, South Carolina, genealogical material, recipe book, and miscellanea; also photographs.

0.3 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389170

Bentley Historical Library

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Goodrich, Fred Stanley, 1836-1919.

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Fred S. Goodrich was a civil war soldier with the 115th New York Volunteers who later transferred to the 33rd United States Colored Troops where he served until the end of the war.. After the war, he lived in Alpena, Michigan from 1871 to 1882 where sold watches, clocks, and jewelry. In 1882, he moved to De Land, Florida in 1882. He was elected mayor of De Land for five terms. He ran for US Congress as a Republican in 1888 but was defeated. He also lived and worked in the Oklahoma Territory. ...

Goodrich family.

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 115th (1862-1865)

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