Phoenix family papers 1776-1884 1808-1814 Phoenix family papers

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878

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Educator Catharine Esther Beecher, a daughter of Lyman Beecher, was an advocate of education for women and of women teachers. In 1823 she founded the Hartford Female Seminary to educate young women. In 1846, she began a project to send female teachers from the Eastern states to western states and territories, and established training schools for women teachers in several western cities. From the description of Letter, 1847. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 548941345 ...

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.)

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Hartford Female Seminary was founded in 1828 in Hartford, Conn. From the description of Catalogue, 1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007154 ...

Phoenix family

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Alexander Phoenix was born in Morristown, N.J., on February 28, 1778, the son of Daniel Phoenix, a wealthy New York City merchant, and Elizabeth Platt, who died when Alexander was seven years old. He studied law at Columbia University, graduating in 1794, but only practiced law for four years before joining his father's mercantile firm, Phoenix, Ingraham, & Nixon. In 1807, he married Martha ("Patty") Ingraham, daughter of his partner, Nathaniel G. Ingraham. They had two children...

Bourne, Shearjashub, 1746-1806

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Phoenix, Alexander, 1778-1863.

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Miller, Sylvanus, 1770 or 71-1861.

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