Eggleston family collection 1772-1924 1859-1864 Eggleston family collection

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Eggleston family collection 1772-1924 1859-1864 Eggleston family collection

The Eggleston family collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items related to Ambrose Eggleston, Nathaniel Hillyer Eggleston (or Egleston), Melville Eggleston (or Egleston), and Samuel Eggleston. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters to Ambrose Eggleston from family members, who responded to genealogical inquiries about their family histories.

0.5 linear feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391129

William L. Clements Library

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Eggleston, Ambrose, 1793-1865

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Eggleston, Sarah Winship.

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Egleston, Melville

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Eggleston family

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Ambrose Eggleston (May 16, 1793-1865-January 23, 1865) was the son of Nicholas Eggleston and Mary Stewart of North East, New York. He graduated from Yale College in 1813 and taught school until 1815, when he moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, where he studied law. In 1818, he was admitted to the bar and moved to Unadilla, New York, where he practiced law until 1821. That year, he entered the Auburn Theological Seminary, and he received a preaching license in 1822. Eggleston was pastor...

Yale College (1718-1887)

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The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912

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Eggleston, Samuel, 1738-1822

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Williams College

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Eggleston, Elijah.

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