Frederick Knapp family letters 1824-1850 1838-1848 Knapp, Frederick family letters

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Frederick Knapp family letters 1824-1850 1838-1848 Knapp, Frederick family letters

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This collection contains correspondence addressed to members of the Knapp family of Walpole, New Hampshire, between 1824 and 1850. Frederick Newman Knapp received the majority of the letters from acquaintances in Walpole, Boston, and other places in New England, while attending Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School between 1838 and 1847. His parents, Jacob and Louisa Knapp, also received personal letters from family and friends.

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