Hunter family correspondence 1856-1866 1859 Hunter family correspondence

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Hunter family correspondence 1856-1866 1859 Hunter family correspondence

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This collection primarily consists of 44 letters exchanged between members of the Hunter family of Wiseburg, Maryland, in 1859. Eliza Hunter ("Lida") received 19 letters from her parents, Margaret and Pleasant Hunter, when she was studying at Linden Hall Seminary in Lititz, Pennsylvania; she responded with 4 letters and 1 brief note. Other letters between female cousins and sisters concern various aspects of their lives, such as education, travel, and family news.

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Hunter, Eliza, 1843-1872

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Hunter family

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Pleasant Hunter was born in Maryland around 1810. He and his wife Margaret lived in Wiseburg, Maryland, and had 7 children: Peter, Eliza, Thomas, Mary, Silas, Pleasant, and Laura. Eliza Hunter was born around 1843, and attended Linden Hall Seminary in Lititz, Pennsylvania, in 1859. From the guide to the Hunter family correspondence, 1856-1866, 1859, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) ...

Hunter, Margaret Smyser, b. 1820

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Hunter, Mamie.

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Hunter, Lizzie.

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Hunter, Ella

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Carr, Ann

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Sunderland, B. (Byron), 1819-1901

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Clergyman. From the description of B. Sunderland calling card with note, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980560 Presbyterian clergyman, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Funeral oration, [186-]. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954430 ...

Hunter, Pleasant, 1810-1894

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Pleasant Hunter was born in Maryland in 1810 and lived his adult life in Baltimore County in the area of Parkton and Wiseburg along York Road. He was a farmer, an innkeeper, a Baltimore County sheriff (1853), a member of the Board of County Commissioners (1851-1852 and 1875-1876), and a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly (1860-1861). During the 1850s he also collected taxes and other monies. In 1875 he ran on the "Potato Bug" ticket, a third party comprised of Republicans and...