Williamson family collection 1862-1918 Williamson family collection

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...

Willard, Emma, 1787-1870

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American educator; founder of the Emman Willard School for girls. From the description of Letters of Emma Willard [manuscript], 1818-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996500 Note: The following chronology was prepared by Lucy Townsend and Barbara Wiley for The Papers of Emma Hart Willard, 1787-1870. Guide to the Microfilm Edition . It is based on Emma Willard's memoir addressed to Professor Coggswell (1842), as well as her corr...

Gurley, William, 1821-1887

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Williamson family

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William Gurley (1821-1887), a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was a manufacturer in Troy, New York. He and his wife, Maria R. Kenney (d. 1897), had four surviving children: Clara Augusta (b. 1849), Esther Maria (b. 1853, m. Paul Cook), Lewis Warren (b. 1857), and Mary Miller (b. 1860). Clara A. Gurley, an alumna of the Troy Female Seminary, married Dr. Nicholas Williamson (1845-1902) of New Brunswick, New Jersey, on June 2, 1881. Williamson was mayor of New Brunswi...

Williamson, Nicholas, 1845-1902.

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Charles Dickens, English novelist. From the guide to the Charles Dickens manuscript material : 7 items, 1842-1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Victorian novelist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Charles Dickens, with related material, ca. 1834-1955, (Leeds University Librar...

Williamson, Charles Gurley, b. 1888

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Gurley family.

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Williamson, Daniel Abeel, 1840-1862

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Williamson, Ruth A., b. 1886

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Williamson, Mary, b. 1891

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Williamson, Clara Gurley, 1849-1918

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Williamson, Hattie S.

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Troy Female Seminary

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