George A Chapin and family papers. 1828-1978.

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George A Chapin and family papers. 1828-1978.

Correspondence, household and personal financial records, school exercises and class notes, genealogical data, and miscellaneous papers of several generations of the family of George A. Chapin, a hardware dealer who moved from Boston to Saint Paul in 1868. Included as well are correspondence, travel diaries, photographs, and other papers of Carolyn Chapin and her parents, William G. and Caroline E. Johnson.

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Chapin, Susan W., 1862-1942.

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Davis, Charles Henry, 1824-1864.

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Chapin, Carolyn, 1889-1953

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Leeds, Mary I., 1773-1853.

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Chapin, Sarah Davis, 1849-1947.

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Bradstreet family.

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Chapin, Walter L., 1863-1947.

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Chapin, Walter L., 1902-.

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