Papers, 1857-1908.

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Papers, 1857-1908.

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Contents include a letter of 9 April 1857 from Benjamin Howland to Emily Howland in regards to learning to speak German and commenting on a sermon he heard preached by Edwin Hubbell Chapin, a prominent Universalist minister. He also comments on their family's Quaker faith, believing it was wrong to reject music in worship services. Remaining papers consist primarily of bills and receipts of hotels and other travel related services of Benjamin Howland's wife Louise and two daughters.

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American Periodical Series I

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Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), 1814-1880

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Clergyman. From the description of E.H. Chapin correspondence, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453080 New York, N.Y. orator, author, and minister. From the description of Papers, 1845-1854. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38293531 ...

Howland, Benjamin

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Resident of Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Ledger #2, 1788-1805. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013703 ...

Howland family.

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Emily Howland, 1837-1929, was a prominent educator of African American girls. She had established a school in her native village of Sherwood, New York. The school was eventually named in her honor. From the description of Papers, 1857-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122459190 ...

Howland, Emily, 1827-1929

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Emily Howland was a Quaker reformer, educator and philanthropist. In the mid 1850s, she was a teacher in a school for African American girls. During the Civil War she helped organize the Freedman's Village at Camp Todd for refugee slaves, where she worked as nurse and teacher. After the war, she opened a school for African Americans. She took an interest in Southern normal and industrial school and left money for them in her will. The president of her county Woman's Suffrage Associati...