Reverend John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1855-1888.

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Reverend John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1855-1888.

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The Reverend John Hamilton Cornish Papers consist mostly of letters written by and addressed to Cornish, his sons Jas. H. (Joe) and A. Ernest, his daughters, and other family members. The correspondence concerns church affairs; his sons' educations at Sewanee Theological Seminary and other institutions; travel; and personal relationships among relatives, friends, and colleagues. The correspondence originated in South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Minnesota. The papers also include a small group of printed pamphlets, cards, circulars, bills, and receipts.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6810541

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Cornish family.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Saint Thaddeus Episcopal Church (Aiken, S.C.)

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University of the South

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Cornish, John Hamilton, 1815-1878

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Episcopal clergyman, of Aiken, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1837-1886. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490641 John Hamilton Cornish graduated from Washington College, Hartford, Conn., in 1839. He studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but was unable to complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. Cornish was ordained in 1843 and served in many Sea Island and Low ...