Papers, 1835-1854.

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Papers, 1835-1854.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14234235

Includes 32 letters, 1846-1848, describing Lord's journey to and experiences as a missionary in Canton, China, where she served from 1846-1853; 15 of these letters were written to Mary Lyon by both Lord and her husband Edward. Also includes 2 letters, 1835, from Lord to her brother discussing family and religion.

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849

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Mary Lyon, educator and founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College), was born on February 28, 1797, in Buckland, Massachusetts. Her parents were Aaron Lyon, a farmer, and Jemima Shepard Lyon. After her father's death in 1802 and her mother's remarriage 1810, Lyon remained on the family farm as a housekeeper for her brother. She started teaching in 1814 and continued her own education by attending Sanderson Academy in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Amherst (Massachusetts) Acade...

Lord family.

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Lyons family.

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Lord, Lucy T., 1817-1853

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Educator and missionary; b. Lucy T. Lyon. From the description of Papers, 1835-1854. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 14234235 Lucy Thomas Lyon was born on February 15, 1817 in Buckland, Massachusetts to Armilla Alden Lyon and Aaron Lyon, the brother of Mary Lyon. Though she moved to Stockton, New York with her family, she returned to attend school at Franklin Academy in Shelburne, Massachusetts. Lyon taught in Shelburne and nearby towns before enrolling at M...

Lord, Edward Clemens, 1817-1887

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