Papers, 1848-1917.

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Papers, 1848-1917.

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Correspondence includes personal letters from friends and relatives, letters of sympathy on the death of husband in 1903, and her letters to her father Henry L. Webb, her aunt Elizabeth B. Webb, and Richard Van Rensselaer, executor of her father's estate, 1848-1907. papers pertaining to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union include letters received, bills, receipts, reports, minutes, and scrapbooks, 1874-1912. Other papers include letters, a journal and memorabilia from a trip abroad, 1856-1857; business letters, invoices, receipts, her will, and estate papers, 1851-1917; essays and poems written before her marriage; and obituaries and tributes to her husband.

4 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Peristrome Presbyterian Church (Plattsburgh, N.Y.)

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Hall, Francis Bloodgood, 1827-1903.

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U.S. Army chaplain awarded the Congressional Medal of honor for Civil War Service; founder and pastor of Peristrome Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh; active in charity and temperance work; an inventor. From the description of Papers, 1843-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155465485 ...

Webb, Elizabeth Lyon

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Van Rensselaer, Richard, 1797-1880

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The Van Rensselaers were a wealthy and politically important family of Dutch descent, based in Albany, New York. The family included many state and national politicians. Richard was a graduate of Union College and practiced law in Albany for many years. (See Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States, by Rev. Maunsell Van Rensselaer, 1888, p. 168.) From the guide to the Richard Van Rensselaer Deed, 1819, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Hall, Frances Delord Webb, 1834-1913.

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Leader in temperance movement, active in charities, prison and church work, self-styled physician, and wife of Rev. Francis B. Hall, pastor of Peristrome Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh. From the description of Papers, 1848-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155465479 ...

Webb, Henry Livingston, d. 1846.

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...