Papers, 1850-1856.

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Papers, 1850-1856.

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Letters (1854, May 30-1856, Dec. 19), some with drawings, from journalist, George E. Townsend, in New Haven, Conn., to his cousin, Mary Townsend, in Geneva, N.Y. whom he is courting, describing local customs and people, particularly those from the field of art, literature, and journalism, including Donald G. Mitchell "Ik Marvel" and James G. Percival. Also, journal (1850, July 22-1955, Feb. 16) of Julia Townsend near Geneva, N.Y., chronicling a troubled courtship, social customs in the area, and including several pages of religious notes; and a diary (1853, Jan 1-1856, Nov. 6) of Samuel Henry Townsend (b. 1839) her brother, recounting a trip to Illinois and the Nebraska Territory in 1856. References are made to the "water-cure" located in Geneva, N.Y.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Townsend family.

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Townsend, Mary, fl. 1854.

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Townsend, George E., fl. 1854.

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Townsend, Samuel Henry, b. 1839.

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Townsend, Julia, fl. 1850.

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Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856

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Percival was a poet and geologist. In 1835-1840, with Charles U. Shepard, he made a geological survey of Connecticut. From the description of Journal : manuscript, 1839 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612802779 American poet and geologist. From the description of Papers of James Gates Percival [manuscript], 1827-1855 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833961 ...

Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908

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Donald Grant Mitchell, essayist and novelist, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, graduated from Yale College in 1841 and, after serving abroad briefly as U.S. consul in Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, settled near New Haven, Connecticut. Mitchell wrote literary criticism, travel literature, and volumes of essays on rural themes, including Reveries of a Bachelor (1850), My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book (1863), and Rural Studies (1867). Other works include the novel Doctor Johns (1866), About ...