Henry W. Bellows papers, 1783-1907.

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Henry W. Bellows papers, 1783-1907.

Unitarian clergyman, of New York City. Correspondence, diary, addresses, sermons, reports, dissertations, legal documents, and schedule of properties. Correspondence (1831-82) relates to Bellows' religious work, his interest in Antioch College (1859-72), his work in the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and editorship of the Christian Examiner. Chief correspondents include Bellows' parents, his brothers Edward and John, Cyrus A. Bartol, James F. Clarke, and Edward Everett Hale. Other correspondents include George T. Curtis, Theodore Dorr, O.C. Everett, H.W. Foote, Amos Adams Lawrence, Charles Mason, and William Silsbee.

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Dorr, Theodore.

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Christian Examiner.

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Bellows family.

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Mason, Charles, 1812-1862.

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Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889

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Bellows, John.

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