Papers, 1866-1934 (bulk).

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Papers, 1866-1934 (bulk).

Diaries (1866-1907), unpublished novel ("The Optimist"), sermons (1874-1891), printed missionary letters (1882-1907), Civil War and temperance writings, letters to his wife (1875-1907), letters by family members (1885-1934), biographical material.

7 c.f. (20 boxes).

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Shinn, Q. H. (Quillen Hamilton), 1845-1907

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Quillen Hamilton Shinn (1845-1907) served the Union during the Civil War and was a Confederate prisoner of war until the war ended. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1870 and served Universalist parishes in Tyngsboro, Dunstable, Lynn, Foxboro, and Mansfield, Massachusetts; Gaysville and Rutland, Vermont; Plymouth and Rochester, New Hampshire; Deering and Westbrook, Maine; and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1891 to 1907 Shinn worked as an itinerant missionary throughout the United States, estab...