Papers, 1790-1887.

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Papers, 1790-1887.

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Papers of Williams College President Mark Hopkins, mostly family correspondence with some papers relating to Williams College business and Hopkins's presidency of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Correspondents include: Hopkins's parents Archibald and Mary Curtis Hopkins; his uncle Sewall Hopkins; his brothers Albert, a professor of astronomy at Williams, and Henry; his wife Mary Hubbell Hopkins; his children, especially Archibald and Henry, who described his service as a Union chaplain in the Civil War; and various Curtis and Hopkins relatives. Early correspondence includes letters from Sewall Hopkins to his brother Archibald about farming in Clinton, N.Y. and Stockbridge, Mass. Other correspondents include Amos A. Lawrence, Ray Palmer, and Theodore Dwight Weld.

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina GrimkeĢ, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...

Curtis family.

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Hopkins, Mary Curtis, 1773-1868.

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...

Hopkins, Albert, 1807-1872

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Professor at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. From the description of Letters to Justus Tower, 1851 June 5-1852 March 10. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70968016 ...

Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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Organized 1810; incorporated 1812; consists of members of National Council of Congregational Churches in the U.S., and 150 additional members elected by the board in biennial meetings; the foreign missionary arm of Congregational Christian Churches of the U.S.; headquartered in Boston, Mass.; also known as ABCFM. From the description of Records, 1804-1964 (bulk 1900-1960). (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70927016 Organized 1810; incorporated in 181...

Williams College

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Hopkins, Archibald, 1842-1926

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Palmer, Ray, 1808-1887

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Hopkins, Henry, 1837-1908.

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Hopkins, Mary Hubbell.

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Hopkins, Sewall.

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Hopkins family.

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