Papers, 1848-1895.

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Papers, 1848-1895.

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Letter to Anna Gurney, English scholar and author, describing travels in the American South in 1848. Her journey began in Baltimore and included stops in Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and Richmond, Va., Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Macon, Barnesville, and Columbus, Ga., Montgomery and Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La. The letter contains descriptions of the cities, reports of speeches by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, accounts of travel by railroad, steamboat, and stagecoach; observations on slavery and abolitionism; descriptions of cotton and rice plantations, and reports of the attitudes of Southerners toward the North. The remainder of the collection consists of a volume, "Address at the Funeral of Mrs. Eleanor J.W. Baker of Dorchester," by Rev. Theodore T. Munger (Boston, 1895), which includes other recollections of Mrs. Baker.

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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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Resident of Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1848-1895. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19210546 ...

Munger, Theodore Thornton, 1830-1910

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Congregational clergyman and author. From the description of Theodore T. Munger letter [manuscript], 1887 April 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 537512406 Theodore Thornton Munger: ordained in 1856, and served in Dorchester, Mass., until 1860; from 1864-1869 served in Haverhill, Mass., then resigned due to conflicts over his liberal theology; from 1869-1871 served in Providence, R. I., and from 1872-1875 in Lawrence, Mass.; moved to San Jose, Cal., in 1875; f...