Papers, 1834-1835.

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Papers, 1834-1835.

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During 1834 and early 1835, Rachel Lambdin and her daughters wrote to her brother, Jeremiah Wilbur ( - ), and his wife in New York City. Their letters reflect the difficulties involved in organizing and operating a female seminary, including the hiring and paying of teachers and domestic help, and maintaining a large number of students. During the middle of 1834, Rachel Lambdin wrote of current theological concepts and her support of her brother's abolitionism as opposed to the town's support of the views of the Colonization Society. From that point the number of her students began to dwindle and eventually the Lambdins closed the Rural Seminary and established the Pittsburgh Female Seminary in Pittsburgh. Lambdin's daughters wrote to their uncle concerning their studies, chores, and friends, and also of their lack of enthusiasm for a gentleman who was courting their mother and who was eventually rejected.

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Rural Seminary (Florence, Pa.)

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Lambdin, Sarah H.

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Pittsburgh Female Seminary.

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Lambdin, Rachel Wilbur.

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Wilbur, Jeremiah.

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New York City commission merchant. From the description of Papers, 1817-1879. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504537 ...

Lambdin, Catherine H.

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Lambdin family.

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Rachel Wilbur Lambdin ( - ) was a young widow who, with her two daughters, Sarah H. ( - ) and Catherine H. ( - ), moved to Florence, Pa., in 1834. Determined to be self-supporting, she established the Rural Seminary, a school for girls. From the description of Papers, 1834-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207148475 ...