Anna Catherine Bliss collection, 1842-1940.

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Anna Catherine Bliss collection, 1842-1940.

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Genealogical chart of the Bliss and Wright families; inventory of estate of Ferdinand Hunt Wright (d. 1842), maternal grandfather of Anna Catherine Bliss; correspondence (17 items, 1867-1870) of Olive M. (Ames) Wright, maternal grandmother of Bliss, with family members; correspondence (36 items, 1854-1881), of Mary (Wright) Bliss, wife of Theodore Bliss, and mother of Anna Catherine Bliss; letters of condolence (1896) sent to George T. Bliss on the death of his father, George M. Bliss, of New York, N.Y., with reference to the sermon by Rev. Roland C. Smith delivered in 1896 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Northampton, memorializing George Bliss; some correspondence of Anna Catherine Bliss with friends; letters (1868-1895) from Caroline A. (Bliss) Southworth, sister of Anna Catherine Bliss, to family members, written before Southworth's death in 1895; letters (1881-1888) of Laura Neuhaus to her financée, Arthur A. Bliss; and extensive correspondence between Dr. Arthur A. Bliss and family members and friends as well as diaries and travelogue written while he was studying medicine in Europe and traveling. Subjects include commentary by Olive Ames Wright, chiefly written from New Ipswich, N.H., on rural life, livestock, and gardens and descriptions of maple syrup manufacture and unusual weather; banking and interest rates; the robbery at Northampton National Bank; schooling of the Bliss children: Anna Catherine Bliss, Caroline A. Bliss, Arthur Ames Bliss, and Edgar S. Bliss, with emphasis on their musical studies and the studies of Arthur A. Bliss at Princeton (College of New Jersey); entertainment; dedication of Forbes Library in Northampton; family social life; cooking and preserving; medical practice in Philadelphia of Arthur A. Bliss; arthritis of Theodore Bliss and other family health problems; home furnishings; reunion of Massachusetts 52nd Regiment; Fourth of July celebrations; local and national politics; Civil War; execution of John Brown; travel and summer vacations; and employment of various family members.

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Historic Northampton Museum & Education Center

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College of New Jersey.

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Chartered as the College of New Jersey in 1746 in Elizabeth; then Newark; moved to Princeton in 1756 and known as Princeton College; name changed to Princeton University in 1896. From the description of Diploma : Princeton, N.J., to John Boyd, 1760 Oct. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86138950 ...

Bliss, Laura Neuhaus

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Bliss, Edgar S.

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Northampton National Bank (Northampton, Mass.)

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Bliss, Anna Catherine, 1848-1941

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Resident of Northampton, Mass.; benefactor of Northampton Historical Society and donor of Cornet Joseph Parsons House, 58 Bridge St., Northampton, to the society; unmarried. From the description of Anna Catherine Bliss collection, 1842-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213384903 ...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Smith, Roland Cotton, 1860-1934

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Neilson, William Allan, 1869-1946

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Educator, editor and author. President of Smith College, 1917-1939; editor of Webster's New International Dictionary 2nd edition; author of "Essentials of poetry" and "Facts about Shakespeare." From the description of Letters of W.A. Neilson, 1907-1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76968306 Smith College President (3rd), 1917-1939. Ph. D., Harvard, 1898. Prof. of English at Bryn Mawr, Harvard, the Sorbonne and Columbia. From the description of Wi...

Northampton Historical Society (Northampton, Mass.)

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Bliss, George M., 1816-1896

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Wright, Ferdinand Hunt, 1793-1842

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Southworth, Caroline A. Bliss, -1895

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Northampton, Mass.)

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Bliss, Theodore, 1822-1910

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1863)

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Mary A. Burnham School

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Lange, Abbe

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Wright family.

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Wright, Olive M. Ames

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Parsons House (Northampton, Mass.)

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Bliss, Mary Wright, active 1854-1881

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Bliss, Arthur Ames, 1859-1913

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Forbes library

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Bliss, George Truscott, 1864-1924

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