Papers, 1800-1967 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1800-1967 (inclusive).

The collection is mainly family correspondence, with some business and other correspondence as well as writings, drawings, diary pages, notes and genealogies. Included are some of the personal and business correspondence, legal and financial documents, biographical materials, and writings of Hill's Ledyard and Childs ancestors.

2.5 linear ft.

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Smith, Helen Fairchild, 1837-1926

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Dean. From the description of Helen Fairchild Smith papers, 1864(ca.)-1926. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155439399 ...

Smith family.

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Hill, Katharine Louisa Smith, 1847-1935.

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Katharine Louisa (Smith) Hill was the daughter of Catharine Rachel (Childs) Smith and Augustus William Smith (1802-1866), the professor of mathematics of the founding faculty of Wesleyan University and the fifth president of Wesleyan. She married Walter Nickerson Hill, a civilian research chemist for the U.S. Navy, in 1877; he was killed in an explosion in New Jersey in 1884. As a widow with three small children, Hill settled in Newport, R.I., where she had relatives, taught private school, and ...

Wells College

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Childs family.

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Hill, Walter Nickerson, 1846-1884.

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Walter Nickerson Hill was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1846. He held the position of chemist at the U.S. Torpedo Station, in Newport, R.I. from 1869-1881. From the description of Lecture, [n.d.] (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17939610 Chemist; experimented with explosives. From the description of Papers, 1860-1905. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122318579 Walter Nickerson Hill was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Alber...

Hill, Katharine Ledyard.

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Childs, Catharine Ledyard, 1789-

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Smith, Augustus William, 1802-1866.

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Ledyard, Lewis Cass, 1851-1932.

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Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ledyard received the B.A. degree from Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1875. He began the practice of law in New York City with the firm of Scudder & Carter, later Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. His father, Henry Ledyard, was a graduate of Columbia College (1830), lawyer, diplomat, and Mayor of Detroit. His mother, Matilda Frances Cass, was the daughter of General Lewis Cass, first governor of the Michigan Territory. From the des...

Hill family.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Ledyard family.

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Davison Art Center.

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Childs, Perry G., 1779-1835.

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Perry G. Childs (1779-1835) was a New York state senator and a member of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York representing the Western District from 1819 to 1822. He practiced law in Cazenovia, N.Y. From the description of Perry G. Childs papers, 1811-1834, bulk (1819-1822). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364010 From the guide to the Perry G. Childs papers, 1811-1834, 1819-1822, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division...