Family papers, 1847-1947 (inclusive).

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Family papers, 1847-1947 (inclusive).

Contains diaries of the teachers, Joanna Eaton and Yeager; letters from George Eaton in Brazil to his children in Massachusetts; and correspondence of other Eaton, Stearns, and Buck family members. The bulk of the correspondence is Buck family material, in particular the letters of Charlotte and Frona Buck, daughters of Charles and Mary Stearns Buck, to their father and each other during summer vacations at Echo Point, Maine. Also probate notes on Oliver Stearns's will and miscellaneous 20th century financial accounts.

1 linear ft.

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Sprague, Priscilla Cushing,

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Members of three Massachusetts families from which the donor descended: Joanna Eaton (1827- ) and her niece, Sarah Yeager (1843- ), were teachers; George Eaton (1812- ), Joanna's brother, worked in Pará, Brazil, building a railroad and manufacturing brick; Oliver Stearns (1807- ), was a theologian and Unitarian minister; and his son-in-law, Charles Buck, was also a minister. From the description of Family papers, 1847-1947 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 23200...

Eaton family.

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Stern family.

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Yeager, Sarah Mary, 1843-

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Buck family.

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