Papers, 1862.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1862.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24349299

Diary (114 p.) of a single woman and printed leaflet. The volume includes generally brief entries for the entire year concerning Chapin's daily activities as a schoolteacher, including comments about salary, travel, church and domestic activities, and her frequent fatigue and illness. Scattered comments mention Civil War battles and officers, including Gen. H.W. Halleck. The leaflet, entitled "Grand Chapin Gathering at Springfield, Mass., September 17, 1862," contains a short family history and a list of the Committee of Arrangements, including E.H. Chapin.

2 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7128954

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw1c3w (person)

Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...

Chapin family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x155fb (family)

Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), 1814-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx7htw (person)

Clergyman. From the description of E.H. Chapin correspondence, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453080 New York, N.Y. orator, author, and minister. From the description of Papers, 1845-1854. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38293531 ...

Chapin, Augusta.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w39116 (person)

Schoolteacher in Monticello, Ill. From the description of Papers, 1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24349299 ...