Letters, 1864 Aug. 28-1865 Dec. 26, Wayland, to Mrs. Alvin Adams, Watertown.

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Letters, 1864 Aug. 28-1865 Dec. 26, Wayland, to Mrs. Alvin Adams, Watertown.

The 1864 letter is in response to a request for autograph material, probably for the National Sailors' Fair; Child provides a manuscript history of the Sailors' Snug Harbor (4 p.). The 1865 letter is thanks for an "elegant Christmas offering."

3 items in folder ; 26 cm.

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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

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Sailors' Snug Harbor was established by a bequest of Robert Richard Randall in 1801 as a home for aged and indigent seamen. The facility officially open in 1833 and was situated in a single row of structures on the New Brighton waterfront. Approximately 1,000 retired sailors lived at Snug Harbor at its peak in th elate 19th century. and it was one of the wealthiest charities in New York City at the time. Fortunes began to decline in the 1930s and by the 1960s the facility was closed altogether. ...

National Sailors' Fair (1864 : Boston, Mass.)

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Adams, Ann Rebecca Bridge, 1809-1882.

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