Record of friends : scrapbook : primarily Salem, Ohio, 1843-1888 1861-1868.

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Record of friends : scrapbook : primarily Salem, Ohio, 1843-1888 1861-1868.

This scrapbook contains over 100 entries, letters, poems, photographs, engravings, clippings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Some items of ephemera (passes, a photograph, a map, etc.) are related to Heaton's work as a quartermaster for the Union Army and to the Battle of Chickamauga. Some entries are related to the push for universal suffrage, and most of these entries discuss the relationship between the suffrage and abolitionist movements. A few pages record attendance at birthday and Christmas dinners given by Heaton, and one ticket (p. 103) records Heaton's 1843 trip to Niagara Falls. Notable contributors include Susan B. Anthony, Salmon P. Chase, Horace Mann, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as other prominent abolitionists and reformers. Select items and entries have been described individually in 45 catalog records (MA 1305.1-45).

1 v. (ca. 150 p.) ; 29.2 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7180847

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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Cady, Elizabeth, 1815-1902.

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Heaton, Jacob, 1809-1888.

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Quaker abolitionist. From the description of Record of friends : scrapbook : primarily Salem, Ohio, 1843-1888 1861-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270483427 ...

Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...