The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903.

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The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29852969

Correspondence, journals, and other papers reflecting Tappan's interest in abolition of slavery.

5200 items.

Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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The Manuscript Division was one of several "departments" established in 1897 when the Library of Congress moved from the United States Capitol to a separate building nearby. Its staff of four assumed custody of a collection of twenty-five thousand manuscripts which had accumulated throughout the nineteenth century, chiefly through the purchase in 1867 of Peter Force's collection of Americana, the gift in 1882 of Joseph M. Toner's collection relating to George Washington and American medical hist...

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

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Merchant and antislavery leader. From the description of The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852969 Abolitionist from New York State; assisted the Amistad slaves; among the founders of the American Missionary Association in 1846, which began more than 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest, and after the American Civil War, founded numerous schools and colleges to aid in the educatio...