Caroline Howard Gilman papers, 1810-1880.

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Caroline Howard Gilman papers, 1810-1880.

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Letters of Gilman from Savannah, Georgia and Salem, Massachusetts (1810-1819) and Charleston (1819-1838) to her sister, Anna Marie (Howard) White of Watertown, Mass. concerning family and religious matters, her husband, scattered mentions (1812-1815) of the War of 1812, publication of the magazine Rose Bud and later the Southern Rose, edited by Caroline Gilman, nullification crisis (1833), and other matters. Also includes letters (1860-1880) of Gilman from Charleston (1860-1880), Sullivan's Island (1860-1861), and Greenville (1863-1865) to her children, some of whom were in the North, concerning secession in Charleston, movement of troops (1860-1861), civilian life during the war, rumors about war and secession, the blockade's lack of success, Lincoln, Federal attack on Fort Sumter, description of Union troops in Greenville (1865), announcement to free her slaves and other matters concerning the freedmen, her return to Charleston (1865), poverty, comments on the Unitarian Church in Charleston being taken over by Methodists and "yankees" (Dec. 1865-1866), and family matters. Papers include transcripts of many letters. Papers also include a poem (1813) by Gilman, conveyance (1836) of lot in Unitarian cemetery to Rev. Samuel Gilman, and typescript transcripts of a letter (1844) and poems without originals.

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Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888

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Caroline Howard Gilman (pen name, Mrs. Clarissa Packard; 1794–1888) was an American author. Her writing career spanned 70 years and include poems, novels, and essays. She was born Caroline Howard in Boston, Massachusetts in 1794, the daughter of Samuel Howard. She was young when her parents died and grew up with an older sister and brothers. She passed her school days at Concord, Cambridge and other towns in her native State of Massachusetts. Despite a poor formal education, she was motiva...

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Gilman, Samuel, 1791-1858

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Unitarian minister in Charleston, S. C., and author of "Fair Harvard"; husband of noted author Caroline Howard Gilman. From the description of Samuel Gilman letters [manuscript], 1826-1843. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648019813 Gilman graduated from Harvard in 1811. He was a tutor at Harvard and was author of Fair Harvard. From the description of Papers of Samuel Gilman, 1811-1952 (inclusive), 1811-1858 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat rec...

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