Sarah E. Turner papers, 1849-1939.

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Sarah E. Turner papers, 1849-1939.

Letters, 1861, with Benjamin Turner; scrapbooks, 1849-1877, with newspaper clippings concerning temperance and the history of Adrian, Michigan; also autobiography, 1939, recounting her activities on behalf of temperance and other reform projects; and assorted newspaper clippings and miscellanea on the occasion of her hundredth birthday.

3 v. and 5 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7362983

Bentley Historical Library

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