Frederick Ayer Records, 1865-1867, 1900.

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Frederick Ayer Records, 1865-1867, 1900.

1865

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The collection consists of papers of Frederick Ayer from 1865-1866. The correspondence relates to Ayer's position as Superintendent and financial agent as appointed by the American Missionary Association (AMA) to oversee African American education in Atlanta, Georgia following the Civil War. Major correspondents include Erasmus Milo Cravath of the AMA and General O.O. Howard and C.T. Watson of the Freedmen's Bureau in Macon, Georgia. Of particular interest are Ayer's accounts of the economic condition of African Americans in Atlanta during 1865.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404197

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups. From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371 ...

Watson, C. T.

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

Ayer, Frederick, d. 1867.

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Frederick Ayer (d. 1867), local superintendent and financial agent appointed by the American Missionary Association to oversee the organization of a school and orphanage for African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia after the Civil War. From the description of Frederick Ayer papers, 1865-1866. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477481 ...

Cravath, Erasmus Milo.

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