Records, 1794-1971.

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Records, 1794-1971.

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Correspondence, biographies, poems, newsletters, programs, pamphlets, invitations, publications, compositions, tests, reports, lectures, sermons, minutes, administrative records, financial records, ledgers, registration books, news releases, news clippings, and literary works.

78.54 linear feet 187 boxes.73 v. : bound.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Baldwin, Theron, 1801-1870

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Baldwin, a graduate of Yale Theological Seminary, was Secretary for the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West and founder of Illinois College and first president of Monticello Female Seminary. From the description of Pleas for western colleges and theological seminaries : manuscript, 1845-1863. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612828733 ...

Monticello Seminary

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Young, Homer F.

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Monticello College

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Monticello Female Seminary founded in 1838 was the first of the large, female boarding academies west of the Alleghenies. It was founded by Benjamin Godfrey a former sea captain who had moved to Alton, Ill. To help in the planning and as the first principle, he hired Theron Baldwin, a member of the "Yale Band", who had helped found Illinois College in Jacksonville, Ill. After Baldwin resigned in 1845, the school expanded greatly under the leadership of Miss Philena Fobes...

Haskell, Harriet O., 1833 or 1834-

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Fobes, Philena, 1811-1898.

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Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893

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Lucy Larcom wrote poetry about women's factory life in Lowell, Mass. She was a friend and collaborator of John Greenleaf Whittier. From the description of Lucy Larcom letter, poem, and photograph, 1871-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38235776 Poet and writer, from Lowell, Mass. who attended Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. from 1849-1852, and was friends with Henry Spaulding who worked at the Surveyor General's Office in St. Louis. ...

Congdon, Harriet Rice.

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Godfrey, Benjamin, 1794-1862.

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Merchant, financier, philanthropist; merchant marine, War of 1812; founded Monticello Female Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois, 1833; president, Alton and Sangamon Railroad, 1847. From the description of Letter: Monticello [Godfrey, Ill.], to William Martin, Edwardsville, Ill., 1843 Nov. 27. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31595284 From the description of Letter: Vandalia, [Ill.], to Theron Baldwin, Jacksonville, Ill., 1837 Jan. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...

Monticello Female Seminary

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