Scrapbook of death notices, obituaries, and letters of condolence for Mary T. Hemenway, 1894-1898.

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Scrapbook of death notices, obituaries, and letters of condolence for Mary T. Hemenway, 1894-1898.

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Scrapbook contains clippings from Boston, New York, and other American newspapers; magazine articles in national and international publications extolling Mrs. Hemenway's philanthropy; letters of condolence to Augustus Hemenway from the heads of the charitable organizations supported by Mrs. Hemenway, Boston Public School officials, as well as friends of the family. Letters are from Sarah E. Hooper, Henry Lee, Edwin D. Mead, Winthrop P. Scudder, Sylvester Baxter, Celia Thaxter, Edward Everett Hale, Zelia Nuttall, and others. Includes material related to the Tileston School in Wilmington, N.C. and the opening of the Mary Hemenway School in Dorchester in 1898.

1 v. in box ; 32 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Founder and first president of the Boston Cooking School. From the description of History of the Boston Cooking School established 1879, 1884. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 61814498 ...

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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