Boltwood family papers, 1754-1906.

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Boltwood family papers, 1754-1906.

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Papers consist of correspondence of several generations of the Shepard family of Massachusetts and the Boltwood family of Massachusetts and Michigan; papers of Lucius Manlius Boltwood which relate to Amherst College and other eastern institutions, diaries and genealogical data. Includes letters of Margaret Maher to Mrs. Lucius Boltwood. Margaret Maher was a maid for Mrs. Boltwood and Emily Dickinson. Also includes papers which pertain to Lucius Boltwood and Fanny Haskins Boltwood. Correspondence pertains to the family, religious and educational life in New England.

21 linear ft. (41 boxes, 1 large manuscript, 4 microfilm reels))

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7655006

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Maher, Margaret M.

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Boltwood family.

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Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1825-1905

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Historian and genealogist of Amherst, Mass. and later of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Librarian at Amherst College (appointed in 1852), Assistant Librarian of Congress (1867) and Librarian of the Young Men's Institute of Hartford (appointed in 1868). From the description of Papers, -1905. (C/W Mars). WorldCat record id: 48969264 ...

Boltwood, Lucius, 1792-1872

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Boltwood, Fanny Haskins

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Shepard family.

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