Downer family correspondence, 1824-1886.

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Downer family correspondence, 1824-1886.

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This collection consists largely of the correspondence of the Downer family dating from 1824-1886. The collection also includes a membership card, a small number of photographs, and essays and notes regarding David Robinson Downer and the West Presbyterian Church. Correspondents include: David Robinson Downer (1808-1841), Eliza Sayre Downer (1816-1886), and David Robinson Downer (b. 1839). The correspondence discusses David Robinson Downer's college days at Yale College and seminary life at Auburn College; sympathy letters to Eliza Sayre Downer in her times of illness; letters regarding William Richards Downer (b. 1834) and sympathy letters to David Robinson Downer regarding the death of his mother.

0.2 linear ft. (5 folders)

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7672445

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Downer, Charles A.

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Downer, Alfred Sayre.

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Auburn College.

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Yale College (1718-1887)

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The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Downer, Annie Marguerite.

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Barnes, Willis C.

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Downer, Adelaide Tiffany.

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Downer, Caroline Levere.

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Downer, David R. (David Robinson), 1808-1841

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Downer family.

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Reverend David Robinson Downer was ordained as the first minister of the West Presbyterian Church of New York. Downer married Eliza Sayre (1816-1886) and together they had three sons: William Richards (b. 1834), Alfred Sayre (1837-1893), and David Robinson (b. 1839). In October of 1841, Reverend Downer resigned from the West Presbyterian Church due to health problems and died that November. From the description of Downer family correspondence, 1824-1886. (New Jersey Historical Societ...

Downer, Leroy Tiffany.

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Downer, Helen Maud Tiffany.

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Downer, Eliza Sayre.

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Downer, William Richards.

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Downer, David Robinson, Mrs.

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Downer, Edith Ida.

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Barnes, Arthur Field.

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Downer, Charles Palmer.

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