Varnum family papers, 1788-1935

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Varnum family papers, 1788-1935

Mainly papers by and about Gen. James Mitchell Varnum (1748-1789), Jacob Butler Varnum (1788-1874), George Washington Varnum (1825- ), and Mina Humphrey Varnum (1874-1954).

0.2 linear ft. (1 box)

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Varnum, Mina Humphrey, 1874-1954.

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Varnum, Jacob Butler, 1788-1874.

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Born in Dracutt, Mass., June 13,1788, son of Joseph B. Varnum; 1811 appointed agent of U.S. Trading House, Sandusky, 0., where he was befriended by The Crane and given name Wab-ache-chock. During War of 1812 Varnum returned to Mass. In 1815 was appointed factor at Chicago where he served until 1822. He was twice married: to Mary Ann Aiken at Mackinac in 1817; and to Catherine Dodemead in Detroit in 1819. From Chicago Varnum went to Washington, and in 1828 to Petersburg, Va., where he remained un...

Varnum, George Washington, b. 1825.

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Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789

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James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country. Born in Dracut in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, as a young man, Varnum matriculated at Harvard College only to transfer to the college in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly known as "Rhode Island College" (the college later named Brown University), graduating with honors in their first...

Varnum family

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