Battle of Bennington scrapbook, ca. 1877-ca. 1900.

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Battle of Bennington scrapbook, ca. 1877-ca. 1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651034187

This collection is comprised mostly of newspaper articles relating to the Battle of Bennington and its monument. Other articles concern the death of Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison's first wife, obituaries of military figures, the gold rush out west, and other topics. The scrapbook was compiled by Eliza Clark.

3 volumes.

Vermont Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7939630

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Clark, Eliza

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Harrison, Caroline Lavinia Scott, 1832-1892

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Caroline Scott Harrison was a music teacher and wife of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison. Fascinated by history and preservation, in 1890 she helped found the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serving as its first President General. The centennial of President Washington’s inauguration heightened the nation’s interest in its heroic past, and in 1890 Caroline Scott Harrison lent her prestige as First Lady to the founding of the National Society of the Daug...