Chaapel family papers, 1852-1942, bulk 1874-1899.

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Chaapel family papers, 1852-1942, bulk 1874-1899.

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Consist primarily of writings by Jay Chaapel (1829-1902)--free thinker, spiritualist, lecturer, and editor--on a variety of topics: Shaker communities in New England, including a biographical essay on Ann Lee; descriptions of places in Maine, ca.1898; the burial of John Brown; thoughts on spiritualism, love and marriage, women's rights, people, and events. There are holograph cop es of writings by others, including extracts from 16 letters, 1793-95, of Mary Wollstonecraft to [Gilbert] Imlay, accompanied by extensive biographical notes on Wollstonecraft. Correspondence includes an 1879 letter from an elderly Shaker sister criticizing the celibate life, three letters from Jay Chaapel to his first wife, Calphurnia Crofut, a few letters of other family members, including his children (Harry, Ralph, and Belle Chaapel), and one letter from J. S. Coxey to Belle Chaapel.

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University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay (by whom she had a daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Wollstonecraft died at the age of 38, eleven days after giving birth to her second daughter, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts. This daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, became an accomp...

Lee, Ann, 1736-1784

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Chaapel, Belle.

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Chaapel, Calphurnia (Crofut)

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Chaapel, Ralph W., 1872-

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Coxey, Jacob Sechler, 1854-1951

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American businessman and politician. From the description of Letter, 1929 May 31, Massillon, O., to Belle Chaapel, Canton, Pa. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366849 ...

Bonny, Emma.

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Chaapel, Harry, 1856-1935.

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Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828

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Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. embassy to France. He is best known today for his brief affair with British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in the birth of a daughter, Fanny Imlay....

Carney, Hattie.

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Chaapel, Jay, 1829-1902.

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Chaapel family.

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