Talbot family papers, 1865-1995.

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Talbot family papers, 1865-1995.

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Bulk of collection is correspondence from Anna Louisa and Richard Ely Talbot to their daughters Elizabeth and Anna while the pair attended Abbot Female Academy in Massachusetts from June 1865 to December 1867. The letters (65 from Anna Louisa and 17 from Richard Ely) provide information about local Texas politics following the Civil War and trace economic development and turmoil in the area. They include descriptions of Richard Talbot's work to register voters and relate his interest in local and state politics. There are references to military movements in the area, outbreaks of yellow fever in New Orleans, and cattle runs along the Chisholm Trail which ran close by the Talbot's property. The letters also record Talbot family news, issue parental advice, and make numerous references to the Talbots' New England relatives, including Thomas Talbot. There are also three letters to the two young women from their siblings as well as correspondence from other relatives. Two short notes between the Andersons briefly document their personal relationship. Collection also includes report cards from the Abbot Female Academy for both Anna and Elizabeth; a manuscript essay on "Charity" in an unidentified hand, with a comment on the recto in pencil; definitions of "conversion" and "regeneration" in manuscript, also in an unidentified hand; a pressed plant; and debit accounts for Mrs. Edwin Anderson. Genealogical material consists of five issues of the Williamson Country Genealogical Society's "The Chisholm Trail" containing articles about the Talbots and Andersons.

0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023968

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Anderson, Elizabeth Talbot, 1847-1900.

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Anderson, Edwin Ruthven, d. 1905.

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Talbot family.

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Richard Ely Talbot, Texas rancher and stockman, was born in Cambridge, New York on June 17, 1816. His brother, Thomas Talbot, became governor of Massachusetts in 1874. Richard Ely met and married Anna Louisa Trowbridge in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana in 1846; they moved to Texas in 1852 and became some of the earliest settlers in the area between Georgetown and Circleville. The Talbots had six children, including Elizabeth "Libbie" (born October 4, 1847) and Anna Louisa (born Novemb...

Talbot, Richard Ely, 1816-1884.

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Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886

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Shell, Anna Louisa, b. 1848.

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Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge, d. 1869.

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Abbot Academy

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The first school dedicated to the higher education of girls in the United States, Abbot Female Academy was founded by Sarah Abbot in 1829 in Andover, Massachusetts. It later was known as Abbot Academy until it merged with Philips Academy in 1973. From the description of Abbot Academy collection, 1893-1947. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 667883547 ...