Eleanor Atkinson letters to William Chauncey Langdon, 1916.

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Eleanor Atkinson letters to William Chauncey Langdon, 1916.

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Two ALS discussing Johnny Appleseed, Atkinson's written account of his life, and accounts of Appleseed by Newell Dwight Hillis, E. R. Smith, and others. Letters also touch on social customs in Ohio in the 19th century, specifically, the emergence of beards. Letters, with envelopes, and printed booklet, E. R. Smith's Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Orchardist (E. R. Smith, 1916) pasted into Atkinson's Johnny Appleseed: The Romance of the Sower (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915). With signatures of William Chauncey Langdon on title page and on Smith's booklet.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845

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John Chapman (b. September 26, 1774, Leominster, Massachusetts-d. March 18, 1845, Fort Wayne, Indiana) was better known as Johnny Appleseed. He became a legend while he was alive for planting trees throughout the United States....

Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929

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Paster of the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1899-1924. From the description of Letters, 1908-1920. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233125545 Newell Dwight Hillis was born in Magnolia, IA on September 2, 1858. He graduated from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL in 1884 and from McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1887. In April of 1887, he married Annie Louise Patrick, and later that year he was ordained by the Pr...

Smith, E.R.

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Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947

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Pageant-master and historian. Author of pageants performed in the United States between the years 1918 and 1925; and of Everyday Things in American Life. From the description of Papers, 1911-1938. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639512 Historian. Brown class of 1892. From the description of Papers, 1898-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122418590 Historian, writer, teacher, pageanteer. Brown A.B., 1892; Brown A.M., 1893. Instructor of Engli...

Atkinson, Eleanor, 1863-1942

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