Records : 1861-1950.

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Records : 1861-1950.

Records of the Home for Aged Colored Women located at 27 Myrtle Street in Boston, founded in 1860 by John A. Andrew, Rev. James F. Clarke, Anna Huidekoper Clarke, et. al., to provide charitable services to aged and indigent colored women. Records include constitution and by-laws, financial records, minutes of board meetings, committee notes, a visitor's log, and description of inmates, 1861-1950.

10 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8033521

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

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Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Home for Aged Colored Women (Boston, Mass.)

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Clarke, Anna Huidekoper, 1814-1897.

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