Oread Institute collection, ca. 1870-1978.

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Oread Institute collection, ca. 1870-1978.

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Engraving (ca. 1870) of Oread Institute (also called Oread Collegiate Institute, Oread Institute for Young Ladies), constructed 1846-1852 in the form of a castle, as the first all women's college in the U.S., by Eli Thayer, ardent abolitionist who hosted John Brown and provided arms later used in the raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859; together with article (1978) about the institute and its founder by Susanna Seymour in the Worcester Sunday Telegram entitled "Once Upon a Time Worcester Had a Castle".

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Worcester Historical Museum

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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...

Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899

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Brown class of 1845; two-term Congressman (1857-61) from Worcester, Massachusetts; played a significant role in the founding and organization of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. From the description of Papers, 1843-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529135 American educator and inventor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Worcester, Mass., to Silas Seymour, [1861 Sept.] and 1861 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

Oread Institute

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Seymour, Susanna.

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