Preston collection, 1856-1890 (bulk 1856-1860).

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Preston collection, 1856-1890 (bulk 1856-1860).

Chiefly letters written by Lillie Raguet to Andrew Preston, early correspondence written in Ohio, concerning their impending marriage, and later letters concerning a sick child; business records and letter between Andrew Preston and his nephew Fred Preston, Evansville, Ind.; receipts (1860s-1870s) from Davenport businesses including Griswold College, T. Richter Furrier, Davenport Gazette Steam Printing House, Daily and Weekly Democrat and News Printing House, and Davenport Gas Light Company; and four journals (1879-1890) written by Lillie Livingston Preston, daughter.

86 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061799

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Preston, Andrew Jackson

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Preston, Fred -1945

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Raquet, Eliza

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Preston, Lillie Livingston

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Griswold College

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Preston family.

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T. Richter Furrier (Davenport, Iowa)

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Davenport Gazette Steam Printing House

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Davenport Gas Light Company

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Daily and Weekly Democrat and News Printing House (Davenport, Iowa)

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Preston, Lillie Raguet, 1839-1898

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Resident of Davenport, Iowa; b. Lillie Raguet in Zanesville, Ohio; m. Andrew Jackson Preston in Cincinnati in 1854 and lived there until moving to Davenport ca. 1860. From the description of Preston collection, 1856-1890 (bulk 1856-1860). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972718 ...