Bishop Thomas Hubbard Vail correspondence, 1881-1883

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Bishop Thomas Hubbard Vail correspondence, 1881-1883

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This collection includes correspondence received by Bishop Thomas Hubbard Vail, circa 1881-1883. The letters are primarily from individuals seeking information on enrollment and tuition concerning the College of the Sisters of Bethany. Included is a letter from Vail to A. H. Oldrod in Ohio concerning Vail's photograph and autograph.

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Kansas State Historical Society

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College of the Sisters of Bethany (Topeka, Kan.)

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Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard), 1812-1889

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Vail was Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Kansas. From the guide to the Letters, 1872-1874, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) Thomas Hubbard Vail was the first Episcopal Bishop of Kansas, and founded Topeka's first hospital, Christ Hospital, in 1882, as well as the College of the Sisters of Bethany in Topeka. Vail was born in Richmond, Virginia on October 21, 1812. His parents were from New England, and on the death of his father in ...