Howe-Fogg family papers, 1834-1955.

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Howe-Fogg family papers, 1834-1955.

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Papers of the interrelated Howe family of Haverhill, Mass. and Fogg family of New Hampshire and Chicago, Ill. Fogg family papers consist of letters from James Pecker Fogg, his wife Emily Ware Fogg, and his brother Josiah Fogg, Jr. (b. 1811) to their parents and others, 1834-1837, about family and business matters; a trip from Boston to Savannah, Ga. and Jacksonville, Fla.; slavery, including the separation of a slave family in Jacksonville; and the Second Seminole War, including a description of Chief Osceola (May 1837). The collection also contains papers of Francis Saltonstall Howe, 1848-1878. Howe married Frances "Fanny" Jane Fogg, the daughter of James P. Fogg. Included are letters from his father Isaac Redington Howe about his education at Harvard; correspondence with his mother Sarah Saltonstall Howe and his sister Mary Howe Carleton about family matters; papers related to Harvard and his law career; and a large number of courtship letters to and from Fanny J. Fogg, ca. 1865 but mostly undated. Additional family papers include letters of Francis' daughters, Mary Ware Howe (later Straus) and Caroline Howe (later Packard).

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838

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Osceola, Asi-yahola in the Creek language, (born 1804, Talisi, Mississippi Territory – died at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, January 30, 1838, ), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter Mc...

Packard, Caroline Howe, 1868-1951.

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Howe, Frances Jane Fogg, d. 1878.

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Fogg, James Pecker, 1812-1886.

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Howe family.

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Fogg, Emily Ware, 1812-1870.

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Straus, Mary Ware Howe, b. 1866.

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Howe, Francis Saltonstall, 1831-1878.

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Howe, Sarah Saltonstall, 1790-1870.

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Fogg, Josiah, b. 1811.

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Howe, Isaac Redington, 1791-1860.

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Fogg family.

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Carleton, Mary Cooke Howe, 1819-1882.

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