Paul Greene papers, 1838-1854.

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Paul Greene papers, 1838-1854.

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This collection contains a journal, a diary, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers, providing the views of a Northern abolitionist teacher in Mississippi in 1852. The correspondence includes photocopies of handwritten letters between Greene and his brother, Otis E. Wood, principal of the Aurora Academy, Hiram Pitts, and others. Also included are a commonplace book (1852), accounting figures (1838, 1848), science notes, a list of books he purchased (1840-1852), and sermon summaries in a commonplace book from 1853.

0.24 cubic feet.

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Pitts, Hiram

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Hiram Pitts operated a lumber mill in Illinois in the mid-19th century and was active in the sale of town lots in Moline, Illinois, after the Civil War. From the description of Pitts, Hiram, Family Papers, 1849-1865, 1886-1889 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 754928270 ...

Wood, Otis E.

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Greene, Paul Wheeler, 1827-1854

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Paul Wheeler Greene (1827-1854), the son of Benoni Greene (1797-1856) and Gracy Clark Green (1799-1867), was raised in Richmond, Ontario County, New York. Benoni Greene was raised in Wardsboro, Vermont, and taught school at Malta and Ballsboro, New York, before marrying and moving to Richmond where he farmed. His son Paul Greene attended a district school until 1846 after which he attended New York academies: East Bloomfield Academy, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, Cortland Academy at Homer, ...