Harriet Martineau letter : Niagara Falls, to Rev. Charles Brooks, Hingham, 1834 Oct. 19.

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Harriet Martineau letter : Niagara Falls, to Rev. Charles Brooks, Hingham, 1834 Oct. 19.

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Describes what she has seen on her trip from New York to Niagara Falls, and gives her impressions of Americans and Canadians.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Brooks, Charles, 1795-1872

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Brooks was a Unitarian clergyman born in Medford, Massachusetts. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1816; A.M. 1819. He was the pastor of the 3rd Congregational Church in Hingham (1821-1838) and later professor of Natural History at the University of the City of New York. He was central to the work of establishing normal schools in the United States and is credited with having introduced the term "normal schools" to America. Brooks married Cecilia Williams (d.1837) in 1827, then Charlot...

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876

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Harriet Martineau, English novelist, economist, and social reformer. From the guide to the Harriet Martineau manuscript material : 11 items, ca. 1834-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English author and traveler. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to Judge Joseph Story, [1836] May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871427 Harriet Martineau, journalis...