Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885.

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Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885.

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Includes letters from Dix to Eliot and his wife, Henrietta Robins Mack Eliot, primarily concerning personal matters. Also includes typescript transcripts of most letters, some letters to others concerning Dix's illness and a few of her manuscript compositions, especially poems.

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Eliot, T. L. (Thomas Lamb), 1841-1936

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Thomas Lamb Eliot, Portland clergyman, was born October 13, 1841 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1867, Eliot came to Portland, Oregon, where he became the first pastor of the First Unitarian Church, a position he held until 1893. Rev. Eliot was influential in Portland's social, cultural, and educational life, which included serving as Multnomah County superintendent of schools (1872-1876), director of the Portland Library Association (1896-1925), and trustee of Reed College (1904-1925). He also playe...

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Eliot, Henrietta R. (Henrietta Robins Mack), 1845-

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American author. From the description of A September picture [manuscript]/ by Henrietta R. Eliot, undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004699 ...