Edwin Graves Champney papers

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Edwin Graves Champney papers

1854-1899

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Biographical data; letters written from Antwerp, Dusseldorf and Paris to his father, mother and sister Ellen, 1871-1875; 30 diaries, 1854-1864, 1870-1874, 1878-1899, containing brief entries, sketches, notes, cash accounts and expenses, clippings, museum admission tickets, and a list of sales of A MEMENTO OF LEXINGTON, 1887; an undated catalog of pictures exhibited at Mrs. Martha Lowe's house in Somerville, Massachusetts; printed material, including calling and business cards, and a copy of A MEMENTO OF LEXINGTON, 1887, illustrated by Albert S. Parsons and Edwin G. Champney; and 6 photographs of Edwin Graves Champney.

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Champney, Edwin Graves, 1842-1899

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Edwin Graves Champney was born in Boston on August 24, 1842, the son of George M. Champney and Lucy A. Brown. He moved to Woburn in 1847 at a young age when his parents relocated there. He enlisted as a Private at the age of 19 in September of 1862 in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, Company G, serving until July of 1863 during which time he served eight months in eastern North Carolina. He enlisted again in July of 1864 as a Corporal, serving until November of that year. During his Civil War...