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14 May 1881
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Sallie E. Bickford
Whittier declines Bickford's invitation to a Union meeting because he has a Quaker meeting the day before in Amesbury.
GLC05092.02
circa 25 October 1892
[Program for the play Hiawatha]
Performed at the Shawmut Universalist Church. Includes pencil notes (possibly designating who will perform each part). Contains a list of names on verso of persons responsible for different aspects of production. The name "Sarah Bickford" is...
GLC05092.03.01
4 October 1892
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]
"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.
GLC03969.02
circa 1880
Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
[Account of battle between C.S.S. Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge]
Writes about the battle between the C.S.S. Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge, which "took place in the English Channel, about seven miles distant from the port of Cherbourg, France on the 19th day of June 1864." On first and second pages, gives...
GLC04022
2 June 1905
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918
to Mrs. George W. Childs
Addressed to Childs at "The Manhattan, 42nd Street, New York City." Asks how she is doing in New York and mentions that she planned on visiting her yesterday, but got caught up in errands. Explains that she had not planned to be in Princeton but...
GLC03895.03
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