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Biographical and Art Historical Note from Anonymous Author Regarding Frank F. Field's 1909 Letter, 1989
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written by Anonymous, in Allen-Johnson Family Papers, 1759-1992, of American Antiquarian Society (1989); in Allen-Johnson Family Papers, 1759-1992 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2010), 1-2

Joseph Allen (1790-1873), the son of Phineas and Ruth Smith Allen, of Medfield, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard in 1811. He then studied for the ministry and in l8l6 was called by the town of Northborough to be its third minister. It was a post he held for forty years, until he voluntarily relinquished hi...

written by Anonymous, in Allen-Johnson Family Papers, 1759-1992, of American Antiquarian Society (1989); in Allen-Johnson Family Papers, 1759-1992 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2010), 1-2
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Historiographical Notes
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written by Anonymous, in Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Papers, 1843-c. 1867; in Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Papers, 1843-c. 1867 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-2

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894), Transcendentalist, teacher, author, and education reformer, was raised in Salem, Massachusetts, with her sisters Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (1806-1887) and Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871). Educated in her mother's school in Salem, Peabody demonstrated an early i...

written by Anonymous, in Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Papers, 1843-c. 1867; in Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Papers, 1843-c. 1867 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-2
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Envelope with Historiographical and Genealogical Notes
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written by Anonymous, in Lois Fay Powell Papers, 1925-1958; in Lois Fay Powell Papers, 1925-1958 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-2

Lois Fay Powell (1883-1960) of Princeton, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Annah C. Harthan Fay (1853-1938), owner of the Hitchcock Press. Their home was adjacent to Little Wachusett Mountain, owned by Susan Minns (1840-1938) of Boston, Massachusetts, and given to the state in 1927 as a wildlife sanctuary...

written by Anonymous, in Lois Fay Powell Papers, 1925-1958; in Lois Fay Powell Papers, 1925-1958 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-2
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Biographical Information Regarding Ruth Henshaw Miles Bascom
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written by Anonymous, in Ruth Henshaw Bascom Papers, 1789-1846, of American Antiquarian Society; in Ruth Henshaw Bascom Papers, 1789-1846 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-4

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772-1848) was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, the daughter of William Henshaw (1735-1820) and Phebe Swan Henshaw (1753-1808). Her father was an influential Leicester resident, and Ruth Henshaw grew up as a member of a large and very active family. In 1804 she married Dr. Asa Miles...

written by Anonymous, in Ruth Henshaw Bascom Papers, 1789-1846, of American Antiquarian Society; in Ruth Henshaw Bascom Papers, 1789-1846 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2011), 1-4
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