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Barlow, Rev. William - Address to the American Institute

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Title Barlow, Rev. William - Address to the American Institute

Date 1847

Subjects Clergy, Courtship, Husband and wife

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Summary Letters and writings of two William Barlows, possibly father and son. Collection includes two letters of the Reverend William Barlow relating to his wooing of Sally Canfield, a religious poem dedicated to his parishioner Mary Matilda Richards (who later married the younger William Barlow), and a notebook of a sermon apparently delivered several times over a twenty-year period. Also, the draft of an address to be delivered to the American Institute on the subject of the appropriate disposition of the funds given to establish the Smithsonian Institution. Also, eleven letters from William Barlow the younger, to his wife, Matilda Richards Barlow, 1842-1851. Barlow, unemployed at the time of the bulk of the correspondence, apparently had tuberculosis. The content of the letters is mostly about his poor health and his feelings about his uncertain future. Also, an undated cabinet photograph of two unidentified women.

Biographical/Historical Note William Barlow the elder was a minister from southern New York State. The profession of the younger William Barlow, also from New York, is not known, although his letters indicate that though ill, he hoped to find a post in a bank or to go into some trade.

Extent 0.1 linear feet (6 folders)

Format Correspondence, Photographs

User-Contributed Transcription Address Smithsonian Institute 594Before the American Institute. [1847]

Transcription Status Needs review

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Barlow family papers

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Call Number Midwest MS 041

BibID 847210

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL1BDD2