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Date created
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1917-01-27
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Creator
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Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927
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Description
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Written by Cornelia Hancock, a Quaker reformer and educator who founded a school for African Americans in South Carolina. Remarks on the recent death of mutual friend Caroline F. Putnam. Passes on news of family/friends. Mentions helping Camille Tucker, an African American woman, find a job as a social worker assisting Black people who had come north as part of the Great Migration. Remarks on Hancock's own health and mentions that she had gone vegetarian on her doctor's advice. Discusses Hancock's financial situation. Mentions that a Mrs. Hale lectured recently on suffrage.
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Size
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6 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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Personal correspondence
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Death
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Women--Finance, Personal
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Putnam, Caroline F., 1826-1917
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Geographical location
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Atlantic City (N.J.)
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Sherwood (N.Y.)
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Language
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English
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View full item
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https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc197808 |
Local identifier
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A00186362
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Collection
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Emily Howland Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-066
(explore contents)
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Contributing institution
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Rights
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Please cite appropriately, crediting the Emily Howland Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-066, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as the source and indicating the identifier of the item, A00186362. This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/.
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