Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the Hale family of Newburyport, Mass. Includes letters, chiefly to relatives, from Benjamin Hale, Sr. (1797-1863), president of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and from Benjamin Hale, Jr.;...
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Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the Hale family of Newburyport, Mass. Includes letters, chiefly to relatives, from Benjamin Hale, Sr. (1797-1863), president of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and from Benjamin Hale, Jr.; copies of lectures given at Geneva, N.Y. by Benjamin Hale, Sr.; correspondence, 1825-1847, of the Reverend John March; letters to Josiah Little Hale (1803-1875) and Thomas Hale (1800-1854), insurance company executives in Brooklyn, N.Y., relating to their business and charitable affairs; papers pertaining to the receivership of the Merchants Marine Insurance Company and to other insurance firms; and papers, 1844-1845, concerning the building of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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