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American Peace Society

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elihu Burritt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-096
Overview Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that...
Dates: 1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1841-1878

William Ladd Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ladd, William
Dates: 1814-1954; Majority of material found within 1814-1841

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