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Barton, Clara

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1821 - 1912

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Clayonian Literary Society Lecture Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: 0101
Abstract The Clayonian Literary Society was charged with inviting notable persons of the day to speak at its meetings. George Long Hutchings, a banker, was chairman of the Clayonian Society of Newark, New Jersey at least until 1871. Some of the club's speakers included G. W. Curtis, Anna E. Dickinson, Bret Harte, and Frederick Douglass, among many other authors, musicians, actors, abolitionists, and activists. The collection is comprised of "acceptance" as well as "rejection" letters of the...
Dates: 1865 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1896