Box 1

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Includes a brief profile of William Blanding, possibly published by Brown University. A manuscript list of marriages in Rehoboth, 1763-1764, including William Blanding's paternal aunt, Lucy Blanding. Also includes several letters from William Blanding to his sister, Lucy Carpenter, one to Lucy Carpenter from Rachel Blanding, and other correspondence.

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Includes an essay written by Juliet Blanding while at Mount Holyoke. Also includes an invitation to a Wistar Party event from John P. Wetherill to William Blanding. (The Wistar Party was the exclusive social organization of the American Philosophical Society.) Also contains several letters from William Blanding to Lucy Carpenter, one to Lucy Carpenter from Rachel Blanding, and other correspondence.

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Includes letters from William Blanding to Lucy Carpenter, one letter from Rachel Blanding to Lucy Carpenter, and a letter to William Blanding from an African-American man named Fielding Smithea, who requests Blanding's assistance in conveying a letter to Miss Elizabeth Savage of Philadelphia.

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Includes two brief essays by Sarah Blanding. Also includes letters to Lucy Carpenter from William and Rachel Blanding, a letter to Juliet Blanding in Indiana, and other correspondence.

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Includes seven essays by Sarah Blanding, Sarah's report card from Seekonk Classical Seminary, and a sketch, possibly of James Blanding, labeled "My Father." Also includes several letters to Juliet Blanding in Rehoboth.

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[There were no letters for 1846 July-September] Includes a short essay by Sarah Blanding. Also includes several letters to Juliet Blanding from her family and from A. Purriance, the Post Master in Camden, Mississippi, regarding her arrangements to teach there. Also contains letters to Nancy Blanding, Lucy Carpenter, and other correspondence.

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Includes letters to Juliet Blanding in Mississippi from friends and family. Also includes a letter to Nancy Blanding from Juliet and two letters to William Blanding from his nephews.

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Contains a program of senior orations delivered at Nassau Hall, Princeton University, including that of E. B. Raffensperger, a friend of Juliet Blanding's. Also contains a bill of lading for one box to be shipped from Philadelphia to William Blanding in Rehoboth. Also includes letters to Juliet, Elizabeth P., Nancy, and William Blanding.

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Includes letters written to Juliet, Nancy, William, and James Blanding, and one to Lucy Carpenter.

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Includes letters to William Blanding, Nancy Blanding, and several to Juliet Blanding from her siblings and others.

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Includes letters to William, Nancy, and Juliet Blanding. One letter from Lucy Carpenter to William Blanding. Also a receipt for Juliet Blanding's subscription to the Puritan Recorder , 1849-1851.

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Includes letters to William, Nancy, James, Elizabeth P. and Juliet Blanding. Also letters to Sarah Blanding, who had moved to Mississippi to join Juliet, and two letters from Abram Blanding to his family.

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Includes family correspondence to Sarah, Nancy, and Juliet Blanding.

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Includes letters to Nancy Blanding from Abram Blanding and from Elizabeth P. Blanding, who was visiting Philadelphia. Also contains other letters to Nancy, Sarah, and Juliet from family members, including one long letter from an ailing William Blanding.

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Letters to Sarah and Juliet Blanding from their siblings and friends.

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Letters to Sarah and Juliet Blanding from their siblings.

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Letters between the Blanding siblings, mostly regarding Juliet's ill health and Abram's journey to Mississippi to accompany her and Sarah to New England.

Scope and Contents [There were no letters for 1851 August-December.] This folder contains correspondence for 1852, including letters from Nancy and William Blanding to Sarah, Juliet, and Abram Blanding, who had returned from Mississippi and were living in New Hampshire. Also includes letters to Juliet from pupils in Mississippi. Contains three letters from 1855; a leaflet regarding Rehoboth High School, 1857; a table of aggregates for the town of Rehoboth, 1866 (removed to oversize); and a draft of the will...

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Includes a tax assessment form addressed to William Blanding and a knot of grass with a label in the hand of William Blanding. Also includes family correspondence between the Blanding siblings, several letters from Lucy Carpenter to William Blanding, and other miscellaneous correspondence and envelopes.

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Chronicles Nancy's arrival in Ohio and her adjustment to living with friends and family there. Discusses her daily life including school, chores, church, correspondence, weather, and social activities.

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Account of Nancy's life in Rehoboth with her parents, James and Elizabeth Blanding, her uncle, Dr. William Blanding, and several of her siblings, including Sarah (Sally), Lephe, and William Willett Blanding. Nancy writes about the health of her family, particularly her uncle, and the family's daily chores, activities, social calls, incoming and outgoing correspondence, and the weather. See also Household diary, 1855-1858, in folders 34-41.

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An account of Juliet's trip to Indiana and her arrival in Evansville to live with the Barnes family. Also includes brief daily entries describing her first two months as a schoolteacher.

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The first month describes Juliet's trip to Mississippi, including a weeklong stop in Philadelphia. The remainder of her journal contains brief daily entries about the weather, her school, church, social activities, and news about family and local friends.