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Finding Aid for the Eunice Susan (E.S.) Merrill Letters, 1848


MS-2752

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, April 5, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, April 5, 2006
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, April 5, 2006

Summary Information
Title: Eunice Susan (E.S.) Merrill Letters

Date/Date Range :   1848

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains two letters from Eunice Susan (E.S.) Merrill to her brother Theodore Merrill, both written while she was attending the East Tennessee Female Institute in Knoxville, Tenn., around 1848. They each describe her days at school and transportation of the day.

Call number: MS-2752

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection purchased in March 2006.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Eunice Susan (E.S.) Merrill Letters, MS-2752. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two letters in a single folder.


Biography / History

E.S. Merrill is likely Eunice Susan Merrill, daughter of Theodore and Susan Bangs Merrill. Born on October 28, 1821, in Sidney, Maine, she attended the East Tennessee Female Institute (formerly known as the Knoxville Female Academy) with Principal D.R. McAnully in 1848. She married George Kingsley in 1852. They had three children: George, Theodora, and Kate. On Dec. 22, 1891, she passed away in Boston, Massachusetts.

Theodore Merrill is possibly Theodore Dean Merrill, the son of Theodore and Susan Bangs Merrill. Born on April 30, 1823, in Sidney, Maine, he married Emily Elizabeth Wait in 1857. The couple had seven children: Abbie, Mary, Silas, Nathaniel, Clara, Eunice, and Walter. Theodore died on Jan. 23, 1887, in Sidney, Maine.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains two letters from Eunice Susan (E.S.) Merrill to her brother Theodore Merrill, both while she was attending the East Tennessee Female Institute in Knoxville, Tenn., around 1848. They each describe her days at school and transportation of the day.

Subject Terms

  • Merrill, Eunice Susan, 1821-1891.
  • Merrill, Theodore, 1823-1887.
  • East Tennessee Female Institute.
  • Education -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
  • Women -- Education -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
Letter to Theodore Merrill of Sidney, Maine, from E.S. Merrill of Knoxville, Tennessee, about traveling to and arriving at seminary school, 1848 October 2
Folder   1     Item   2    
Letter to Theodore Merrill of Sidney, Maine, from E.S. Merrill of Knoxville, Tennessee, about the expansion of water and rail travel and of telegraph lines, and about school and her friends, undated