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    Frederick Douglass photograph

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    Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. After escaping slavery, he worked tirelessly for the cause of abolition and equal rights as an orator, author, and statesman

    Whittier House donor letter and list from Frederick P. Craig

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    Whittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper clippings are primarily from the Jersey Journal. There is also Whittier House fundraising materials, including pamphlets, appeal letters, brochures, and postcards. The Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the organization as headworker until 1926, Whittier House was based on the settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in England. Whittier House provided various recreational and educational programs, along with much needed social services, for the immigrant populations of Jersey City. Many of these successful services were used as models for large-scale social reform movements through the state. In 1935, the Whittier House was taken over by the Boys' Club of Jersey City

    Frederick Wilson, Author-Lecturer, Feb. 1, 1947

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    Noted Author and lecturer Dr. Frederick Taylor Wilson will speak at the Winthrop College assembly. Dr. Wilson, a nationally recognized authority on the Constitution and American Presidents, will give a lecture entitled The Birth of Our Liberties. Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, after which he taught history, as well as taught and practiced law

    [Manuscript] of [ _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ ] / [Frederick Marryat].

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    The pages of this manuscript fragment are numbered 39 and 40 [a note on the recto states that these correspond to 296 in the printed text]; a pencil note at the top of the recto attributes the work to Captain Frederick Marryat [the novel alluded to may have been Marryat\u27s _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ (1837)].A popular novelist and author of children\u27s adventure fiction like _Masterman Ready_ (1841), a castaway tale, Marryat entered the navy as a teenager and by 1815 had risen to the rank of commander. He was active in the Anglo-Burmese war in 1823, after which he was made a CB and awarded the gold medal of the Royal Humane Society; Marryat was made a fellow of the Royal Society for his innovations in signaling

    Quiet Girl

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    Tess is the new girl at school, and as everyone knows, that's always a hard thing to be. When she notices Bella, a girl who always keeps to herself, she makes the decision to approach her. Soon, a friendship is formed. But there is something going one with Bella, something she is unwilling to tell anyone...A short story presented at Agora. Works by this author are identified by the name used in the item: "J.L. Frederick". The link to the story leads to its location on Wattpad. The formatting on the website is automatic.Copyright held by authors.Friendshipfirst personfemale protangonistSuspenseEnglishShort stor

    Frederick Augustus Pike

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    An image scanned from a black and white photograph of Frederick Augustus Pike, 1817-1886, husband of Maine author Mary Hayden Green Pike.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/2895/thumbnail.jp

    Frederick Douglass slave, writer, abolitionist

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    Profiles the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice

    Catholic Comments Podcast.

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    Professor Frederick Bauerschmidt reflects on the metaphor “God as Author.” What does it mean for us to be a character in the story God is writing

    Donald Frederick Haynes Family

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    Donald Frederick Haynes stands with his wife Lilah Mae (Baer) and daughter Dona Louise. Pastor D. F. Haynes sang in a quartet at the 1946 General Conference Session praise service on the morning of June 14. Donald was the son of evangelist and author Carlyle Boynton Haynes.https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/general-conference-1946-gallery/1011/thumbnail.jp
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