Item 31: Autograph and motto from Emma Willard, no date
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 31
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- Willard, Emma, 1787-1870 (Person)
Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities
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Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Autograph
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
4 ⅛ in. x 2 ¼ in.
Description:
The following document is an autograph from Emma Willard. Willard is most known for her activism surrounding education, specifically women's education. Willard founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary (now known as Emma Willard School) in Troy, New York. The autograph does not have a date.
Transcription:
[archivist note: 185]
“Let our motto be
God and our
Country”
Emma Willard.
BACK: Mrs. Millard of Troy
BACK: Mrs. Millard of Troy
Creator
- Willard, Emma, 1787-1870 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu