A Guide to the Bacon Academy Collection, 1803-1930
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Bacon Academy | |
| Title: | Bacon Academy Collection | |
| Dates: | 1803-1930 | |
| Abstract: | Papers concerning Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut, include photostats of two letters from Moses Austin. | |
| Accession No.: | OCLC number 22901927 | |
| Extent: | 1 volume | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin | |
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut, include photostats of two letters from Moses Austin, one to Daniel Phelps in 1803 arranging for him to put Stephen F. Austin in school and maintain him there, the second to Stephen in 1804 exhorting him in regard to his education and personal relations, as well as two 1930 letters from the clerk of the school and copies of two printed articles dealing with the history of the academy.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Austin, Moses, 1761-1821. | ||
| Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836. | ||
| Bacon Academy (Colchester, Conn.)--Archives. | ||
| Education--History--19th century--Sources. | ||
| Colchester (Conn.)--History--Sources. | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Bacon Academy Collection, 1803-1930, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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| 2Q417 | Collection, 1803-1930 | ||||||||||||