Laban Morey Wheaton, 1796-1865 (Founder of Wheaton Female Seminary)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Grand Tour Journal, 1862
Sub-Series
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection documents the Wheaton Family and their involvement in the town of Norton, Massachusetts, their founding of and supporting Wheaton Female Seminary, establishing the Norton Public Library, funding alterations to Norton’s Trinitarian Congregational Church, and interactions with townspeople. The largest portion of the collection focuses on Judge Laban Wheaton, Laban Morey Wheaton, and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton. Financial records and property deeds relating to the family...
Dates:
1862
Wheaton Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-001
Abstract
The Wheaton Family Collection covers the years 1721-2009. The bulk of the collection relates to the years 1779-1905. The collection shows the activities of an affluent family in the small town of Norton, MA. Laban Morey Wheaton and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton were both active in the community, and established Wheaton Female Seminary. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton contributed a great deal to the town of Norton by helping to renovate the Trinitarian Congregational Church and building the...
Dates:
1721-1994; 1779 - 1905
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- Account books 1
- Dairy farmers 1
- Deeds. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Government appointment 18th century & 19th century 1
- Great Britain. 1
- Herbaria -- Europe -- 19th century. 1
- Livestock -- Massachusetts -- Purchasing -- History. 1
- Personal finances and effective consumership 1
- Personal portraits 1
- Trinitarian Congregational Church (Norton, Mass.) 1
- Wheaton Female Seminary (Norton, Mass.) 1
- Wills and testements 1
- Women -- Work -- United States -- 1850-1910. 1
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