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Preferred Citation:

Susannah Nourse Sawyer Autograph Album, Special Collection Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Biographical Information:

Student at Bolton Seminary, Brooklyn, New York. Married surname probably Sawyer. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Autograph diary of Susannah Nourse who was a student at Bolton Seminary in Brooklyn, New York. Most entries are poems with some prose. Many entries are by Nourse's family. A list of autographs is included with the diary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Autograph albums
• Education--History--19th century
• Education--New York (State)
• New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century
• Poems
• Schools
• Women--Diaries