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Hubbard, Faith Wadsworth, 1812-1887

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1812 - 1887

Biography

Faith Wadsworth Hubbard was born in 1812. She was the daughter of Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale College. She married Oliver Payson Hubbard, a scientist and professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College on May 17, 1897. They had one son Grosvenor Silliman Hubbard who became a prominent lawyer in New York City. Faith Hubbard died in 1887.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Faith Hubbard papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-525
MS-525
Date(s): 1829 to 1873
Abstract

Faith Wadsworth Hubbard, wife of Oliver Payson Hubbard. (1812-1887). The collection consists of correspondence with her husband Oliver Payson Hubbard, and her father Benjamin Silliman, a professor at Yale. Correspondence and deeds belonging to Oliver Payson Hubbard are also included.

Faith Wadsworth (Silliman) Hubbard letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 848178
Mss 848178
Date(s): 1848-02-28
Abstract

In English.

Oliver Payson Hubbard letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 866177
Mss 866177
Date(s): 1866-02-27
Scope and Contents

Six-page letter from Oliver Payson Hubbard in Hanover to Faith Wadsworth (Silliman) Hubbard, telling her that there is much controversy among the faculty. He and others have resigned. Politics in Hanover is "in a little circle." Also talks about the country's problem of the Reconstruction Acts and the President's veto. Flood at Windsor. C.D. Cleveland at Cardiff.

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