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JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG PAPERS
Summary

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Young, John Freeman, 1820-1885.
Papers, 1846-1858.
50 items.

Episcopal priest, bishop of Florida beginning in 1867.

Letters received by John Freeman Young, Episcopal priest, chiefly
concerning church matters in Florida, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, and
elsewhere, but concerning other matters as well.  Topics of letters include
living conditions in Florida in 1848; the establishment of an Episcopal
school for girls in San Francisco, 1854; and a yellow fever epidemic in
Louisiana, 1855.

Gift prior to 1940.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Church schools--California--History--19th century.
   Clergy--Southern States--History--19th century.
   Epidemics--Louisiana--History--19th century.
   Episcopal Church--Education--California--History--19th century.
   Episcopal Church--Southern States--Clergy--History--19th century.
   Episcopal Church--Southern States--History--19th century.
   Florida--Social conditions--19th century.
   Women--Education--California--History--19th century.
   Young, John Freeman, 1820-1885.

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