Group of Letters pertaining to George H. Safford, seventh Secretary and Treasurer of Howard University, mainly letters to his mother in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, 1885-1918
by Safford, George H
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
49 letters, 83 manuscript pages, 12 postcards, correspondence mainly written in ink, in very good, clean, and legible condition, many letters written on Howard University letterhead.
George H. Safford was the seventh secretary and treasurer of Howard University in Washington, D.C., serving from January 19, 1899, to September 21, 1909. Safford, like Howard's president at the time, Rev. Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), the institution's sixth, was white. (Rankin served from 1890-1903). Safford, like Rankin, also appears to have been a New Hampshire native.
Safford prior to his appointment at Howard worked for G. Peterson & Co., the contractors who built the Washington reservoir in the 1880's and as Second Assistant Postmaster General in the 1890's. After his service at Howard, Safford worked in the Department of Agriculture in Washington.
The correspondence generally concerns family and domestic affairs and only occasionally touches upon his work at Howard.
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- Seller
- Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31030
- Title
- Group of Letters pertaining to George H. Safford, seventh Secretary and Treasurer of Howard University, mainly letters to his mother in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, 1885-1918
- Author
- Safford, George H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Howard University, African Americans, Manuscript Americana, Education, New Hampshire, American Social History, Correspondence
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About the Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
About Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
We specialize in buying and selling printed and manuscript items pertaining to America and American history in its various aspects. Books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemeral items, manuscript letters, diaries, account books and business ledgers and records from 1482-1930.
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