Scope and Content: Correspondence between Samuel and Kate Howe, dated 1871-1955. Documents primarily include correspondence, which focus on the relationship between Kate and Samuel; love; marriage; family; health; illnesses; religion and religious beliefs; recreation; and social customs of the 19th century.

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Historical Note: Samuel Henry Howe was born in Fleming County, KY on 18 December 1837, the son of John and Sally Howe. He worked as a Presbyterian minister in the New York and Washington, D.C. area. Howe died in Norwich, CT on 12 October 1930. He was married to Katharine Boucher Buss on 14 May 1873 in Cohoes, New York. She was born in 1842 in Albany, New York. Kate died in 1932 in Norwich, CT.

Creator

• Howe, Samuel H.

• Howe, Katharine Buss

Subject

• Courtship

• Families

• 19th century

• Manners and customs

Publisher

• Hanover College

Language

• English

Identifier

• MSS34_FindingAid

Location

• New York, New York, United States

Keyword

• Hanover College, Samuel and Kate Howe Papers, MSS 34

• Finding Aid

Date created

• 1871-1955

Resource type

• Book

Source

• 1e1af62d-8d5f-485c-a3dc-5104f8564e05

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/