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Bowen Family Papers / Series A, Album 27
GUSN-196216
Three-quarter studio portrait of Henry Chandler Bowen, seated, facing front, location unknown
portraits
business (commercial function)
abolitionists
philanthropists
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
DigitalID 001246
AccessID 2004
Other identifier HNEDID-001246
1 carte-de-visite
MS006
Bowen family papers
MS006.03.04.02.006
Woodstock (Windham county, Connecticut)
New York City (New York state)
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896
Bowen, Lucy Maria (Tappan), 1825-1863
Bowen family
Historic New England (Organization)
Dry-goods
Antislavery movements
Historic New England properties
Portrait
(1848-1928). Independent. New York; Boston: S.W. Benedict.
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Bowen Family Papers / Series A, Album 27
Henry Chandler Bowen was a businessman and philanthropist in Woodstock, Connecticut and New York City. Bowen was married to Lucy Tappan, the daughter of abolitionist Lewis Tappan. Bowen founded the religion and anti-slavery journal "The Independent" in 1848. He built Roseland Cottage, a National Historic Landmark, located in Woodstock, Connecticut.
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