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Mary E. Van Lennep
Mary Elizabeth Van Lennep (, Hawes; April 16, 1821 – September 27, 1844) was an American missionary, school founder, and memoirist. Accompanying her husband to Anatolia, Asia Minor, she established a school for Armenian girls in Constantinople, Turkey. Her religious writings were contained in a journal which she commenced in January 1841 and closed in June 1843, just before leaving home; the unpublished manuscript was found after her death. Other journals followed at various times in Van Lennep's life. Her mother published ''Memoir of Mrs. Mary E. Van Lennep : only daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D. and wife of the Rev. Henry Van Lennep, Henry J. Van Lennep, Missionary in Turkey'' posthumously in 1847. Early life and education Mary Elizabeth Hawes was born in Hartford, Connecticut, April 16, 1821. She was the only daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D., pastor of the First Congregational Church of East Hartford and Parsonage, First Congregational Church in Hartford, and Louisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford. Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It is also home to the Mark Twain House, where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant sites. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
