Charles Augustus Dean fonds, 1864-1921, n.d.
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Cameron, Chantal
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The fonds consists of approximately 175 letters written by Charles Dean to his friend Everett Walker of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Several letters refer to places and events in the Niagara region. Dean visited Niagara Falls and describes his visit in detail a letter dated August 11, 1869. He also comments on the Fenian uprising in two separate letters, and compares the suspension bridge being built over the Ohio River to the suspension bridge over the Niagara River. Many of his letters also refer to the American Civil War. One letter includes a gypsum sample he procured after a visit to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. A book on the 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers is also included.
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Charles Augustus Dean (1844-1921) was from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He served in the 8th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. In 1864 he moved to Cincinnati where he worked in the factory of paper bag manufacturer Nixon, Chatfield & Woods. He later worked as a traveling salesman for the same company. In 1871 he moved to Rochester, N.Y., and continued to work in the paper industry. In 1875 he moved to Boston and worked for Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. Inc., where he served as vice-president from 1882 to 1892, and then as president. He retired in 1911 but continued to serve as a company director. He married Minnie Palmer in 1875. After his death in 1921 he was survived by his wife and a daughter.
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