The widow Rawlins' House, January 29, 1984

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The widow Rawlins' House

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Dates

Creation: January 29, 1984

Creator

From the Collection: Devlin, William E., 1949- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers on site. Please contact the archivist at WCSU for information on obtaining access to the scanned articles.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet (1 large box of clippings and xeroxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

General

The piece by William Devlin describes "the Rawlins place" located on Balmforth Avenue in Danbury, CT. The house had been purchased by President Ulysses S. Grant. The house was a gift for Mary Hurlbut, the widow of President Grant's Secretary of War. Col. John A. Rawlins, who was a successful lawyer and politician before the war, knew President Grant when we was just a clerk at the leather store owned by Rawlin's brother. President Grant made Rawlins his aide-de-camp and later his Secretary of War after he was elected president. He served for only five months before dying of tuberculosis. "The Rawlins place" was chosen and purchased by Grant and the widow and her children moved into the home in 1870. Unfortunately, Mary died four years later from tuberculosis. |Identifier: ms069_devlin_1984_01_29