Following his father's footsteps, Charles became a Universalist minister and traveled extensively in his work. He was in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1853 and removed to Hartford, Connecticut in 1866. Cornelia was keenly interested in the education of women. For years her husband had been preaching in Cambridge, and on a hill not far way was Tufts College where boys were being trained. Cornelia hoped for the day when girls would be welcomed there as students and when she died, in her will she directed that her diamond ring and her Persian shawl be sold and the money set apart towards a fund which would make Tufts someday co-educational. Her widowed husband however, purchased the ring, which was later given to her daughter-in-law, Maude Skinner. A parishioner in Hartford, Connecticut bought the shawl. The shawl was later sent to Maude Skinner with a note to have it given to her daughter Cornelia.
Following his father's footsteps, Charles became a Universalist minister and traveled extensively in his work. He was in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1853 and removed to Hartford, Connecticut in 1866. Cornelia was keenly interested in the education of women. For years her husband had been preaching in Cambridge, and on a hill not far way was Tufts College where boys were being trained. Cornelia hoped for the day when girls would be welcomed there as students and when she died, in her will she directed that her diamond ring and her Persian shawl be sold and the money set apart towards a fund which would make Tufts someday co-educational. Her widowed husband however, purchased the ring, which was later given to her daughter-in-law, Maude Skinner. A parishioner in Hartford, Connecticut bought the shawl. The shawl was later sent to Maude Skinner with a note to have it given to her daughter Cornelia.
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