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Mrs. Vandenhoff is mentioned as a friend of Frances Alvah Chesebro's in a letter exchanged between Frances and Augustus Henry Seward on April 19, 1873. Mary Vandenhoff was the wife of George Vandenhoff; they were married in 1855. Mary had a successful career as an actress, but took a step back from the stage after the birth of her son, George Jr., in 1859. The. Vandenhoffs eventually separated and Mary made a living by starting Mrs. Vandenhoff's Boys' School run out of her home in New York City.   

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Mrs. Vandenhoff is mentioned as a friend of Frances Alvah Chesebro's in a letter exchanged between Frances and Augustus Henry Seward on April 19, 1873. Mary Vandenhoff was the wife of George Vandenhoff; they were married in 1855. Mary had a successful career as an actress, but took a step back from the stage after the birth of her son, George Jr., in 1859. The. Vandenhoffs eventually separated and Mary made a living by starting Mrs. Vandenhoff's Boys' School run out of her home in New York City.
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