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Cooper and Ward family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2196

Scope and content

Personal letters to members of the Ward and Cooper families, mostly about family matters, but also containing some comments on national politics, travels in India and Egypt, a visit to a slave pen in St. Louis (1861), and the extensive public interest in education in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1820); also, miscellaneous deeds and indentures (1792-1846) pertaining to land in Connecticut, and Herkimer County, New York.

Dates

  • 1784-1884.

Creator

Extent

.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Related Archival Materials

Related collection: Roswell D. Cooper, Sr. Papers, #1726..

Bibliographic References

-- Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1954-1958.
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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