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Bunyan family correspondence

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 4334

Scope and content

Fourteen letters addressed to William Bunyan (Bunyie) in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland and in Havana, N.Y., from his family in Scotland, 1825-1837; an apprenticeship agreement for William Bunyan, 1823; and six letters to Mary Fitzgerald, 1822-1883. Letters concern family matters and social and economic conditions in Scotland and England.

Dates

1822-1883.

Creator

Bunyan family. (Family)

Biographical / Historical

William Bunyan was born in Newstead, Scotland in 1804. He first came to America in 1828, eventually settled in Havana, N.Y. (now Montour Falls), and spent the remainder of his life in Granville Township, Bradford County, Pa. His wife Mary Fitzgerald was born May 20, 1814 in Danville, Pa. and died April 24, 1902 in LeRoy, Pa.