William M. Ferry Papers
1823-1914
Title: William M. Ferry Papers
Dates: 1823-1914
Collection Number: GC 1263
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 2 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Papers of the Ferry family. Typescript recorded in 1913-14 by the eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ferry when she was 86
years of age, selected from family letters of incidents in the history of Mackinac Island, Michigan dating back to the 1820's-1830's
during the residence there of Rev. William Montague Ferry and Amanda White Ferry between 1823 and 1837. The papers are a
genealogical record for the Ferry, Montague, Henry, White, Harwood and Bannister lines. Also original and typewritten copies
of Civil War letters, 1862-1865; an invitation to President Harrison's inauguration, 1889; military map of Chickasaw Bluffs;
Probate Judge Commission, 1882; correspondence 1862-65 with U.S. Army Commissary Dept. when William M. Ferry [Jr.] was serving
as Captain. See also: P-201 William M. Ferry Family Photograph Albums, 1860's
Language of Material: English
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William M. Ferry Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of the Ferry family. Typescript recorded in 1913-14 by the eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ferry when she was 86
years of age, selected from family letters of incidents in the history of Mackinac Island, Michigan dating back to the 1820's-1830's
during the residence there of Rev. William Montague Ferry and Amanda White Ferry between 1823 and 1837. The papers are a
genealogical record for the Ferry, Montague, Henry, White, Harwood and Bannister lines. Also original and typewritten copies
of Civil War letters, 1862-1865; an invitation to President Harrison's inauguration, 1889; military map of Chickasaw Bluffs;
Probate Judge Commission, 1882; correspondence 1862-65 with U.S. Army Commissary Dept. when William M. Ferry [Jr.] was serving
as Captain. See also: P-201 William M. Ferry Family Photograph Albums, 1860's
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Food supply.
Ferry
Montague
Henry
White
Harwood
Bannister
Mackinac Island (Mich.)