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Moses Emery family correspondence 1850- 1890.
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Moses Emery family correspondence 1850- 1890Creator/Contributor:
Emery (Family, 1823-, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Emery, Moses, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Emery, Sarah Cutts, 1801-1892, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Emery, Thornton C., 1824-1898, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Emery, Charles C., 1830-1909, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Emery, George Addison, 1839-1933, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains handwritten personal letters to and from various members of the Moses Emery family. Many of the letters are addressed
to Moses Emery from his son, Thornton C. Emery. Some others are from another son, Charles C. Emery. Some are from Moses Emery
to his children and other persons. A few are addressed to his wife, Sarah C. Emery. Several letters are from Charles C. Emery
to his brother, George Addison Emery. Also includes a few letters from Moses Emery's grandchildren and unrelated persons.
42 letters in total.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caEmery family -- Correspondence
Emery, Moses -- Correspondence
Emery, Sarah Cutts -- 1801-1892 -- Correspondence
Emery, Thornton C -- 1824-1898 -- Correspondence
Emery, Charles C -- 1830-1909 -- Correspondence
Emery, George Addison -- 1839-1933 -- Correspondence
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Moses Emery family correspondence, BANC MSS 20108/165, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Moses Emery (born July 16, 1794, Minot Corners, Maine; died 12 May 12, 1881) was a well-respected attorney from Saco, Maine.
In 1823, he married Sarah Cutts Thornton and had several children including Thornton Cutts Emery, Charles Carroll Emery, and
George Addison Emery. Thornton Cutts made his way to California and became a hay and coal dealer in Oakland. Charles Carroll
made his way to Kansas to become a farmer and settled near Lawrence, Kansas. George Addison became a lawyer and remained in
Saco, Maine, where he took over his father's law practice when he retired.
In English.
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English