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Malone-Finnerty Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-190

Scope and Contents

Malone and Finnerty family correspondence and documents pertaining to deaths from 1862 to 1941. Early correspondence from the Civil War is from James W. Finnerty, a soldier, to his mother and sister. The Civil War letters describe Finnerty’s experience traveling with troops through St. Louis, where rebels captured two steamboats in Duck River Bend. Further, letters also detail his experience in the Battle of Corinth in Mississippi. Later letters from Finnerty to his sister Elizabeth Malone discuss family deaths, illnesses, and money issues while he was living in Chicago. Later correspondence, primarily to Elizabeth Malone in Chicago, concerning family matters and the state of Europe during WWI, where Malone’s niece Florence Carreau was living. Also includes funerals directors’ invoices and correspondence about headstones.

Dates

  • Creation: 1862-1941

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Abstract

Malone and Finnerty family correspondence and documents pertaining to deaths from 1862 to 1941. Early correspondence from the Civil War is from James W. Finnerty, a soldier, to his mother and sister. The Civil War letters describe Finnerty's experience traveling with troops through St. Louis, where rebels captured two steamboats in Duck River Bend. Also includes funerals directors’ invoices and correspondence about headstones.

Location

1 1 2

Source

Title
Malone-Finnerty Family Papers, 1862-1941
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
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