Malone-Finnerty Family Papers
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
- Finnerty, James W. (Person)
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
- Malone, Russ (Donor, Person)
- 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
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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