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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
EnglishVIAFrevised2015-09-24machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-09T18:36:17machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-09T18:36:17humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-28machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonMyers, Francis John, 1901-1956presumedMyers, Francis J.presumedMYERS, FRANCIS.presumed1901-12-181956-07-05Absentee fathersBoysEpidemicsStudentsScarlatinaSlavesLouisiana--CheneyvilleLouisiana--Rapides ParishOhio--GranvilleCaliforniaCheneyville (La.)Boeuf, Bayou (La.)Gold miners
Francis Myers may have been a carpenter in Cheneyville, La., before moving to California around 1851 to seek his fortune mining gold. His children, Frank B. Myers and Alma Myers Bennet, remained in Cheneyville.
From the description of Francis Myers letters, 1848-1872. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173982292Bennet, Alma Myers.Myers family.Myers, Frank B.Northup, Solomon, b. 1808.Myers, Francis J.Myers, Francis. Francis Myers letters, 1848-1872.Myers, Francis.Bennet, Alma Myers.Northup, Solomon, b. 1808.Francis Myers letters, 1848-1872.8 letters.Four letters from Frank B. Myers and Alma Myers Bennet to their father, Francis Myers, discussing family news, Alma's poor health, epidemics, Frank's education, and social life in Cheneyville (1851-1856). Three letters to Francis Myers from acquaintances in Cheneyville and New Orleans discuss local and family news and Myers' decision to go to California (1848, 1851, 1859). An 1861 letter from T.S. Robert to his nephew, L.A. Robert, studying in Granville, Ohio, discusses his conduct and education. L.A. Robert, who also was a nephew of Frank B. Myers, used the letter to write a message to his uncle in 1872. These letters discuss a few individuals and families in the Cheneyville and Bayou Boeuf areas of Rapides Parish, La., mentioned in Solomon Northup's autobiography, Twelve Years a Slave (1853). Louisiana State University, LSU LibrariesMYERS, FRANCIS. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.MYERS, FRANCIS.Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.1 folder.Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)