Barnes family letters 1817-1853

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Barnes family letters 1817-1853

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The Barnes family were early settlers of Fairfield, N.Y. Letters of the Barnes family of Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., include three letters written to family members by Philinda Barnes (later Mrs. John Bucklin) in 1817, 1827, and 1852, discussing her health, family matters, and local news; and a letter from James Barnes to Harriet Briggs, dated Wilkes Barre, 13 Apr. 1853, giving history of the Barnes family in America and England. With donor's genealogical notes on the Barnes, Dryden, Cope, Scott, Bucklin and Mitchell families, dated 1934; and photostat copies of original letters.

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Barnes, James, 1866-1936

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American author and historian. From the description of Letter and an envelope, 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367389657 James Barnes was a writer and military historian who lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Born in 1866, Barnes graduated from Princeton University in 1891 and served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. During World War I, he was head of the head of the Princeton Aviation School. He also worked for Scribner's Magazine, was assistant editor of Harpe...

Barnes, Philinda

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Barnes family

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The Barnes family were early settlers of Fairfield, N.Y. From the guide to the Barnes family letters, 1817-1853, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...