Guernsey family papers, 1837-1957.

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Guernsey family papers, 1837-1957.

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The collection contains 1,384 letters, written by 158 different authors, and 33 pieces of ephemera. The collection spans several generations of the Guernsey and Donaldson families. The letters give a detailed account of the lives of farmers, millers, shop keepers, and school teachers in 19th century Midwestern America. The letters cover a wide range of aspects of their lives, such as family events, day-to-day activities, trips to visit family and friends, farming, financial hardships, and business interests. Because the majority of the correspondence was written by women, the letters also give a strong female perspective of life on the frontier. The collection includes over 250 letters of Civil War interest written by Emeline's sons William and Henry. The ephemera consists of biographical information, Confederate currency, printed materials, and three photographs.

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Beebe, Sarah Guernsey.

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Orcutt, Fannie Guernsey.

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Guernsey, William D., 1840-1879.

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United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865)

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Guernsey family.

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Emeline Donaldson Guernsey was born in 1819 in Pennsylvania. She married Peter Buell Guernsey in the late 1830s and lived in Tioga, PA until his death in 1852. Six years later, Emeline moved to Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa, and settled on a farm with her five children: William D. Guernsey, Henry A. Guernsey, Sarah Guernsey Beebe, Fannie Guernsey Orcutt and Emma Guernsey Flint. In 1861, William enlisted in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry; Henry soon followed. With her sons gone, Emeline successfully...

Flint, Emma Guernsey.

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Guernsey, Henry A., b. 1844.

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Guernsey, Emeline Donaldson, b. 1819.

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