Diaries and family papers, 1794-1968.

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Diaries and family papers, 1794-1968.

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The collection includes two diaries of his American tour (one is made up of his rough travel notes, the other is in edited form for circulation), a memorial volume of manuscripts about his wife (Ann Loxley Rhees) prepared by his daughter Eliza (Mrs Nicholas Murray), and 1851 passport of Nicholas Murray, a letter of Thomas Chalmers Murray to his sister Mary Jones Murray Butler (the mother of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University), and other letters, poems, misc. items, and a photograph of Ann Loxley Rhees. The diaries of M.J. Rhees were published in John Thomas Griffith's 1910 biography of M.J. Rhees, a copy of which is included in this collection.

0.5 cubic ft. (28 items in 1 box).

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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