Correspondence of Ellen Ewing Sherman, 1840-1863 (1850-1859).

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Correspondence of Ellen Ewing Sherman, 1840-1863 (1850-1859).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122565171

Typescript copies of correspondence between Ellen Ewing Sherman and her mother, Maria Boyle Ewing, chiefly for the period 1850-1859. There is some material pertaining to Thomas Ewing as well as genealogical items about the Boyle and Ewing families.

144 pieces.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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