Francis Myers letters, 1848-1872.

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Francis Myers letters, 1848-1872.

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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).

8 letters.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927581

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Myers, Frank, 1833-1922

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Soldier, Company B, 6th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. From the description of Diary, 1864. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17869003 ...

Bennet, Alma Myers.

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Myers family.

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Myers, Francis John, 1901-1956

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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: 173982292 ...

Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?

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Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color. A farmer and a professional violinist, Northup had been a landowner in Washington County, New York. In 1841, he was offered a traveling musician's job and went to Washington, D.C. (where slavery was legal); there he was drugged and kidnapped into slavery. He was shipped to New Orleans, purcha...