Bertha Bragg Scriven papers, 1898-1909 [manuscript].

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Bertha Bragg Scriven papers, 1898-1909 [manuscript].

Chiefly letters received by Bertha Bragg Scriven from her husband, George Percival Scriven (1854-1940), U.S. army officer, in Georgia, the Philippines, Cuba, and Peking, concerning family and personal matters, and Scriven's daily activities. Also included are letters received from her father, Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912), Union army officer and U.S. representative from Wisconsin, written while he was consul general at Hong Kong, 1903-1904, concerning family and social affairs.

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