Biography -- Gaines, Myra Clark Whitney.

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Biography -- Gaines, Myra Clark Whitney.

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Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885

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Born in New Orleans June 1805, Myra Clark was a litigant in a series of law suits and countersuits that spanned nearly sixty years and have been the subject of much study. A case in which confirmation of her claim as the only legitimate child of Daniel Clark and Zulime Carriere would have made her heir to a vast fortune in money and real estate in New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley. From the description of Myra Clark Gaines letter, 1862 Feb. 13. (Louisiana State University). Worl...