McCreery-Fenton family papers, 1818-1948.

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McCreery-Fenton family papers, 1818-1948.

Civil War correspondence and other papers of William M. Fenton of Fenton and Flint, Michigan, Democratic state senator, and lieutenant governor, later colonel with the 8th Michigan Infantry; correspondence, diaries, and other materials of William B. McCreery of Flint, Michigan, Colonel in the 21st Michigan Infantry during the Civil War and U. S. Consul to Chile, 1890-1892; and papers, 1875-1940, of his son, Fenton R. McCreery, U. S. diplomat to Chile, Mexico, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic; miscellaneous papers of other family members; and photographs.

12 linear ft.Photographs 2 linear ft.

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