Clark family papers, 1850-1865.

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Clark family papers, 1850-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40578822

Chiefly Civil War letters from Joseph S. Clark, 1861-1863, to his parents (15 letters and 3 fragments), 3 letters to his mother, and 1 to his sister Hannah, along with 3 envelopes addressed to David Clark and 1 to Robert Clark, and a letter fragment from L.S. Dilly. Includes a journal (ca. 24 p.) kept by an unidentified member the family, traveling from Liverpool to New York, Apr. 20-May 15, 1850. The journal describes wind and rain at beginning and end of the trip, in between calm sailing, but poor food, during which [Joseph S.] Clark, or possibly his father, performs work for the sailors, comments on sailors, children, and other passegers and passing ships. Also includes a small group of ephemera and other fragments.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)

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Clark, Joseph, 1861-1863

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Clark, Robert, 19th cent.

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Clark, Hannah, 19th cent.

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Clark family.

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Clark, David, 19th cent.

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Dilly, L. S.

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