Letters to Jane Loring Gray, 1835-1872.

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Letters to Jane Loring Gray, 1835-1872.

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Letters written by merchant and agent John Cunningham to his cousin Jane Loring Gray (Mrs. Asa Gray) in Cambridge, Mass., 1835-72. Letters were written while on various trading voyages describing daily life in St. Petersburg, Rio de Janeiro, Manila, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and while at sea; and inquires about family members. Also includes a few letters written by Cunningham to his grandfather Caleb Loring written from Havana, Cuba, 1837, and other places, regarding coffee trade.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Cunningham, John, 1818-1900.

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Gray, Jane Loring, 1821-1909

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Jane Loring Gray was born in 1821. In 1847 she became engaged to Asa Gray and they were married on May 4, 1848. Jane accompanied her husband on most of his voyages and chronicled them in her letters to her family. After her husband's death in 1888 she devoted herself to memorializing him; she prepared an edition of Gray's letters and contributed funds toward the establishment of the Asa Gray Professorship. From the description of Papers of Jane Loring Gray, 183?-189? (inclusive). (Ha...

Loring, Caleb.

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