Berry family papers, 1813-1913, (bulk 1813-1867).

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Berry family. Berry family papers, 1813-1913, (bulk 1813-1867).

Berry family papers, 1813-1913, (bulk 1813-1867).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57314691

This collection consists of letters and other papers relating to information about both the Hooper and Berry families. Folder six includes a section written by Morris Martin, the donor, and certain excerpts from selected letters describing different aspects of the family's life. Some of the letters include a description of the voyage back to London in 1847 and then coming to New York a year later. There are also some descriptions in the letters about sentiment toward the Civil War. There over 50 letters many of them involving John Berry and his wife Catherine Mercy Hooper (she would later take the name Berry). Included in the collection are the memoirs of Cleeve Hooper who was John and Catherine's nephew. Also, most of the original letters are not in this collection or are not dated so it is hard to tell which transcribed letter it is. The transcribed letters are all located in folder one while the originals are in folders two and three.

0.17 linear feet.

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