Ada Clare papers, 1841-1864.

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Ada Clare papers, 1841-1864.

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Chiefly business documents and correspondence between Ada Clare, Clarence G. Mitchell and Edward McCrady including letter, 19 Dec. 1855, Charleston, S.C., from McCrady to Mitchell, New York City, re return of James Mclhenney's account books lent to C.G. Mitchell by father of Edward McCrady; letter, 16 Jan 1857, New York, to C.G. Mitchell, re legal change of name from Ada McElenney to Ada Clare, "I have assumed the name of Ada Clare [and] all transactions... under that name... will be as valid and effectual as under that of ... Ada McElhenney." letter, 23 Feb. 1857, Paris, France, from Ada Clare, to C.G. Mitchell, New York, N.Y., re traveling from New York to England and France, passing through customs, her health, and weather in Paris; letter, 9 July 1859, Liverpool, England, from Ada Clare, to C.G. Mitchell, New York, re money transfers and returning to France. Lease, 1 May 1860, between Peter Asten and Ada Clare, re rental of a brownstone in New York, N.Y.; 5 receipts, 9 June 1862-24 Nov. 1862, re payments made to C.G. Mitchell by Ada Clare; also including will, 28 Sept. 1841, of James McElhenney; inventory, 14 Jan. 1842, of James McElhenney's estate; document, 12 Mar. 1855, re settlement of James and Joanna Mclhenney's estate.

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Clare, Ada

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Ada Clare (1836-1874) was the pseudonym and later legal name of Jane McElhenney, a journalist, writer, actress, poet, and feminist, of Charleston, S.C., and New York, N.Y.; nicknamed "The Queen of Bohemia," she changed name from McElhenney to Ada Clare in 1857; author of book, Only a Woman's Heart (published 1866); daughter of James McElhenney and Joanna Caroline Wilson McElhenney; wife of J. Franklin Noyes; mother of Aubrey (Clare) Noyes (1859-c.1868), who was the son of pianist Louis Moreau Go...

McElhenney family.

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McCrady, Edward, 1833-1903

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Charleston, South Carolina attorney, civic leader, and vestryman of St. Philips (Episcopal) Church. Born in 1802, McCrady was raised under the care of his grandfather William Johnson and was sent to Yale College at the age of fifteen, graduating in 1820. McCrady served as the U.S. District Attorney in South Carolina from 1839 to 1850, and as a state legislator. In 1829 he married Louisa Rebecca Lane. Edward McCrady died in 1892. From the description of Edward McCrady legal journal, 1...

McElhenney, Joanna

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McElhenney, James, 1802-1841

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Mitchell, Clarence

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