Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce Buford letters to her cousin, 1865-1867.

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Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce Buford letters to her cousin, 1865-1867.

Autograph letters from Mary Ann Buford to an unidentified cousin, concerning family matters and life in the North during the post-Civil War years. Also include one letter from General Buford. Includes information on poet, editor, and politician, George Lunt, and on expatriate artist, Thomas Buford Meteyard, and others. Also includes information on the social life of Cambridge, Mass., Newburyport, Mass., Rock Island (Ill.), and other places.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7797305

Houghton Library

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Lunt family.

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Buford family.

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Meteyard, Thomas Buford, 1865-1928

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American artist and illustrator. From the description of Autograph letters signed with his bug signature (2) : Boston and Scituate, to Laurens Maynard, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638765 Meteyard was an American Post-Impressionist artist. From the description of Prints, ca. 1896-ca. 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390236 From the guide to the Prints, ca. 1896 - ca. 1920., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard...

Buford, Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce.

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Mary Ann Buford was the wife of Civil War general, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford and they were part of a large extended family including the family names of: Meatyard, Meteyard, Greenwood, and Lunt. From the description of Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce Buford letters to her cousin, 1865-1867. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612770864 Buford, John, 1826-1863. Civil War general and half-brother of Napoleon Bona...

Buford, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1807-1883

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Buford was the son of John and Nancy Hickman Buford. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky on his family's plantation, "Rose Hill." At the time of his birth his namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, was at the height of his power. Buford graduated from West Point in 1827 and served for eight years in the artillery and in 1835 resigned from the service to become an engineer. He thereafter engaged in iron manufacturing and banking at Rock Island, Illinois and became president of ...

Lunt, George, 1803-1885

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Meatyard family.

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Meteyard family.

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Greenwood family.

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