Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865).

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Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898. Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865).

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Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865).

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62271716

Abstract

Contains over 1600 letters and other records of Samuel Lyle Adair & his wife, Florella Brown Adair, and various members of each one's family. Includes correspondence, diaries, sermons, church records, and business records. Approx. 1/6 of the collection is correspondence (some Civil War) of son-in-law Jeremiah Berger Remington. One-sixth of the letters are 1831-1855, half are 1856-1865, 1/3 are from after the Civil War to 1921. Over 200 letters are from Adair's sisters and give a woman's point of view on this time period. There are also a few letters in John Brown's hand.

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3 ft. (8 boxes) on 8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7810687

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Remington, Jeremiah Berger, 1838-1912.

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Gee, Lucretia.

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Remington, Sarah Ann Berger, 1808-1883.

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Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865).

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