Correspondence of the Janney family [manuscript] 1846-1921.

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Correspondence of the Janney family [manuscript] 1846-1921.

Correspondence of various members of the Janney and Pollock families. Topics include cases at the 1900 Loudoun Co., Va. Circuit Court, a law practice in 1921, the building of a house in 1846, and a 1900 V.M.I.--Penn. baseball game. Correspondents and recipients are: Hannah Gilbert, Zachariah Gilbert, Abraham David Pollack Janney, Charles Pollack Janney, John Janney, Alfred Lee, Andrew J. Morman, and Reverend Abraham David Pollack.

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Janney, John, 1798-1872

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