Macdonald family papers, 1808-1922 (inclusive).

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Macdonald family papers, 1808-1922 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168498

Principal figures in the papers are James Macdonald, his wife, Eliza Harris Miller Macdonald, and two of their six children: James Allen and Eliza. Included in the papers are family correspondence, household and travel bills and receipts, as well as the business papers of the Sanford Hall Institution, a private mental hospital operated by the family. The bulk of the papers consists of personal letters to Eliza Harris Miller Macdonald and records of the Sanford Hall Institution (1845-1915).

2 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022910

Yale University Library

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