Papers of Mary French Weir, 1758-1939.

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Papers of Mary French Weir, 1758-1939.

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Collection includes account book by Joseph Bradley, 1758-; 4 volumes of a memoir by Mary French Weir and a transcription and CD of the memoir entitled The Story of My Life. The Inner Life of a Human Soul; tributes to Clara Miller and John William French; a paper on John Ferguson Weir by Betsy Fahlman, n.d.; family photographs; composition book of Clara Miller, 1829; diary of James DeWolf Perry, Jr., 1874; sermons and correspondence of John William French, 1840s-1870s; family correspondence of Mary French Weir; school compositions, a grammar, and an English translation of Homer by John William French; legal and financial documents including the estate of Mary French Weir's sister, author Lillie Hamilton French, who died in 1939; clippings; letters to James DeWolf Perry re: attendance at the 1930 Lambeth Conference, etc.

2.4 linear ft. (2 cartons, 1 file box)

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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