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James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1801? - 1860

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert Knowles Boyd letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-3025
Abstract

Five letters, Oct. 28, 1925 - Feb. 13, 1927, from Boyd to his cousin, Edith M. Smith, discussing the reception of his pamphlets about the Minnesota-Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s and 1870s. Included are comments on the Battle of Birch Coulee, the Chippewa Valley, the Chippewa Indians, and the Eau Claire family of novelist G.P.R. James. There is also a carbon typescript of a review of Boyd's works from Minnesota History, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1926 (pp. 354-355).

Dates: 1925-1927