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Botsford, B.B. - correspondence - to Myra Kimball Botsford (photocopies), 1869

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 123

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Correspondence, documents, genealogies, business, and personal items related to Harvey family ancestors, including Jabez K. Botsford, early Chicago resident and founder of Northwestern University, and the Fisk family, who owned a millinery company in Chicago for decades. Also of note are items related to Robert Harvey's career as a physician, and a diary from Henry Welge, grandfather of Dorothy Wegener Harvey, documenting an 1846 voyage from Germany to New Orleans.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Harvey family papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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