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Letters, Luey, Martha to father, Chicago, IL, 1888-1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Scope and Content of the Collection

From the Collection:

Most of the letters are from Martha Ellen Luey Parish to her father, Lester Lyman Luey. The letters mainly concern domestic matters, although some community topics are touched on. Among the subjects are: electrification, the bicycling mania, fires and fire insurance, the final days of the Columbian Exposition, weather, and health matters. There are also several letters concerning the problems created by Martha’s alcoholic brother Henry Luey, who was finally placed at the "Washington Home" to recover.

Also included are a Chicago Fire Patrol report from March 2, 1889 when Charles Parish’s business burned down, an ornate envelope from Gibson, Parish, & Co. to L. L. Luey, a pamphlet from Gibson, Parish, & Co. advertising a new location and their reopening, and a pamphlet from the Grand Opera house on the occasion of going electric, called their “first illumination."

Typed transcripts of the letters from Martha Ellen Luey Parish to her father, Lester Lyman Luey, 1884-1896, are in the last folder of the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1888-1894

Creator

Access

The Parish 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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