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Series IX, Papers of Mary Louisa (Carr) Armstrong (1815-1895), dates, contains letters written between Captain Richard Tucker and Mollie Armstrong Tucker and her mother, Mary Louisa Armstrong, as well as letters written by Mary Louisa Armstrong to her daughter Jane Ritson Armstrong and her granddaughter, Mary Mellus (Tucker) Clayton. This series also includes some letters and wills written by members of the Carr and Waite families. Writings in this series include newspaper clippings that mention the death of Mary Louisa (Carr) Armstrong's husband Joseph, a long letter written in 1859 by daughter Mary Geraldine (Armstrong) Tucker to Ritson ancestors in England, and genealogical research by Jane Standen Tucker on the Carr and Potter families.
correspondence
manuscripts (document genre)
Family papers (10 folders)
MS033
Tucker family papers
MS033.009
Gift
Gift of Jane Standen Tucker, 1998.
Gardiner (Kennebec county, Maine)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Armstrong, Mary Louisa, 1815-1895
manuscripts (document genre)
Armstrong, Mary Louisa, 1815-1895
Armstrong, Joseph, d. 1850
Tucker, Mary Geraldine, 1841-1922
Tucker, Richard Holbrook, 1816-1895
Carr, Isaac J. (Isaac James), 1824-1901
Carr, Joseph, 1827-1852
Carr, Lavina, 1818-1878
Carr, Narcissa, 1816-1891
Carr, William, Jr., 1820-1842
Series
This seriesis divided into two subseries:
Subseries A: Correspondence
Subseries B: Writings
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