Truman Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 22, 1891; Louisa Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, undated

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Casey family papers
Papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896)
Correspondence received by Thomas Lincoln Casey
Correspondence, (January-June)
Correspondence received by Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 1891
Truman Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 22, 1891; Louisa Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, undated
(current record)

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Casey family papers
- Papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896)
  - Correspondence received by Thomas Lincoln Casey
    - Correspondence, (January-June)
      - Correspondence received by Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 1891
        Alice Babcock to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 1, 1891
        [Illegible] Pearce, Yellowstone Park Assoc. to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 1, 1891
        C. H. Stout, National Bank of the Republic to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 2, 1891
        [William] T. Rossell to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 2, 1891
        Adams to Edward Wanton Casey, May 2, 1891
        Richard Ward Greene to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 2, 1891
        E. H. Pullen to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 2, 1891
        F. W. Dickins to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 4, 1891
        D. W. Flagler, Chief of Ordinance to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 4, 1891
        A. D. Shaw, Treasury Department to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 6, 1891
        Emily Hollingsworth to [Emma Weir] Casey, May 8, 1891
        Julia Dwight to [Thomas Lincoln Casey] and [Emma Weir] Casey, May 8, 1891
        Robert Walter Weir Jr. to [Thomas Lincoln Casey and Emma Weir Casey] Casey, May 8, 1891
        [William] T. Rossell to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 9, 1891
        Gustavis W. Smith to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 9, 1891
        [William] T. Rossell to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 11, 1891
        J.C. Mallory to Col. G. F. Gregory, May 11, 1891, telegram
        John F. Weir to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 12, 1891
        Louisa Babcock to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 12, 1891
        Henry M. Robert to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 12, 1891
        War Department Library to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 13, 1891
        [William] R. King to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 13, 1891
        F. W. Dickins to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 14, 1891
        John Pearce Deed, March 31, 1812, copy
        Senator William P. Frye to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 14, 1891
        Sophie Casey to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 14, 1891
        Redfield Proctor to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 14, 1891
        Redfield Proctor to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 20, 1891
        Harry Hunt to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 18, 1891
        Order of the Supreme Court to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 18, 1891
        Henry H. Hodges to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 18, 1891
        Harriet Duane to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 15, 1891
        Robert Walter Weir Jr. to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 18, 1891
        A. Maurice Low, Boston Globe to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 20, 1891
        Treasury Department, Office of Light-House Board to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 20, 1891
        William P. Craighill to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 22, 1891; Bixby to Craighill, May 21, 1891
        Robert Hunt to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 21, 1891
        Robert Hunt to Lieut. Martin, May 21, 1891
        M. C. Martin to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 21, 1891; M. C. Martin to Robert H. Hunt, May 17, 1891; Thomas Lincoln Casey to M. C. Martin, undated
        Truman Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 22, 1891; Louisa Seymour To Thomas Lincoln Casey, undated (current record)
        Thomas Lincoln Casey To President of the United States, May 22, 1891
        [Charles] Foster to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 23, 1891
        Ella C. Kretzchmar [poss.] to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 24, 1891
        J. O. Austin [Ancestral Dictionary]; May 26, 1891
        John Osborne Austin Family History chart, May 26, 1891
        F. A. Holden to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 26, 1891
        Harry Hunt to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 28, 1891
        Lyman R. Casey to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 28, 1891
        W. S. Rosecrans, Treasury Department to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 29, 1891
        Frederick A. Mahan to Col. Gregory, May 29, 1891, telegram
        [William] Rossell to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 28, 1891
        Bixby to Thomas Lincoln Casey, May 30, 1891

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This letter contains harmful language from the letter writer, including ethnic slurs and stereotypes regarding Italians and Italian Americans related to the 1891 lynching of 11 Southern Italian people in New Orleans.

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immigrants
Sicilian (general Italian style)

Collection Code

MS008

Collection Name

Casey family papers

Reference Code

MS008.22.03.31.05.40

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Italian American families

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