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Day, Eliza Jane Staker, 1860-1948

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Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337336]
Identifier: MSS 492
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of autobiographical materials. Day writes about her early life in Mt. Pleasant, about the defenses in the town during the Black Hawk War, and about her family. Also included is a biography by Day of her mother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, who was a pioneer and an early settler in Mt. Pleasant.

Dates: 1842-1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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