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Box 2

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Mary Cooper Oakey letter to James Oakey, 1862 July 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Mary Cooper Oakey in Florence, Nebraska, to her father James Oakey in Nottingham, England. She relates the journey to New York. Many were sick during the voyage. She discusses the health of different members of the company and says that they will soon move further west with Br. Brown. Dated July 12, 1862.

Dates: 1862 July 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 2

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