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R Berry
family.
239 Papers, 1851-1911.
Three
folders.
These are papers of the Berry
family of Maries and Osage counties in Missouri. They include correspondence from family
members in California, Missouri,
and Tennessee,
tax receipts, promissory notes, and land papers.
Folder
1: Correspondence, 1851.
John Berry, El Dorado County, California,
to wife Matilda Carline Barry, 20 July 1851.
Written in “Gregory’s Pocket Letter Book,” published by Gregory’s
Express Company “to facilitate correspondence between ... California
... and all parts of the United
States.”
21 pages, with typescript.
Folder
2: Correspondence, 1855-1911.
These
letters were exchanged primarily among Berry
family members in Missouri. 17 items.
Folder
3: Tax receipts, promissory notes, and
miscellaneous business papers, 1856-1889.
Included are tax receipts for land in Osage County
owned by Nancy Giesler and a quit-claim deed by the heirs of James E. Rowden to
Nancy Jane Healey, Maries
County. 18 items.
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