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R         Downing family.

49                    Downing and Whinrey families, papers, 1837-1929.

                                    11 folders, photocopies.

 

 

 

This collection consists of receipts and correspondence of the Downing and Whinrey fami­lies of southwestern Missouri.  Both families had members who went to California to mine gold in the 1850s, some of whom remained to settle in the West.  Most of the collection consists of let­ters written to relatives in Missouri.

 

Folder 01: Receipts, 1837-1848

 

Folder 02: Correspondence, 1850-1859

 

Folder 03: Correspondence, 1860-1869

 

Folder 04: Correspondence, 1870-1879

 

Folder 05: Correspondence, 1880-1889

 

Folder 06: Correspondence, 1890-1895

 

Folder 07: Correspondence, 1896-1899

 

Folder 08: Correspondence, 1900-1904

 

Folder 09: Correspondence, 1905-1909

 

Folder 10: Correspondence, 1911-1929

 

Folder 11: Correspondence, undated and fragments

 

 

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