Johnson family papers,
The Johnson family's roots stem back to the early settlement of New York. Early residents include Lancaster Symes ( -1729), Samuel Bard (1742-1821), and Peter Roosevelt (1763-1833), nephew of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's great-great grandfather, Isaac. This collection documents eight genera...
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| Format: | Kit |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Alexandria, Va. :
Alexander Street Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Johnson family's roots stem back to the early settlement of New York. Early residents include Lancaster Symes ( -1729), Samuel Bard (1742-1821), and Peter Roosevelt (1763-1833), nephew of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's great-great grandfather, Isaac. This collection documents eight generations of the Johnson family and includes correspondence, commonplace books, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection lies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with material relating to the donor's father, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. The earlier material in the collection consists largely of correspondence between family members, in which family news, travels, and activities are discussed. Peter Roosevelt Johnson, for example, toured Europe in 1846, and in 1849 he voyaged to California via South America. His letters home recount his activities abroad. Peter's daughter, Susan Bard Johnson, also wrote letters home during her trip to Europe in 1908. The scrapbooks in the collection reflect intellectual interests, family events, and individual recognition. |
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| Item Description: | Online collection includes 4126 images of documents. Title from HTML t.p. (viewed March 25, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |