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Millspaugh-Ryder Correspondence

 Series — Box: MSS Box 220

Scope and Contents

This series comprises a selection of correspondence between Clarice Weeks Millspaugh and Forrest Van Loon Ryder [alias Jerome Lawson] concerning Hudson River steamboats. Included in the series is a considerable array of transcribed articles by Samuel Van Aken and others which were prepared and mailed by Mrs. Millspaugh to Mr. Ryder while the latter was incarcerated at the South Carolina State Pennitentiary in Columbia, SC.

Dates

  • 1889 - 1960

Extent

From the Collection: .2 Cubic Feet (One legal size metal-edge document box.) : Typewritten articles on onionskin, handwritten letters, and glued news clippings. ; Various

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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