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Series III: Family Papers

Scope and Contents

This series includes papers relating to members of the Duane family, their relatives and extended family. The papers are of an informal nature and are largely comprised of correspondence between various family members. This correspondence includes letters from James Duane to his Daughter and son-in-law, Maria and William North, in the late 1700s, and letters relating to William Augustus Steuben North and his family membes. The majority of the correspondence relates to William North Duane, his mother Anne Dalliba Duane, and their family members during William's time at school in Germany in the 1880s. Also included is an assortment of items of memorabilia primarily relating to William North Duane.

Letters from William North Duane to his mother Anne D. Duane, 1883-1888, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from William North Duane to his mother Anne D. Duane, 1892-1893, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from William North Duane to his mother Anne D. Duane, 1893

Box: 18, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters between Duane family members and William North Duane, 1872-1895, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from Anne D. Duane to William North Duane

Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from Anne D. Duane to members of her family, 1883-1896, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from Anne D. Duane to members of her family, 1896-1897, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters between members of the Duane family and their relations, 1804-1889, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters between members of the Duane family and their relations, 1889-1916, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Collection of stamps, photographs, and lock of Anne D. Duane's hair

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Assorted loose envelopes

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journals and notepads

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Assorted documents relating to the Duane family

Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Assorted legal documents relating to Duane family members

Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Compositions by James C. Duane

Box: 19, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from James Duane to his daughter and son-in-law, Maria and William North, 1788-1797, inclusive

Box: 19, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Papers relating to William Augustus Steuben North, circa. 1754-1878

Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Hannah E. North, 1859-1869, inclusive

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous genealogical papers relating to the Eustis and Westin families

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph of un-named man

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified framed photograph of a family member

Box: 19, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificates issued to William North Duane, 1888, 1892, 1897

oversize: small, Folder: Duane OS19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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