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Manuscript biographical account of Caroline Wray, née Wainman, the author's recently-deceased wife, made for his infant son, William. In the dedicatory preface George Wray writes: "I have no painting of your beloved mother, the likeness of her which is drawn upon my heart, must perish with me. I have therefore given you a sketch of her in the following pages." Includes an extended account of Caroline's final illness, of puerperal fever. The main text is written on the rectos, with additional notes written on the opposite versos, some dated as late as 1823. A loosely inserted folded sheet of yellow paper encloses a folded scrap marked "George Wrays / Hair Augt 178[4?]" (on the verso note from George Wray to friends), which serves as a wrapper for pressed flowers and a lock of his blond hair from childhood. On the front free endpaper of the volume is pasted a note in the hand of Caroline Wray: "We part in hope and / We shall meet again / be sure in Joy -- / C. W.". less

Gottfried von Reigersberg (1893-1962) was a German machinist who emigrated to the U.S. in 1927. He was born Gottfried Streit but was adopted in 1922 by Emilie Freien von Reigersberg, a descendant of a Bavarian noble family. Collection consists of correspondence, family and legal papers, photographs, and ephemera of the von Reigersberg and Streit families. Correspondence is largely personal in nature and is with members of the family. Family papers include documents concerning Gottfried von Reigersberg; legal papers and correspondence of his wife, Elsie von Reigersberg; baronial papers with Emilie Freien von Reigersberg's personal papers, adoption documents, genealogical information, poems, drawings, prints and other heirlooms; and photographs of family, friends and the town of Regensburg, Germany. less