Bird family letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3987", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3987", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Bird family letters"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1833-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1833/1967"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 items (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1833

date_inclusive_end

1967

origination

{"value"=>"Byrd family", "type"=>"famname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Bird family resided in East Walpole, Mass.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Eight miscellaneous letters of the Bird family of East Walpole, Mass., including a letter from F.W. Bird (1809-1894) to his fiancée Rebecca H. Cooke, 1833, and two to Bird, 1847 and 1851, concerning local organizations; three letters to Charles S. Bird, 1910, 1914, and 1942, written from Mexico, Rhodesia and Istanbul, respectively, concerning personal affairs and current events, and one by him, 1917; and a brief letter to Charles Sumner Bird, 1967 from British historian Sir Arthur Bryant.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Gift of", "source"=>"Harry T. Friedman", "date"=>"1985", "accession_number"=>"MSS 85M96", "value"=>"Gift of, Harry T. Friedman, 1985"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Eight miscellaneous letters of the Bird family of East Walpole, Mass., including a letter from F.W. Bird (1809-1894) to his fiancée Rebecca H. Cooke, 1833, and two to Bird, 1847 and 1851, concerning local organizations; three letters to Charles S. Bird, 1910, 1914, and 1942, written from Mexico, Rhodesia and Istanbul, respectively, concerning personal affairs and current events, and one by him, 1917; and a brief letter to Charles Sumner Bird, 1967 from British historian Sir Arthur Bryant."}

keydate

1833

prefercite

{"value"=>"Bird family letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

8 items (1 folder)

date_start

1833

date_end

1967

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