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Title Letter to James Dumaresq Jr.
Reference L582, box 1, folder 2
Library Boston Athenaeum
Collection Dumaresq Family Papers, 1845 - 1929
Date 10 Apr 1856
Description Written to eight-year-old James by an unknown relation or family friend.
Document Type Correspondence, Manuscript
Theme(s) Social Life
Keywords society, family, friends, children, news, household, domestic
Countries USA
Ports Boston, USA
Additional Information James Dumaresq Jr., born 1848, was the second son of Philip Dumaresq and Margarita DeBlois. His mother and older sister Frances had both died in an accident the year before this letter was written. James had two younger brothers, Herbert and Francis (both mentioned in this letter), two older sisters, and an older brother, Philip Kearney Dumaresq.
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