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Correspondence

Description

This folder, within the papers of Jane Armstrong (Jen or Jennie) Tucker (1866-1964), includes letters written to her mother, Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong (1841-1922) and sister Mary Mellus (Mame) Tucker (1858-1899), in 1894. Many of these letters were written during the period in which Jane Tucker was employed as a "spy" to gather information during the Pollard-Breckinridge affair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

correspondence

Collection Code

MS033

Collection Name

Tucker family papers

Reference Code

MS033.008.001.012

Acquisition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Jane Standen Tucker, 1998.

Places

Washington (DC)
Lexington (Fayette county, Kentucky)
Gardiner (Kennebec county, Maine)
Bath (Sagadahoc county, Maine)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Monhegan Island (Lincoln county, Maine) [island]
Somerville (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964

Material Type

correspondence

Other People

Tucker, Mary Geraldine, 1841-1922
Tucker, Mary Mellus, 1858-1899
Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952
Tucker, Richard Holbrook, 1816-1895
Stapleton, Martha Armstrong, 1861-1893
Stapleton, William
Tucker, William Armstrong, 1864-1926
Tucker, Elizabeth Mary

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Folder 16.7

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