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Box 1

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Contains 2 Results:

Legal documents, 1875-1903

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Scope and Contents

Includes trusteeships and conveyances aimed at protecting the rights of Georgiana Shrewsbury in the estate of her husband, George Shrewsbury (died 1875), necessitated by her subsequent marriage to James Dacoster in 1881. Those mentioned in the documents include her two husbands; her father, Richard Holloway (died 1895); her daughter, Eliza Lawrence; and her son-in-law, Edward Lawrence.

Dates: 1875-1903

Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous materials regarding Edward Lawrence and his relatives, 1879-1937 and 1983

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Scope and Contents Includes two obituaries for George Shrewsbury, a note from Richard Holloway to his daughter, a letter from Edward Lawrence to Mrs. George Shrewsbury asking for her daughter's hand in marriage, advertisement and envelope from Holloway Harness Repair Shop regarding patronage of Brown Fellowship Society members, a copy of a graduation speech Edward Lawrence gave to Avery Normal Institute entitled The Negro in America, His Interests Identical with That of the Nation, article...
Dates: 1879-1983