Correspondence
Dates
- Creation: 1802 - 1848
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of William James MacNeven, his wife Jane Riker Tom MacNeven, their daughter Jane Mary MacNeven. Other correspondents include daughters Rosa and Anna and son William Hugh MacNeven. Two legal documents are also included: one in which William James MacNeven is the executor of a will and the other in which he signs over his family land in Ballynahown, County Galway, to the estate of attorney Michael Burke in payment for legal services rendered. Several correspondents from Ireland wrote to MacNeven, mostly dealing with the aforementioned land, but others seeking his help in immigrating to the United States. There are contributions to a memoir that Jane Mary MacNeven supplied to R. R. Madden’s The United Irishmen: their lives and times, and a handwritten speech by MacNeven’s son, James Joseph MacNeven. There is also a travel diary that William James MacNeven kept during a journey in Long Island in September 1822.
Creator
- From the Collection: MacNeven, William James, 1763-1841 (Person)
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
2.0 Linear Feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Processing Information
Jane Mary MacNeven often used the nickname Jenny with her family. Letters from her parents most frequently address her as Jane, but her letters to them and her siblings are generally signed Jenny. For clarity, she is consistently referred to in our description by her given name, Jane Mary.
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
John J. Burns Library
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