James Samuel Irwin papers
Contributors: Irwin, John Maclay, d. 1856
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Correspondence; Gold mines and mining; Lawyers; Yellow fever
Description: Photocopies of twenty amended typewritten transcriptions of Irwin's letters (1849-1852) from California gold fields, together with photocopies of two of the handwritten originals; will (1854) of Irwin's father, John Maclay Irwin; letter (1878) written by Will Bovard from New Orleans, La., during a yellow fever epidemic; and genealogical notes, obituaries, and photograph.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Jean I. Holmes, via: Dennis Gannon, 1990.

Lawyer of Pittsfield and Jacksonville, Ill.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.