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Phillip and Francis (Fanny) M. Wilson lived with their four children in Carbondale, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Their oldest son, Robert Bruce, born in 1830, traveled the country as a gymnast in the Robinson Circus to finance medical school and eventually became a doctor in New York City. Henry,...
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| Collection: | Wilson Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 3090 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 520 | |a Phillip and Francis (Fanny) M. Wilson lived with their four children in Carbondale, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Their oldest son, Robert Bruce, born in 1830, traveled the country as a gymnast in the Robinson Circus to finance medical school and eventually became a doctor in New York City. Henry, born five years later, was an attorney for several years before becoming a political journalist and publishing The Honesdale Citizen. Their third son, Jerome, lived in Edmeston, Ostego, New York for several years until leaving to find odd jobs around the country to pay off debt accrued throughout the years. Phillip and Fanny’s only daughter, Theresa, born in 1836, remained in Carbondale following her marriage to Major Lewis Berkley. The collection contains correspondence between members of the Wilson family from 1852 to 1933. The majority of the letters detail the personal and professional lives of Phillip and Fanny M. Wilson’s four children and their spouses. Though this collection is small, it provides an intimate look into the domestic life of a nineteenth century family, covering topics ranging from spousal abandonment and financial distress to the upbringing of grandchildren. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Purchase; 2005 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Wilson Family Papers |l 3090 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid3090wilsonfamily.pdf |