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Start Over Collection Allen Family Papers Date range 1862 Level Series

Series 1. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (1st), boxes S1/1-20 Box S1/Box 1, Box S1/Box 2, Box S1/Box 3, Box S1/Box 4, Box S1/Box 5, Box S1/Box 6, Box S1/Box 7, Box S1/Box 8, Box S1/Box 9, Box S1/Box 10, Box S1/Box 11, Box S1/Box 12, Box S1/Box 13, Box S1/Box 14, Box S1/Box 15, Box S1/Box 16, Box S1/Box 17, Box S1/Box 18, Box S1/Box 19, Box S1/Box 20

This series includes correspondence, legal papers, business advertising, financial records, and miscellaneous material. Additional correspondence involving Judge Allen can be found in Series 2.

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Series 2. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (2nd) -- Correspondence, Boxes S2/1-26 Box S2/Boxes 1-26, Folder 1-193

This series includes Judge Allen's correspondence dealing with business and politics, as well as some legal papers. For folder-level index, see the control folder. Letters are indexed through folder 48; from folder 49 on, business letters are not indexed and political letters are indexed.

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Series 7. Papers of Various Persons, Boxes S7/1-4 Box S7/Box 1, Box S7/Box 2, Box S7/Box 3, Box S7/Box 4

This series includes papers of various children and relatives of Judge Allen. Some papers may relate to the family of his first wife, Ann Caroline Gamble (married in 1840, died in 1845). Also included are papers of Dr. and Mrs. Sophie Weibly, whose diary can be found in the collection; and letters to Charity Johnson, a black "mammy" or domestic servant of the Allen family. This series also includes two addenda, which include papers of John A. Olson pertaining to genealogy of the Allen family and the allied Barr family, especially Ted Barr; papers of Judge Allen; and typescripts of some of the Allen family correspondence.

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