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James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes
James Poyntz Nelson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library
Papers, 1866-1926, of James Poyntz Nelson. Includes letters, poems and articles as well as genealogical notes concerning the Nelson family and photographs including a photograph of Edward S. Joynes.
Acquired from L. H. Viereckt, 1937