dc.description.abstract | Correspondence concerning mainly the Lyman R. Casey family, with mention of his wife and daughter Theodora who sent letters from overseas to Mary F. Mallick, George Palmer, Carrington & Casey Land Company manager, Carrington & Casey Land Company, and the Edward Chase family, especially son Russell and daughter Alice; mentions Mary's father, John P. Fitzgerald, and his death in an 1897 railroad accident following a blizzard, her mother, Margaret Mary and her death, being raised by an aunt, Elizabeth Owens (1837-1920), attending St. John's Academy, Jamestown, N.D. and visits by Bishop Shanley to the Academy. | en_US |