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Burr Family Papers
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The Burr family was a prominent family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anna Robeson Burr was a writer and biographer.
The collection consists of selected correspondence, passports, and calling cards of the Burr family of Philadelphia. The collection contains letters by Anna Robeson Burr in England (1916-1918) to her mother, Mrs. Thomas Leaming, including observations on World War I; letters by Edward Holton James, Katharine P. Loring, and Ralph Barton Perry about Burr's book Alice James, Her Brothers--Her Journals (1934); letters by Harrison Smith Morris, Simon Flexner, and Agnes Repplier regarding her book Weir Mitchell, His LIfe and Letters (1930); letters to her daughter Pamela Burr; correspondence of her husband, Charles H. Burr, including letters to him by Lord Southborough; and letters by her daughters, Pamela and Dorothy Burr. In addition, there is an extract of a letter (1773) by Frederica Planta regarding George III's children.
Series: I. Anna Robeson Burr, 1873-1941, II. Charles H. Burr, d. 1925, III. Dorothy Burr, IV. Pamela Burr, V. Documents, VI. Memorabilia, VII. Miscellaneous Material, VIII. Papers of Others.
Gift of Pamela Burr.
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Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '13 in 2011.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Burr family
- Burr, Charles H. (1925)
- George, King of Great Britain, III (1738-1820)
- James, Alice (1848-1892)
- Leaming, Josephine Lea Baker Brown
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir) (1829-1914)
- Southborough, Francis John Stephens Hopwood, Baron (1860-1947)
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- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Alicia Corona
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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Includes copy of letter by Katharine Peabody Loring to Mrs. Porter - Margaret Mary James, daughter of William James.
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Extract of letter by Frederica Planta re George III's children.
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