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Allen Letters 

A Collection of Correspondence from 1854-1857

Submitted by Donna Bean,  great great granddaughter 

of Robert Brawley Allen

Letters back and forth between Robert Brawley Allen who lived in Harrisburg, PA, and his family in the Sugar Lake - Guy Mills area of Crawford County.  Robert was the grandson of Hugh Brawley.   Many of the letters contain news from home births, deaths, marriages, state of the crops, etc.  

 

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Letters from 1854

Letters from 1855

Letters from 1856

Letters from 1857

Notes on the senders of the letters


R.B. Allen - Robert Brawley Allen, son of Robert Allen and Sarah Brawley
C.M. Allen - Charles M. Allen, brother of Robert Brawley Allen
M.A. Allen - Mary Allen, sister of Robert Brawley Allen. Married Edward E. Wightman
H. B. Allen - Hugh Allen, brother of Robert Brawley Allen
James (in Australia) - James A. Allen, brother of Robert Brawley Allen.
B. F. Allen - B. Franklin Allen, brother of Robert Brawley Allen
Uncle John - John Roger Brawley
Josephine - Eliza Josephine Brawley, daughter of John Roger Brawley and Sara Haskins

 

   

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