RIAMCO

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Mrs. Mary Almy's account of the cannonading of the French Fleet in Newport (RLC.Ms.032)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
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Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Gift of Conrad C. Ellery, 1878 Aug 17.
Custodial history: Mary Almy gave this journal to her eldest daughter, Susannah, after her marriage to Captain Benjamin Lightbourn in 1797. Following Susannah Lightbourn's death in 1825, the journal was passed onto Katherine Ellery, Mary Almy's youngest daughter. Conrad C. Ellery, grandson of Mary Almy, received the journal from his mother, Katherine.
Processing information: Prior to processing in 2013, this collection was classified as m952/al68.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Phoebe Bean, 2013 and Elizabeth Delmage, 2015 Jul
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-08-28
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)