Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Wright Family Letters (Z/1166).
Creator/Collector: Name Name.
Date(s): 1837-1876; n.d..
Size: Size size cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Wright Family Letters (Z/1166), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Wright Family

Eliza Abert Wright's first husband, Dr. B. C. Barry, was an uncle of Shadie Sullivan (Buchanan) Gayarre, wife of historian Charles Gayarre. Eliza Wright later married Reverend David Wright, a missionary from Vermont to the Choctaws. Her sister was Louisa Abert Neilson, of "Belmont," Lowndes County.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Letters from Laura E. Wright to her parents, Reverend David Wright and Eliza Abert Wright of Columbus; J. W. Hamilton, Columbus, to Eliza Barry Wright, October 18, 1860(?); J. W. A. Wright to his mother, Eliza Wright; and several other family letters.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Letters.

Letters from Laura E. Wright to her parents, Reverend David Wright and Eliza Abert Wright of Columbus; J. W. Hamilton, Columbus, to Eliza Barry Wright, October 18, 1860(?); J. W. A. Wright to his mother, Eliza Wright; and several other family letters.

Box 1, Folders 1-2