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Size | 23 items |
Abstract | The collection includes the diary of Catherine McAlpin Wray Pritchard of New Orleans, detailing a trip from New Orleans to England and Scotland in 1829, and correspondence and legal papers, 1887-1899, about a claim against the United States government for property damages suffered during the Civil War. The diary includes details of the voyage aboard the ships "Tally Ho" and "Jane", and descriptions of Liverpool and London, and of life with Pritchard's relatives and friends at Meole, England. A few entries were written by Catherine's husband, George Worthington Pritchard (d. 1860). The claim, pressed by Catherine and her daughters, Catherine Mary Pritchard Rogers, Cora Rosine Pritchard, and Georgine Pritchard Rainey, involved purported damages caused by Union troops during their occupation of the Pritchard's house in New Orleans, 1863-1865. |
Creator | Pritchard, Catherine McAlpin Wray, 1811-1888. |
Language | English |
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Catherine McAlpin Wray Pritchard (1811-1888) was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. She married George Worthington Pritchard (d. 1860) sometime before mid-1829. The Pritchards travelled to England, where George had relatives, and to Scotland from July to December 1829.
During the Civil War, Catherine remained in New Orleans. After the war, she filed a war claim, petitioning the U.S. Government for payment of damages caused by elements of the U.S. army during their occupation of her house from 1863 to 1865. Her daughters, Catherine Mary Pritchard Rogers (fl. 1842-1899), Cora Rosina Pritchard (fl.1899), and Georgine Pritchard Rainey (fl. 1845-1899), continued with the petition after Catherine's death.
Other persons mentioned in connection with the Pritchard war claim include John G. Dougherty, assistant attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice at New Orleans and Memphis; Frank McGloin, a New Orleans judge; and Alexander Porter Morse, a Washington, D.C., attorney.
Back to TopThis collection consists of Catherine McAlpin Wray Pritchard's diary account of a trip from New Orleans to England and Scotland in the summer and fall of 1829, which also includes occasional entries written by her husband, George Worthington Pritchard; and correspondence and legal papers relating to the war claim of Catherine and her daughters against the U.S. government, 1888-1899.
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