Orpha Amanda Eno Vail (1819-1894)

Donated by: Marion D. Griswold, June 3, 2003
Manuscript Number: MS 005

Series Arrangement:

Series 1: Correspondence

A collection of eight letters to Orpha Amanda Eno Vail, daughter of Jonathan Eno and Orpha Adams Eno. The letters are from the following Eno family members: Amos R. Eno, Lucy Jane Eno, Mary Eno Pinchot, and Antoinette Eno Wood. They were received between the years of 1844 to 1884. Orpha was married to Alfred Lewis Vail of Morristown, NJ. Alfred Vail was the co-inventor of the Morse Code. 

Language: English
The collection is open for research.
The collection is in good condition.

Simsbury Free Library’s Quarterly Newsletter Cross-Reference:
Mary Jane Springman, “Summertime 1875 for the Eno Family,” Simsbury Genealogical and Historical Research Library, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, (Spring 2003); p.5, (https://simsburyfreelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2003-Spring-Volume-10-Issue-1.pdf).

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Finding Aid/Web Notes: S. Neagoy, Finding Aid, Nov 23, 2024; A. Watson Maston, Load Date, Nov 23, 2024; A. Geitz, 2014, Print Inventory

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