1900 Storm Online Manuscript Exhibit

J. Focke Papers 

MSS #67-0006

 Accession#: 
67-0006
 Title: 
J. Focke Papers
 Author: 
Focke, Georges Anna Dorothea Marckmann Focke
 Format: 
Printed, copy; 8 p
 Description:  Mrs. John Focke's published account, "SEPTEMBER  EIGHTH 1900/An Account of that Day by A Mother to her Daughters Far Away."   Written for her daughters Elisabeth and Ellen.  Original is in German.  This is a copy of a previously published copy, with preface by Elisabeth Focke Robertson, 1956.  W. Maury Darst edited the account for publication in Southwestern Historical Quarterly 73 (July 1969), 56-82.
 Date: 
Sep 11, 14,1900 
Terms: 
Focke, Elisabeth; Focke, Ellen; Property Losses; Focke Residence; Avenue D -1228; Houses; Workmen; Looters

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