Louise Imogen Guiney Collection (Col. Patrick Guiney Letters)

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Jane Addams to Harriet Monroe, January 20, 1913

Addams asks Monroe to answer a letter from a poet, claiming that she doesn't feel comfortable doing so.

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Patrick Guiney was born in Ireland in 1835 and immigrated to the United States, settling in Maine. He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts for one year, and later studied law and opened a practice in Boston. In 1859, Guiney married Jeannette "Jennie" Margaret Doyle, with whom he had two children. When the Civil War began he left his practice and enlisted as a private with the 9th Massachusetts Volunteers, a regiment organized from Boston.

Source

Finding aid: http://crossworks.holycross.edu/patrick_guiney_letters/

Alternative Title

Louise Imogen Guiney Collection (Col. Patrick Guiney Letters)