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Beckwith, Harriet M. (Harriet Murchison), 1855-1925

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Letter from W. Hall Harris to William Loeb

Letter from W. Hall Harris to William Loeb

Postmaster Harris provides William Loeb with information on Harriet M. Beckwith, the writer of a letter to President Roosevelt that Loeb had forwarded to him. Beckwith seems to have inherited property from her first husband, John D. Murchison. Her current husband, George M. Beckwith, is wealthy and claims he “went to school with Judge Taft.” The couple live near Baltimore but are not well known. It is rumored that Mrs. Beckwith is “peculiar.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-11

Letter from W. Hall Harris to William Loeb

Letter from W. Hall Harris to William Loeb

Baltimore Postmaster W. Hall Harris tells William Loeb that he has found out that Harriet M. Beckwith’s late husband, John D. Murchison, reportedly lived in Charleston, South Carolina. Beckwith may have had “considerable holdings of land” in the Adirondacks, and she may have sold some of this land to John D. Rockefeller.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-12