Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Series
Title
Federico Fernández Cavada Papers
Date(s)
- n.d., 1846-1976 (bulk dates 1869-1871) (Creation)
Extent
16 folders (Box 1)
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Series I contains letters to and from Federico Fernández Cavada. His primary correspondents are his mother, Emily Dutton, his wife, Carmela Merino, and his brother Emilio, code named “Netts.” Two war documents are also in this series, including a “Brief Sketch of Operations of the Cienfuegos Division of the Liberating Army of Cuba.” A photographic print of an oil portrait of Federico can be found in this series, as well as photocopies of his letters held by the Cuban Archives and the National Archives of the United States.