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Arnold Family Papers, MSS009, Providence Public Library Special Collections.
The collection consists of the papers of the Arnold family, chiefly letters, but also circulars, invitations and other ephemera, dating from 1861 to 1904.
Letters of the Arnold family consist mainly of personal correspondence. In some cases a family member held an office and their professional correspondence is also included.
The collection is organized by family member (recipient or author) and is arranged chronologically. Correspondence between family members is located with the family member who is the author, with a reference to the letter in the recipient’s series.
In addition the papers arranged by family members, the collection also includes Series XI: Miscellaneous, a small series of papers that were with the collection but could not be attributed to a specific family member.
Frederick A. Arnold was part of multiple veterans’ associations, and Series I of his correspondence has been divided into two subseries, one for his general correspondence and the other for correspondence involving the veterans’ associations.