UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Malvina French Harlan, 1839-1916

Nationality: American
Date of Birth: 1839.03.27
Place of Birth: Evandville, Indiana
Date of Death: 1916
Place of Death:

Identity:

Malvina French Harlan, née Shanklin, married John M. Harlan, a lawyer and politician in 1856.

Life:

In 1915 she wrote a memoir, Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911. She is referred to in JW's correspondence about 1895.

Bibliography:

Harlan, M. F., 'Supreme Court Justice's life… through the eyes of his wife,' Centre College, Danville, KY, at http://www.centre.edu (accessed September 2004); Shanklin Harlan, M., Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911, L. Przybyszewski (ed.), New York, 2002.