Box 4
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Letter from John Gordon's grandfather to John [UNK] father giving advice to a young man going abroad., 1783
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
John M. Gordon's papers (1826-1884) cover his days (1826-1832) as a student at Yale College including the student boycott of 1828, his tenure as president of the Union Bank in Baltimore, and his land speculation in Michigan in the 1830s. His family letters are largely from his mother Susan F. Gordon (Mrs. Samuel Gordon) of Kenmore, Virginia and his sister Susan F. Gordon 1806-1878 (Mrs. Alexander Gordon) of Kenmore and Baltimore. His business correspondence is not as extensive and deals with...
Dates:
1783
Letter to a Mrs. Knox from her minister chastising her for attending a barbecue and for not accepting the doctrine of regeneration., 1810
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
John M. Gordon's papers (1826-1884) cover his days (1826-1832) as a student at Yale College including the student boycott of 1828, his tenure as president of the Union Bank in Baltimore, and his land speculation in Michigan in the 1830s. His family letters are largely from his mother Susan F. Gordon (Mrs. Samuel Gordon) of Kenmore, Virginia and his sister Susan F. Gordon 1806-1878 (Mrs. Alexander Gordon) of Kenmore and Baltimore. His business correspondence is not as extensive and deals with...
Dates:
1810
Letter to Susan F. Gordon from the owner of one of her former slaves. Encloses a letter from that former slave to his wife who was still owned by the Gordon's., undated
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
John M. Gordon's papers (1826-1884) cover his days (1826-1832) as a student at Yale College including the student boycott of 1828, his tenure as president of the Union Bank in Baltimore, and his land speculation in Michigan in the 1830s. His family letters are largely from his mother Susan F. Gordon (Mrs. Samuel Gordon) of Kenmore, Virginia and his sister Susan F. Gordon 1806-1878 (Mrs. Alexander Gordon) of Kenmore and Baltimore. His business correspondence is not as extensive and deals with...
Dates:
undated
Extracts from Lewis Horrill's letters during an expedition to salvage the wreck San Pedro a Spanish vessel sunk off Coche Island, circa 1845
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
The extracts describe in detail the salvage operation including the use of a [UNK] bell.
Dates:
circa 1845
Fitzhugh family land book, undated
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
Contains plats of lands in Virginia and legal documents Gordon family miscellany including photographs, printed material and newspaper clippings, and genealogical material.
Dates:
undated
Emily C. Gordon Correspondence, 1834 - 1852
File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
Largely letters from her mother Rebecca B. Chapman about the family in Philadelphia.
Dates:
1834 - 1852