Box 2

Gordon's incoming correspondence from his wife Emily up to 1852. Letters (1850s) from his young daughters Susan F. and Rebecca C. Gordon describing their activities in Baltimore. The bulk of the letters between 1868-1877 are from Gordon's sister Susan F. Ryan (formerly Mrs. Alexander Gordon) who was living in Baltimore.

Gordon's incoming business correspondence (1833-1881) deals largely with the operation of the Union Bank in Baltimore and the purchase of land in Michigan. Includes letters from Gordon's father-in-law Dr. Nathaniel Chapman concerning the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia in 1840. Financial Papers (1833-1880s) include material on Gordon's land in Michigan, his estate, and receipts for numerous pamphlets he had printed 1870-1877.