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Box 5

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Susan F. Gordon Papers, 1848 - 1858

 File — Box: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes letters to Susan from her girlfriends, Susan's poems and writings, largely fragments of her thoughts on religion, and her diary for the year 1858.

Dates: 1848 - 1858

Rebecca Biddle Chapman papers, undated

 File — Box: 5
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

Rebecca C. Blackford Papers, 1852 - 1869

 File — Box: 5
Scope and Contents

Largely her incoming correspondence from girlfriends and her sister Susan in the 1850s, letters (1866-1867) from her husband Eugene before their marriage, and letters (1860-1878) from her father John M. Gordon. Includes her will.

Dates: 1852 - 1869