Gordon family. Papers of the Gordon family, 1744-1905.
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Papers of the Gordon family, 1744-1905.
Include land grant, 1744, to Valentine White for 155 acres in Isle of Wight County, Va.; letters, 1813-1854, of Charles Cocke, regarding the Dupuy family, Huguenot settlement in Virginia, War of 1812 pension claims, opposition to Martin Van Buren, and the route of a railroad. Also include business papers, 1860-1884, of William Gordon, pertaining to tobacco and mercantile interests; pardon, 1865, of William Gordon for Confederate military service; and genealogies, 1857-1905, of the Cocke, Gordon, Knox, and Whitehead families. Also include power of attorney, 1855, for Bennett Taylor Gordon for the settlement of the estate of Charlotte M. Gordon; draft of an address, n.d., to the Friends of Temperance Society of Virginia; draft of an address, 1888, nominating Henry St. George Tucker as Democratic candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives; photographs, n.d., of Kenmure Castle (England), Bazil H. Gordon, and William F. Gordon; and warrant, 1900, Nelson County, Va., for the arrest of Austin Butler. Also include letterbook, 1807-1812, of Samuel Gordon, Fredericksburg, Va., regarding the tobacco market and other business matters, with accounts in back; and diaries, (9 v.), 1845-1892, of William Gordon, of the Huntly estate in Nelson County, Va., and the Esmont Farm in Albemarle County, Va., regarding the day-to-day duties of his farms, family and business matters, the tobacco market, slaves, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, including accounts.
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