Elizabeth Bordley Gibson Collection

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Elizabeth Bordley Gibson Collection

1794 -1851

https://archives.mountvernon.org/repositories/3/resources/55

This collection contains correspondence to or from Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, the lifelong friend of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis. The majority of the collection contains letters to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis. The correspondence focuses on the Gibson and Lewis families, political events, and the people of Philadelphia. The dates of the material in this collection ranges from 1794-1851, with the bulk of the material dating between 1820-1840. This collection was purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1952, from the estate of Roland S. Morris, of Philadelphia. The Morris family inherited these letters through their familial connection to the Shippen Family, who served as executors to the estate of Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.

1.25 linear feet

eng, Latn

George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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SNAC Resource ID: 11629620

George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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Gibson, James, 1769-1856

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Butler, Frances Parke Lewis, 1799-1875

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Frances Parke Lewis Butler was born on November 27, 1799 at Mount Vernon. She was the first child of Lawrence and Nelly Lewis. She spent time in Philadelphia during her youth, when she attended Madame Grelaud’s boarding academy in 1814. Frances married Lieutenant Edward George Washington Butler (1800-1888) in 1826. The couple moved to Dunboyne Plantation in Louisiana and had five children. Parke died on June 30, 1875....

Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852

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Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779-1852): Eleanor was born on March 31, 1779. She was the youngest granddaughter of Martha Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. After her father John Parke Custis’ death in 1781 and her mother, Eleanor Calvert Custis’ marriage to Dr. David Stuart, Eleanor and her brother George Washington Parke Custis began living with the Washingtons. In 1799, Eleanor married Washington’s nephew, Lawrence Lewis. Of their eight children, only one son and three...

Gibson, Elizabeth Bordley, 1777-1863

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Elizabeth Bordley Gibson was born October 21, 1777 to John Beale and Sarah Bordley in Annapolis, Maryland where her parents had retreated from their estate on Wye Island due to the approach of the British army. The Bordleys were family friends of the Washingtons. Elizabeth developed a close friendship with Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis Lewis, during Eleanor’s time in Philadelphia during George Washington’s presidency. Elizabeth married James Gibson in 1817. The couple had no children. She died on...