Alexander Wilson collection 1845-1846 Wilson, Alexander collection

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Alexander Wilson collection 1845-1846 Wilson, Alexander collection

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The Alexander Wilson collection contains correspondence, trial testimony, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Wilson's attempts to abduct and shoot his sister Caroline in 1845 and 1846. The Wilsons' cousins, Nicholas C. Wilson and William Wilson, Jr., wrote many of the letters about Alexander's criminal activities and their attempts to protect Caroline.

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New York (State). Court of Sessions (City and County of New York)

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Wilson, Erwin N., -1888.

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Nicholas Wilson (1786-1825) and his wife, Eliza Erwin (1793-1884), lived in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, and had six children: Catherine (1813-1882), Lavinia (b. 1815), Joseph Erwin (1817-1885), Alexander (b. 1818), John (b. 1822) and Caroline E. (b. 1825). Nicholas Wilson's sister Margaret married William Wilson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; their children included William, Jr., Nicholas C., and Jane B. Caroline E. Wilson lived with the Philadelphia Wilsons from 1839-1...

Wilson, Alexander, 1818-

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