Gaston Family Papers

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Gaston Family Papers

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The Gaston family resided in Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey. Among the members of the family were Hugh M. Gaston, his spouse Frances Gaston (nee Mallet-Prevost), their daughter Evelyn (who married Augustus VanderVeer), and the latter couple’s daughter Elizabeth Kirkpatrick VanderVeer. The papers primarily consist of letters, 1837-1847, exchanged between Hugh M. Gaston and his brothers; letters, 1848-1946 with gaps, received by Frances Gaston and three of her children from other family members; copies of letters, 1894 and 1901, written by Frances Gaston during European tours; letters received by Evelyn Gaston VanderVeer from her sister Mary (while at Vassar College, 1874-1875), from her husband (during their engagement, 1881-1882), and from her daughter Elizabeth (while a Y.M.C.A. volunteer in France, 1918-1919); and letters, 1902-1906, exchanged by Evelyn Gaston VanderVeer and her daughter Elizabeth while the latter was a student at Vassar. The collection also includes letters, 1808-1809, sent by Jane Dennis of New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Margaret Blackwell, a friend or relative, and a brief diary, 1897, of a teenaged Mary Oakley Bartine, a Somerville resident.

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