Correspondence. 1842-1907.

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Correspondence. 1842-1907.

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Family matters; letters from Dartmouth College students; references to American political life in the 1850's; correspondence on railroad engineering and newspaper work, particularly Gordon's employment with the Charleston Mercury and Lewiston Sentinel; papers of Southern Gold Co., a mining operation; impressions of Henry Ward Beecher and Robert Barnwell Rhett; letter of his brother describing his impressions of Vermont in 1850's; Gordon's trip to the midwest in search of employment, 1854-1855; genealogical correspondence, 1880-1907, some as officer in the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

3 boxes (ca. 650 items) ; 27 x 31 x 13 cm. or smaller.

Dartmouth College Library

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876

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Charleston, S.C. plantation owner, politician, ardent secessionist, and author. Robert Barnwell Rhett (1828-1905) was his son. From the description of Rhett family papers, 1825-1938. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141642 U.S. Senator from South Carolina and leader in the secession movement. From the description of Papers, 1838-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115801 Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) w...

Gordon, George Augustus, 1827-1912

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George Augustus Gordon (1827-1912), Assistant Quartermaster General of Georgia during the Civil War, first as a Lt., then later (1865) as Captain, resident of New Hampshire. From the description of George Augustus Gordon family papers, 1676-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478086 ...

Southern Gold Company.

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Gordon (Family : Vermont)

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....