Autograph letter in the third person : New York, to Mr. Moir, [no year] Nov. 21.

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...

Moir, Mr,

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Macdonald, George, 1862-1940

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McDonald enlisted in Company F, 6th Michigan Infantry in March 1864 in Charlotte (Eaton County, Mich.) at the age of 22. He was mustered in April 1864 and transferred to Company H in May 1864. He died of disease at Fort Gaines (Ala.) on June 10, 1865 and is buried in the National Cemetery at Mobile (Ala.), Grave No. 602. (For further information see the history of the 6th Michigan Infantry.) There is no information available on his sister and brother-in-law. From the description of C...