Papers, 1835-1977, concerning the Gordon and related families of Baltimore, Md.

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Papers, 1835-1977, concerning the Gordon and related families of Baltimore, Md.

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Chiefly copies of diaries and correspondence of D.H. Gordon's ancestors. Include typed transcriptions of the diary, 1835-1842 and 1866-1868, of John Montgomery Gordon of Baltimore, Md. [original located at the Maryland Historical Society], and of Anne Eliza (Pleasants) Gordon while on her honeymoon in Europe, 1857; correspondence between John Hampden Pleasants and Caroline Matilda (Garland) Garland, 1844-1846, and correspondence concerning the duel between Pleasants and Thomas Ritchie; and correspondence and accounts, 1913-1918, of Douglas Huntly Gordon, Sr. (1866-1918), and correspondence, check registers and accounts, 1897-1923, of Elizabeth Iris Southall (Clarke) Gordon Biddle Gordon. Also include scattered correspondence, 1917-1921, of Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr., including letters from J. Gordon Dorrance while serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France and Germany during and after World War I; and miscellany.

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Dorrance, John Gordon, b. 1890.

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Gordon, Anne Eliza Pleasants, 1836-1901.

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Gordon family.

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Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon Biddle

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Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1866-1918.

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Garland, Caroline Matilda Garland, 1807-1902.

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Pleasants, John Hampden, 1797-1846

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Founded the Richmond Whig newspaper; killed in a duel on 27 February 1846 with Isaac Vaughan. From the description of Letter to Daniel Webster, and engraving [manuscript], 1829 May 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647989928 Note: The superscript numbers denote generations within each family. Brown Family Henry Brown 1 (1716-1766) was born in Bedford County, Virginia. He married Alice Beard and had eleven children including; Capt. Hen...

Gordon, John M. (John Montgomery), 1810-

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...

Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1902-1986,

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Douglas Huntly Gordon (1902-1986) was the son of Douglas Huntly Gordon (1866-1918), banker, of Baltimore, Md., and Elizabeth Iris Southall (Clarke) Gordon (1871-1958). Following her husband's death, Mrs. Gordon married first, in 1923, J. Wilmer Biddle of Philadelphia, Pa., and following Mr. Biddle's death in 1927, she married Alexander Gordon, a first cousin of her first husband. This last marriage ended in divorce in 1935. Douglas Huntly Gordon Sr. was the son of Douglas Hamilton Gordon (1817-1...