Letters to Dr. John Newton Gordon and family [manuscript], 1858-1885.

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Letters to Dr. John Newton Gordon and family [manuscript], 1858-1885.

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Letters to Gordon and other family members from brothers and sisters who emigrated to Kansas and Texas discuss farm life in Texas, financial hardships in Kansas, emigration routes, land prices, slaves, sharecropping, effect of Civil War, and family news. Of interest is a lengthy letter describing land, climate, crops and prices in Lockhart, Texas. Correspondents include William Rice Brown, Harriet Rice Bywater, David Harrison Gordon, Jehu Gordon, Mary Catherine "Cassie" Gordon, Nancy Warren Gordon, Thomas W. Gordon, Ellen Louisa Warren Nelson, Amelia Gaines Rice, Lizzie Rice, R. C. Steele, and Rebecca Braunaugh Spears Warren.

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Brown, William Edgar, 1866-

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Gordon, Jehu, fl. 1858-1867,

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Rice, Amelia Gaines, fl. 1858-1866,

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Warren, Ellen Louise, fl. 1883-1884,

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Warren, Rebecca Braunaugh Spears, fl. ca. 1862-1863,

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Bywater, Harriet Rice, fl. 1866,

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Gordon, David Harrison, fl. 1867,

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Gordon, Thomas W., fl. 1860-1861,

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Gordon, John Newton, d. 1882.

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Gordon, Mary Catherine, fl. 1859-1885,

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Steele, R. C., fl. 1860,

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Rice, Lizzie W. (Lizzie Wilson), 1865-1945

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Daughter of Dr. John Birchard and Sarah E. (Wilson) Rice; b. Elizabeth Wilson Rice; from 1881-1883 attended schools in Washington, D.C., and Boston while her father served as U.S. representative; except for these few years was a long-term resident of Fremont, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1871-1945 (bulk 1880-1945). (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70962480 From the description of Papers, 1871-1945 (bulk 1880-1945). (Rutherford B Hayes Pr...

Gordon, Nancy Warren, fl. 1861-1885,

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