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Fanny Haralson Gordon letters
Collection
Identifier: 1968-0432M
Scope and Contents
The letters to her husband are dated May 15 and Oct. 16, 1864 the first written from Hanover Junction, Virginia. Because the General and Mrs. Gordon had agreed to burn all their letters after reading, they contain an unusually intimate portrait of their domestic relations. Fanny makes specific references to her husband's duties in the Civil War while in Virginia.
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections
John Brown Gordon Records
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0118M
Scope and Contents
Letterbooks (7) and account books (2) kept by John Brown Gordon documenting business and other transactions. The letterbooks (Gordon's outgoing letters to various business persons throughout the country) document much of the business of the International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida, including railroad building, obtaining lands, and funding. The account books which record Gordon's receipts and disbursements contain accounts for some of the same names indexed in the letterbooks....
Dates:
1883 - 1890; Majority of material found in 1883 - 1886
Found in:
Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections