Gordon-Erskine-LeConte family letters, 1870-1917

Summary

Creator:

LeConte family

Date:

1870-1917

Extent:

2 folder(s) (.25 linear feet)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Gordon-Erskine-LeConte family letters, ms4090, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Two folders containing correspondence between the Gordon, Erskine, and LeConte families of Tennessee. Majority of the letters are between sisters Mary Gordon LeConte and Margaret Louisa Gordon Erskine. Margaret addresses Mary as "Mamie" and signs her letters as "your loving daughter," despite the fact that they are sisters. Other correspondence includes letters to George Washington Gordon, James Nisbet LeConte, Alexander O. Erskine, Bess Erskine, Albert Erskine, and Willie B. Gordon.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Families -- United States -- Correspondence.
Correspondence

Names:

Erskine, Margaret Louisa Gordon, 1844-1914
LeConte, Mary Gordon, 1836-1903
Gordon, George W.
LeConte, J. N.
Erskine, Alexander O., 1832-1913

Places:

Columbia (Tenn.)
Memphis (Tenn.)

Preferred citation:

Gordon-Erskine-LeConte family letters, ms4090, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.