Box MS0247.01
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Correspondence from Rebecca Gardner Dixey
Series — Box: MS0247.01, Folder: 03
Identifier: MS0247.01.03
Scope and Contents
1856 September 3 (Cairo) to Sister Sarah re: Richard loading for Boston
but ordered to go South instead – all disappointed, will probably touch
Mobile and New Orleans, boys Willie tired of sea, regrets not stopping in
Harve, Bethiak? taking care of stoves in Dixey house, Nat and Loirrie
Hooper, Paris (letter written on blue tissue paper) 1869 December 16 (Berlin) to Dear Sister re: William reporting the Dixey’s
arrival in Hamburg, now in Berlin, weather cold, Cowell is well...
Dates:
1783 to 1995; Majority of material found within 1802 to 1915
Correspondence from Sarah J. Girdler Belknap
Series — Box: MS0247.01, Folder: 04
Identifier: MS0247.01.04
Scope and Contents
1857 February 3 (At Sea) to dear Mother (four page letter stained paper)
Re: sailing to Mobile Bay, relates stories about children: Fannie and Willie,
Uncle Richard, Emma, Mamy Taddie, Hannah. 1857 May 24 (Off Elsinor) to dear Mother (four page blue tissue paper
letter) reports waiting for fair weather, left Mobile March 18th, describes the
scenery along the English Channel, Lizzie Stevens, Uncle Richard. 1857 December 8 (Bordeaux) to dear Mother (one sheet...
Dates:
1783 to 1995; Majority of material found within 1802 to 1915
Correspondence Winnifred Pierce and Robert Girdler
Series — Box: MS0247.01, Folder: 05
Identifier: MS0247.01.05
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The earliest date of the material is 1783 which is a sermon printed in Boston. The latest date is 1995 which is correspondence Mr. Girdler had with various persons including a third cousin, Mrs. Winnifred “Win” Pierce, Vernon L. Girdler and Mrs. George B. Girdler who were involved with the genealogical searches. There is original nineteenth and twentieth century correspondence, some photographs, books and printed articles but perhaps the greatest interests are the transcribed nineteenth...
Dates:
1783 to 1995; Majority of material found within 1802 to 1915
To or From Captain John Girdler – Three Letters
Series — Box: MS0247.01, Folder: 06
Identifier: MS0247.01.06
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The earliest date of the material is 1783 which is a sermon printed in Boston. The latest date is 1995 which is correspondence Mr. Girdler had with various persons including a third cousin, Mrs. Winnifred “Win” Pierce, Vernon L. Girdler and Mrs. George B. Girdler who were involved with the genealogical searches. There is original nineteenth and twentieth century correspondence, some photographs, books and printed articles but perhaps the greatest interests are the transcribed nineteenth...
Dates:
1783 to 1995; Majority of material found within 1802 to 1915