Inventory of the Gordon Family Papers, 1810-1968
Collection Number 2235
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
- Processed by
- Roslyn Holdzkom
- Date Processed
- 1993
- Encoded by
- Matthew Turi
- Date Encoded
- November 2003
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Gordon family.
- Title
- Gordon Family Papers, 1810-1968
- Call Number
- 2235
- Extent
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- About 5,800 items (98.5 linear feet)
- Abstract
- The Gordon family of Savannah, Ga., included W. W. Gordon (William Washington) (1834-1912), lawyer, Confederate Army officer, cotton merchant, state legislator, and brigadier general during the Spanish-American War of 1898; his wife, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie Gordon (Nelly) (1835-1917); her mother, Juliette Magill Kinzie (Mrs. John) of Chicago, author; and the children of W. W. and Nelly, especially G. Arthur Gordon (Arthur) (1872-1941), cotton merchant and civic leader of Savannah; Juliette Gordon Low (Daisy) (1860-1927), founder of the Girl Scouts; and Mabel Gordon Leigh, who lived in England and was honored for her relief work during World War I. The collection includes correspondence, account books, and other materials, 1810-1941, documenting more than a century of personal, business, political, military, and civic activity of the Gordon family. Many items relate to W. W. Gordon's family life, Confederate Army service, cotton trade and activities with various cotton regulatory agencies, and military and diplomatic service during the Spanish American War. Besides extensive and detailed business correspondence relating to the buying and selling of South Carolina cotton, there is a large run of account books documenting transactions of W. W. Gordon & Company and its predecessor cotton factor and commission merchant firms. Family materials include much correspondence between Nelly Gordon and her mother in Chicago. During the Civil War, these letters show the anxiety and fear engendered in family members separated because of the struggle. Also included are several letters documenting the great Chicago fire of 1871 and its aftermath. There are also letters relating to the death of daughter Alice while she and Nelly were alone in New York, and others relating to Nelly's difficult relationship with Daisy, who struggled with deafness as a child. Papers relating to G. Arthur Gordon reflect his cotton merchant activities; interests in local and national politics, including correspondence with brother-in-law, Richard Wayne Parker, lawyer and long-time New Jersey congressman; Gordon's involvement in civic clubs and in the Georgia State Troops; and his position as chief confidant of his parents and sisters in family struggles. While there are some Juliette Gordon Low papers relating to the Girl Scouts, among them correspondence with Robert Baden-Powell, most items relating to Daisy document her life in England, her unhappy marriage to William Mackay Low (Willie), and the economic consequences of his death as the couple tottered on the brink of a divorce spurred by Willie's infidelity. Mabel Gordon Leigh's papers relate chiefly to family affairs and to her World War I relief activities. The letters written by Margaret Gordon Seiler (Peggy), daughter of George Arthur Gordon, and her husband, the Reverend Robert S. Seiler, relate to their five-year posting to Manila, Philippines, with Church World Service, 1963-1968.
Administrative Information
- Provenance
- Received from G. Arthur Gordon of Savannah, Ga., in 1940; business volumes received from the Baker Library, Harvard Business School, in 1975; received from Margaret Gordon Seiler of Richmond, Va., in February 2003 (Acc. 99429) and October 2003 (Acc. 99648).
- Processing Information
- This collection was processed with support, in part, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Gordon Family Papers #2235, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Account books.
- Americans--Philippines--Social life and customs.
- Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, baron, 1857-1941.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Church World Service.
- Commission merchants--Georgia--History.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Cotton trade--Georgia--History.
- Cotton trade--United States--History.
- Deafness in children--History.
- Divorce--History--20th century.
- Family--Georgia--Social life and customs.
- Fires--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Georgia. Militia--History.
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--History.
- Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, 1835-1917.
- Gordon family.
- Gordon, G. Arthur (George Arthur), 1872-1941.
- Gordon, W. W. (William Washington), 1834-1912.
- Kinzie, John H., Mrs., 1906-1870.
- Leigh, Mabel Gordon.
- Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927.
- Manila (Philippines)--Social life and customs.
- Mothers and daughters--History.
- Parker, Richard Wayne, 1848-1923.
- Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
- Sectionalism (United States).
- Seiler, Margaret Gordon.
- Seiler, Robert S.
- Spanish-American War, 1898.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- Women--England--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Women--United States--Social life and customs.
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain.
- W.W. Gordon & Company.
Biographical Note
Ambrose Gordon (1751-1804) came to Georgia from Monmouth County, N.J., sometime after the Revolutionary War and settled in Augusta. There he married Elizabeth Mead(e). The couple later moved to Savannah. Their son, William Washington (William W.) (1796-1842), was named for Lt. Colonel William Washington, under whom Ambrose served during the war. William W. married Sarah Anderson Stites (1806-1882), daughter of Richard Montgomery and Mary Wayne Stites. William W. was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy from Georgia (1815), a member of the Georgia legislature, mayor of Savannah, and founder and first president of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company (now the Central of Georgia Railroad Company). The children of William W. and Mary were George Anderson (George A.) (1830-1872); William Washington (W. W.) (1834-1912); Eliza Clifford, who married William Henry Stiles; and Gulielma C., who married George Evelyn Harrison of Virginia. George A., a lawyer of Huntsville, Ala., first married Caroline Steenbergen, with whom he had one son. After Caroline's death, he married Ellen Beirne. Beirne Gordon, the son of this marriage, became Uncle W. W.'s partner in business.
W. W. Gordon, a graduate of Yale University, was a cotton factor and commission merchant in Savannah. In the 1850s, he was associated with William Hayes Tison, who established Reed & Tison in Savannah with Elias Reed around 1853. When Reed died, Tison and William Mackay formed Tison & Mackay. This partnership was dissolved in July 1856, and W. W. became a partner with Tison in Tison & Gordon. Tison died in November 1877. In 1883, W. W. established his own firm, W. W. Gordon & Company, with Francis D. Bloodworth and Beirne Gordon as partners. Bloodworth resigned in September 1893. W. W.'s son Arthur joined the firm in that year and became a partner in the early 1900s. W. W. died in 1912, and the firm was reincorporated as Gordon & Company in June 1913. In January 1914, Beirne withdrew, and Arthur took over full ownership. From 1930 to 1934, the firm operated as the Gordon Cotton Company.
W. W. was a member of the Georgia Hussars, a Savannah cavalry troop, and entered the Civil War as a lieutenant. After the war, he served with the Georgia State Cavalry. W. W. served in the Georgia House of Representatives, 1884-1890. He entered the War of 1898 as brigadier general of the United States Volunteers. At the conclusion of the war, he served on the Commission of the United States for Porto Rico, which oversaw the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the island. Although he never again ran for office, he maintained an interest in Georgia Democratic Party politics throughout his life.
In 1857, W. W. married Eleanor (Nelly) Lytle Kinzie (1835-1917) of Chicago, daughter of John Harris and Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie. Juliette (1806-1870) was the author of The Chicago Massacre, first published in 1844 and later incorporated into her Wau-Bun (1856), which Nelly edited and published again in 1901 and 1912. Nelly also edited The Chicago Massacre for republication in 1912 as The Fort Dearborn Massacre. Nelly wrote Rosemary and Rue (1907) in memory of her daughter Alice and John Kinzie, the "Father of Chicago" (1910).
W. W. and Nelly's children were Eleanor (Nell) Kinzie (1858-1933); Juliette (Daisy) Magill Kinzie (1860-1927); Sarah Alice (Alice) (1863-1880); William Washington, Jr. (1866-1932); Mabel McLane; and George Arthur (Arthur) (1872-1941).
Eleanor (Nell) Kinzie Gordon (1858-1933), married Richard Wayne Parker, son of Cortlandt Parker, and lived in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., where her husband served in the United States Congress as Republican representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911, 1914-1919, and 1921-1923. Their children were Alice Gordon, Eleanor Wayne, Elizabeth Wolcott, Wayne, and Cortlandt.
Juliette (Daisy) Magill Kinzie Gordon (1860-1927), founder in 1912 of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, was a poet and painter who married William (Willie) Mackay Low of England. The marriage was extremely unhappy and ended, after much financial maneuvering and emotional distress over Willie's extramarital affairs, with Willie's death in 1905. Daisy was apparently charming and witty, but headstrong and irascible, especially when dealing with her mother. She lost the hearing in her left ear around 1885 and heard only poorly with the right ear in later years.
Sarah Alice (Alice) Gordon (1863-1880) died at a young age while she and Nelly were alone in New York. Alice's death apparently marked her mother's mental condition for many years, causing difficulties in her interactions with her other children, especially Daisy. William Washington Gordon, Jr. (1866-1932) was a lawyer of Savannah, graduate of Yale, and major in the Georgia militia. He married Ellen Buchanan Screven. Their children were William Washington ("B") and Margaret Eleanor (Daisy Doots), who married Samuel C. Lawrence. Mabel McLane Gordon married the Honorable Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh and lived in England with their children Rowland Henry Gordon and Margaret Ethel. Mabel was honored for her relief activities during World War I. She was the chief source of information for the rest of the family, especially Arthur, during Daisy's stormy marriage.
George Arthur (Arthur) Gordon, cotton merchant and civic leader of Savannah, married Margaret McGuire of Richmond, Va. Their children were Mary Stuart (1907- ), George Arthur, Jr. (1912- ), Edward McGuire (b. 1916), and Margaret Eleanor (1923- ). George Arthur, Jr., was a writer, and Edward died of an illness aboard ship during World War II. Arthur, a Yale graduate, was associated with his father in the cotton business. He was also active in the warehousing business, serving as president of the Savannah Warehouse and Compress Company, 1924-1941. In addition, Arthur served as captain in the Georgia State Troops; city alderman, specializing in monitoring police activities, 1907-1911; member of the Savannah Board of Education, 1920-1923; and trustee of the Chatham Academy. He belonged to many civic and social clubs and was a strong Savannah booster. He also was interested in Democratic Party politics at the national, state, and local levels. Arthur was Daisy's chief confidant during her struggles, and he and Mabel carried on a long and detailed correspondence throughout their lives.
Margaret (Peggy) Eleanor Gordon, daughter of George Arthur Gordon and Margaret McGuire, married the Reverend Robert S. Seiler. Between 1963 and 1968, they, along with their three children, lived in Manila, Philippines, while Robert Seiler worked for Church World Service.
(Based on note in the inventory to the Gordon Family Papers, Georgia Historical Society, and other sources.)
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The collection includes correspondence, account books, and other materials, 1810-1941, documenting more than a century of personal, business, political, military, and civic activity of the Gordon family of Savannah, Ga. Many items relate to W. W. Gordon's family life, Confederate Army service, cotton trade and activities with various cotton regulatory agencies, and military and diplomatic service during the Spanish American War. Besides extensive and detailed business correspondence relating to the buying and selling of South Carolina cotton, there is a large run of account books documenting transactions of W. W. Gordon & Company and its predecessor cotton factor and commission merchant firms. Family materials include much correspondence between Eleanor Lytle Kinzie Gordon (Nelly) and her mother in Chicago, Ill. During the Civil War, these letters show the anxiety and fear engendered in family members separated because of the struggle. Also included are several letters documenting the great Chicago fire of 1871 and its aftermath. There are also letters relating to the death of daughter Alice while she and Nelly were alone in New York, and others relating to Nelly's difficult relationship with Juliette Gordon Low (Daisy), who struggled with deafness as a child. Papers relating to G. Arthur Gordon reflect his cotton merchant activities; interests in local and national politics, including correspondence with brother-in-law, Richard Wayne Parker, lawyer and long-time New Jersey congressman; Gordon's involvement in civic clubs and in the Georgia State Troops; and his position as chief confidant of his parents and sisters in family struggles. While there are some Juliette Gordon Low papers relating to the Girl Scouts, among them correspondence with Robert Baden-Powell, most items relating to Daisy document her life in England, her unhappy marriage to William Mackay Low (Willie), and the economic consequences of his death as the couple tottered on the brink of a divorce spurred by Willie's infidelity. Mabel Gordon Leigh's papers relate chiefly to family affairs and to her World War I relief activities. The letters written by Margaret Gordon Seiler (Peggy), daughter of George Arthur Gordon, and her husband, the Reverend Robert S. Seiler, relate to their five-year posting to Manila, Philippines, with Church World Service, 1963-1968.
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1. Correspondence and Related Materials
1.1. 1810-1860
1.2. 1861-May 1865
1.3. June 1865-1877
1.4. 1878-1884
1.5. 1885-1899
1.6. 1900-1912
1.7. 1913-1929
1.8. Undated
2. Other Materials
3. W. W. Gordon Engagement Calendars
4. Farm Memoranda Books
5. Scrapbooks
6. W. W. Gordon & Comapny and Other Business Volumes
Additions
Addition of February 2003
1. Correspondence and Related Materials
1.9. 1935-1941
Addition of October 2003
1. Correspondence and Related Materials
1.10. 1963-1968
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Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1810-1929.
About 7,200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Note that volumes interfiled in this series were once part of a personal volumes series. Note that, unless they are part of a run of related volumes, these volumes are filed by earliest date. There are a few instances of lettercopy or other volumes slightly overlapping subseries date spans. Note that volume numbers from the old personal volumes series have not been retained for interfiled volumes, but that the old volume number may be found in parentheses in the folder list.
See addition of February 2003 for diaries, 1935-1941, of G. Arthur Gordon and addition of October 2003 for letters from Manila, Philippines, 1963-1968, of his daughter, Margaret (Peggy) Gordon Seiler and her husband, Robert S. Seiler.
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1.1. 1810-1860.
About 350 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
The earliest items relate to William W. Gordon of Augusta, Ga., and include his 4 March 1815 commission to West Point, signed by President James Madison and Secretary of War James Monroe (OP-2235/1). Also included are a few Gordon family legal and financial documents, including slave bills of sale in the late 1820s and 1830s.
Early materials relating to W. W. Gordon include a document, 10 November 1827, appointing him captain in the Georgia Hussars. A typed copy of an article from The Georgian, 15 November 1835, on the passage of the Central Railroad Bill documents W. W.'s early railroad interests.
In the early 1850s, there are many letters to W. W. at Yale from his sister Eliza at school in New York, from his parents in New Jersey, and from his brother George in Savannah, including some about an outbreak of yellow fever in 1854. Letters show that by 1855 W. W. was back in Savannah, working for Tison & Mackay, cotton factors, which became Tison & Gordon upon Mackay's retirement in 1856. Many letters to and from W. W. document business transactions and mid-19th century office procedures.
In 1854, there are courtship letters between W. W. and Eleanor Kinzie (Nelly) of Chicago, who appears to have been Eliza's schoolmate in New York. Many of these letters, especially one dated 30 April 1856, relate to W. W.'s financial prospects. By 21 December 1857, W. W. and Nelly were married and established in Savannah. Beginning in 1858, the Gordons commenced on a pattern of travels continued through most of their lives. These travels had, of course, great impact on letter writing. When W. W. traveled on business, chiefly to New York or England, he wrote frequently to Nelly, chiefly about family matters, but also about business dealings. When Nelly traveled, chiefly on summer visits to relatives in Chicago and New Jersey or to see and be seen in New York and at various resorts in the United States and abroad, she wrote extensively to W. W., also mostly about family matters. When Nelly was in Savannah, she received many letters from her mother, Juliette A. Kinzie, and a few from John Kinzie, her father, and her brother Arthur in Chicago.
Interfiled are five small volumes, chiefly relating to W. W. Gordon's personal finances.
1810-1825
Folder
2
1826-1829
Folder
3
1830-1847
Folder
4
1853-1854
Folder
5-6a
1855
Folder
6b-6c
1855-1870, W.W. Gordon's journal (1) and ledger (2) of personal expeditions
Folder
7-8
1856
Folder
9-10
1857
Folder
11-12a
1858
Folder
12b
1858, W. W. Gordon's chemistry notebook from Yale University (3)
Folder
12c
1858, W. W. Gordon's personal expenditure receipt book (4)
Folder
13-14
1859
Folder
15-16a
1860
Folder
16b
1860-1872, W. W. Gordon's estate book (5)
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1.2. 1861-May 1865.
About 150 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Early in 1861, there are still general family letters from Mother to Nelly, many of which discuss Nelly's interest in painting and art in general. Around March, however, there are letters about preparations for war, and a few from northern relatives to Nelly refer to "your country and ours." Letters from Arthur Kinzie to his sister are typically decorated with American flags. Around April, Juliette Kinzie began to express her worries about Nelly's safety and about how long they might be able to communicate through the mails, but, while there were delays and difficulties, documented in several 1863 letters, a steady stream of correspondence seems to have flowed between Chicago and Savannah. Often these letters include interesting and sometimes awkward comments on the progress of the war from Juliette Kinzie, whose husband and son were fighting for the Union and whose daughter was married to Georgia Hussar and living in Savannah. On 21 July 1862, Juliette Kinzie wrote to Nelly, "Give our love to Wm. when you write him--and kind remembrances to all who care for a kind message from 'a Yankee'."
The first letter from W. W. with the Confederate Army in the field is dated 25 June 1861. W. W. wrote frequently to Nelly and to his Savannah business partners from various locations, chiefly in Virginia. The letters to Nelly are particularly detailed about camp life and the conduct of the war. There is also a brief diary that W. W. kept, December 1864-May 1865. He also wrote and received letters from his brother George, and there are a few letters from his mother in New Jersey. It is likely that W. W. was back in Savannah by May 1865.
1861
Folder
19-20
1862
Folder
21
1863
Folder
22
1864
Folder
23a
December 1864-May 1865, W. W. Gordon's diary (7)
Folder
23b
January-May 1865
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1.3. June 1865-1877.
About 750 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
In June 1865, W. W. Gordon was back in the full swing of business in Savannah, and Nelly was back into her summer traveling routine. John Kinzie died in June 1865, and there is much correspondence between Nelly and her mother and between Nelly and W. W. when she was in Chicago. These relate especially to the settlement of John Kinzie's estate and to disputes revolving around Kinzie family land holdings in Virginia. In the late 1860s, there is also mention of a suit, not settled until 1878, involving John Kinzie's disbursement of funds as paymaster during the Civil War. Around September 1870, Juliette Kinzie, vacationing with Nelly in Amagasett, N.Y., died under bizarre circumstances when she was given morphine instead of quinine by a local doctor. After Juliette Kinzie's death, news from Chicago came from Nelly's brother, George H. Kinzie, who sent a telegram on 11 October 1871 stating: "All saved, lost everything, not a penny, city in ashes." For the next several months, there are many extremely detailed letters from George about the great Chicago fire and how his family and others were coping in its aftermath.
Gordon family materials include much correspondence between W. W. and his brother George, a lawyer in the Beirne & Gordon partnership in Huntsville, Ala., and letters from Gordon family members in New Jersey. George, left a widower in 1869, died in 1872, but correspondence continues between W. W. and nephew George S. Gordon, also a lawyer in Huntsville. Beginning in the early 1870s, W. W. and Nelly's children, particularly Eleanor (Nell or Nellie) and Alice, began writing to their parents from various schools. The first letter from Juliette Magill Gordon (Daisy) is dated 22 October 1871. On 5 May 1875, Daisy wrote to W. W., "Please tell Mama that I don't want my name put in the [school] catalogue 'Juliette Magill' because if I get a medal I will have to put my name on it in the same way, and I think 'Daisy' would look so much better, don't you?"
Many items in this time period deal with Sea Island cotton sales in the United States and in England. On 12 November 1872, W. W. received notification that he had been elected a director of the Savannah Cotton Exchange; he was apparently president of the Exchange in 1876. In December 1877, the Tison & Gordon partnership ended with the death of William H. Tison. There is also much about W. W.'s activities with the Georgia Hussars and a small number of items relating to his interests in the Central Railroad of Georgia and New York and the Savannah Steamship Lines.
There are also many invitations to W. W. for club memberships, and several letters detailing social life in Savannah. In August 1876, there is a typed essay on incidents of yellow fever in Savannah that Nelly may have written.
June-December 1865
Folder
25-26
1866
Folder
27-28
1867
Folder
29
1868
Folder
30-31
1869
Folder
32-36
1870
Folder
37-41a
1871
Folder
41b
1871-1872, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy book (8)
Folder
42-44
1872
Folder
45-48
1873
Folder
49-51
1874
Folder
52-54
1875
Folder
55-57
1876
Folder
58-60
1877
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1.4. 1878-1884.
About 750 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Many items in this subseries relate to business, whether among family members, who allowed W. W. to handle their funds, or to the Sea Island cotton trade, in which W. W., whose firm was now called W. W. Gordon & Company, was extremely active. Continuing his service to the Savannah Cotton Exchange, W. W. represented Savannah to the National Cotton Exchange Convention in July 1879. Letters show much wheeling and dealing on the W. W.'s part, not only with cotton and cotton seed sales in this country and in England, but also in railroads, fertilizers, and other business ventures. Many business items are in code, but most of them have their decoded messages penciled in. There are also many printed cotton current price quotations from various markets. On 17 September 1882, W. W. wrote to Nelly, warning her explaining the family's financial state, which was good, but, according to him, did not leave much room for frivolous expenditure. Also in 1882, there are a few business dealings with Andrew Low of England, Daisy's future father-in-law.
Letters from George S. Gordon, now a partner in Humes & Gordon, lawyers of Huntsville, Ala., continue, many of them relating to business investments W. W. handled for his nephew. Beginning around 1878, there are letters home from William W. Gordon III at school, and, beginning around 1884, from Mabel Gordon, also at school. Also by 1884, daughter Nell had married Richard Wayne Parker (Wayne), a lawyer of Newark, N.J.
In late 1880, while on the annual trek to New York City, daughter Alice fell ill with scarlet fever. By mid-December, Nelly had sent Daisy and Mabel home and remained alone with her sick child. On 28 December, she wrote to W. W., "If anything worse comes and I have to give Alice up, I think it will kill me." On 31 December, there is a letter of condolence on Alice's death, and event that seems to have sent Nelly into an emotional decline referred to in many family letters over the next several years.
1878
Folder
65-68
1879
Folder
69-71
1880
Folder
72-75a
1881
Folder
75b
1881-1883, Current cotton price quotations (9)
Folder
76-85
1882
Folder
86-89
1883
Folder
90-99
1884
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1.5. 1885-1899.
About 1,400 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
While many items still relate to cotton during this period, a great many focus on family affairs, especially those of Daisy. In a letter of 8 January 1885, Nelly, often in a disparaging tone, discussed Daisy's relationships with members of the Low family in England. On 12 January, evidence of Nelly's difficulties with Daisy surfaced in a letter to W. W., which also refers to Daisy's connections with the Lows: "I knew Daisy was a pig-headed fool, but I never dreamed she could carry her folly to such extremes." Friction between mother and daughter is evident throughout this period. Also in this year, attention was focussed on Daisy's health; in February, Nelly took Daisy to Atlanta to have her ears examined (she lost hearing in the left ear at this time, and lost hearing in the right later in life). During this visit, mother and daughter escaped a fire that razed their hotel on 11 February.
A letter of 25 December from W. W. to Andrew Low, Daisy's future father-in-law, discusses the prospects of Willie Low, who had asked for Daisy's hand. On 8 January 1886, there is a letter from Amy Grenfell, Daisy's future sister-in-law, explaining that Andrew Low had agreed to the marriage, but wished to delay the event for a year. Over the next year, there are many letters relating to Willie and Daisy, including one on 6 September in which Daisy explained away a report on Willie's involvement in a betting scandal. Willie and Daisy married in 1887. Over the next few years, there are a few letters from Daisy to various family members describing her activities and periodic references in the letters of others to how the couple fared.
The volume of business letters decreases early in this period, but W. W.'s entry into Democratic politics is reasonably well documented, especially in the late 1880s and early 1890s when he served in the Georgia legislature. By 1893, however, it is back to business as usual with items referring to deals involving cotton, land deals, phosphates, railroads, oyster cultivation, and many other ventures, some of which were undertaken with various family members. There is also a considerable amount of material relating to horse breeding, particularly W. W.'s interest farms run by W. W.'s Stiles relatives in Texas and Georgia. In 1894, there is some material about W. W.'s involvement with the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia. (See also scrapbooks relating to Georgia business and politics in Subseries 3.3.)
Letters from G. Arthur Gordon (Arthur) begin around July 1885 when he was away at school. Letters show that by 1893 Arthur was back in Savannah and on his way to becoming an expert on Sea Island cotton as a partner in W. W. Gordon & Company. Arthur's involvement in Savannah politics and boosterism is evident, from his Masonic and other club activities to his drilling as a captain in the Georgia Hussars. Arthur also received frequent letters on political issues from his brother-in-law Wayne Parker, who served as Republican congressman from New Jersey in 1895-1911, 1914-1919, and 1921-1923. Arthur was also the chief confidant of his sisters Daisy and Mabel, especially when they wished to discuss internal family difficulties. (See also volume X in Subseries 3.3., a scrapbook documenting some of Arthur's activities during this period.)
In 1898, there are many letters relating to W. W.'s role in the Spanish-American War. Commissioned as a brigadier general of volunteers, W. W. was first stationed at Mobile, Ala., and Miami, Fla. A document dated 19 August 1898 shows that W. W. was relieved of his command to serve on the Commission of the United States of America for Puerto Rico, which was charged with arranging the evacuation of Spanish troops from Puerto Rico. Many items in late 1898 and into 1899 contain descriptions of conditions in Puerto Rico. Early in W. W.'s absence from Savannah, Arthur assumed control of W. W. Gordon & Company, but soon both Arthur and his brother William joined their father in war work. W. W. Gordon & Company was then in the hands of Beirne Gordon, a relative and long-time partner in the firm, who wrote frequent business letters to both W. W. and Arthur. Nelly and Daisy also contributed to the war effort, nursing the wounded in Miami.
Also included in this subseries are letters relating to sister Nell in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. W. W.'s involvement as a Yale alumnus is evident in letters throughout this period about his participation in efforts to build a monument to Yale men killed in the Civil War. There are also a few references to his Episcopal Church activities. Around 1895, there is mention of Nelly's work with the Colonial Dames. In 1898, there are a few items relating to Mabel's marriage to Rowland Leigh and her settling in England from which she wrote many letters about family affairs, particularly confidential letters to Arthur about Nelly and Daisy. There are also a great many letters about family matters from Nelly to her uncle Julian Magill in Chicago.
1885
Folder
105-107
1886
Folder
108
1887
Folder
109
1888
Folder
110
1889-1890
Folder
111
1891
Folder
112
1892
Folder
113-116
1893
Folder
117-120
1894
Folder
121a
1895
Folder
121b-121g
1889-1895, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy books (16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25)
Folder
122-124
1896
Folder
125-133
1897
Folder
134-150a
1898
Folder
150b-150c
1898-1899, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy books (26, 27)
Folder
151-156a
1899
Folder
156b
1899-1901, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy book (32)
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1.6. 1900-1912.
About 2,200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Cotton business materials continue during this period. In particular, when either W. W. or Arthur was traveling there is extensive, detailed correspondence on pending business matters. In 1901, there is material relating to the establishment of a cotton gin, and, perhaps in reaction to this, a letter dated 6 October 1901 in which Nelly scolded W. W. for being too timid in business. Most subsequent business materials relate to Sea Island cotton and cotton seed sales. In 1907, Arthur and W. W. were active in national cotton exchange business, with W. W. serving on the Revision Committee of the New York Cotton Exchange, which was attempting to set new standards for grading and pricing cotton and cotton seed.
Daisy's marriage was in grave danger by 1900. In a 23 October 1900 letter to Arthur, she wrote, "[Margaret, who was looking for a husband] pointed out I had made a 'good match' myself, but after all Willie Low has other charms besides money. And I told her frankly he was a very bad husband." By June 1902, Daisy was writing of separating from Willie and supporting herself. On 19 June, she wrote to Arthur, "[Willie] did not think we would ever be happy together again, and he asked me to consent to live apart. He did not mention money ... Papa and Willie can settle that." Subsequent letters show her very sensitive to her new position. On 15 September, she wrote to Nelly, "I mean to divorce him. [I]f my affairs are to be made public, I shall prove him in the wrong and at least have the advantage of being free and quit of him," and, on 21 November, she wrote to Arthur, "I get pity and Willie gets blame, but I prefer dignified silence to either."
By the end of 1902, Arthur was conferring with Wayne Parker about the legality of divorce involving English and American citizens, with questions of money and responsibility coming to the fore. Willie tried to provoke Daisy into divorcing him by being seen with various women while protecting Mrs. Bateman, with whom he was really having an affair. Daisy refused to comply. Willie's revised will of 21 November 1902 became significant when he died in June 1905. Daisy's claim that Willie had been unduly influenced by Mrs. Bateman when he wrote the 1902 will, a point that was settled in Daisy's favor after Mrs. Bateman became seriously ill in 1906. After the settlement, Daisy spent much time traveling. Included is a short diary of Daisy's 1907-1908 trip to India.
Letters between Daisy and Robert Baden-Powell begin with one dated 29 May 1911 inviting Daisy to lunch. Letters reveal that Daisy and Baden-Powell spent much time sketching together in the countryside and attending lunches and dinners. Few letters contain substantive material about the Girl Guides or Daisy's Girl Scout program, notable exceptions being a letter of 11 February 1912 in which Baden-Powell referred Daisy to other women interested in the Girl Guides and a letter of 6 May 1912 in which W. W. complained to Mabel about Daisy's taking her frustrations with the Girl Scouts out on her mother. Some letters have a philosophical tone. On 4 July 1911, Baden-Powell wrote to Daisy, "I think that the policy for this world [should be] be glad of what you have got, and not miserable about what you would like to have had nor over anxious as to what the future will bring."
Also of interest are a letter of 2 March 1907 discussing one of the first long-distance telephone transmissions; letters around 21 December 1907 relating to W. W. and Nelly's 50th wedding anniversary; letters on national politics, especially tariffs, from Wayne and from Yale friend Vance McCormick of Harrisburg, Pa., to Arthur; letters about local Savannah politics to and from Arthur, who was active on many boards and commissions; materials, beginning in 1909, from the Committee on the Memorial to Yale Men Who Fell in the War Between the States; a few letters around April 1911 in which Daisy described meeting Rudyard Kipling; letters, beginning around February 1912 about President Taft's visit to Savannah in May. There are also many items relating to Arthur's activities as captain in the 1st Regiment, Georgia State Troops. (See also the series of W. W.'s engagement calendars, 1900-1912, in Subseries 3.1.)
W. W. died on 11 September 1912 after a brief illness.
1900 (see also G. Arthur Gordon's lettercopy book, folder 156b above)
Folder
160b-160d
1900-1907, G. Arthur Gordon's military memoranda books (33, 35, 36)
Folder
161-167a
1901
Folder
167b
1901-1902, G. Arthur Gordon's military order book (37)
Folder
168-176a
1902
Folder
176b
1902, G. Arthur Gordon's military memoranda book (34)
Folder
177-179
1903
Folder
180-187a
1904
Folder
187b
1904-1905, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy book (58)
Folder
188-194
1905
Folder
195-201a
1906
Folder
201b
1906, W. W. Gordon's lettercopy book (59)
Folder
202-210a
1907
Folder
210b
1907-1908, Juliette Gordon Low's India travel diary (60)
Folder
211-213
1908
Folder
214-218
1909
Folder
219-234
1910
Folder
235-248a
1911
Folder
248b
1911-1912, G. Arthur Gordon's lettercopy book (61)
Folder
249-257a
1912
Folder
257b-257c
1912-May 1913, G. Arthur Gordon's lettercopy books (62, 63)
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1.7. 1913-1929.
About 1,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
After W. W.'s death, business letters no longer report the details of daily transactions, but, on a reduced scale, Arthur's cotton interests are well documented. The last items, dated 1928, relate to his involvement in Congressional investigations of cotton market manipulations. Arthur's civic work is also shown, including, beginning in 1915, his participation in the always financially strapped Negro Industrial Employment Exchange, an employment agency for cotton pickers, maids, cooks, and delivery boys. Letters, beginning in 1926, document Arthur's involvement with the Town Theatre in Savannah, including his part in a major tiff between a director and an actor.
Letters scattered, 1913-1924, including several from Robert Baden-Powell, show that, although she still spent most of her time in England, Daisy had succeeded in getting her Girl Scouts up and running. Beginning in 1914, however, most of her letters relate to war efforts, as do those of Mabel, chiefly addressed to Arthur. The sinking of the Lusitania, upon which the Gordons had frequently traveled, occasioned a sorrowful letter from Mabel on 9 May 1915. Mabel was extremely active in home support of the war in England, serving on several boards, including the Lady Lugard Hospitality Committee and the Fund for the Special Relief of Better Class Belgian Refugees, and for which she was awarded a medal in July 1918. Throughout the war years, a chief concern of the globe-hopping Gordons was travel restriction, especially when the family attempted to gather as when Nelly died on 22 February 1917.
In 1927, there are a few letters about the Juliette Low Memorial Fund and about the disbursement of Daisy's estate.
1913, (see also G. Arthur Gordon's lettercopy book. folder 257c above)
Folder
265b
1913-1914, G. Arthur Gordon's lettercopy book (64)
Folder
266-272
1914
Folder
273-279
1915
Folder
280-283
1916
Folder
284-289
1917
Folder
290-291
1918
Folder
292
1919-1925
Folder
293
1926-1927
Folder
294
1928-1929
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1.8. Undated.
About 600 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Undated letters and letter fragments of members of the Gordon and related families. Efforts have been made to group together the letters of Eleanor Kinzie Gordon (Nelly), G. Arthur Gordon, W. W. Gordon, Mabel Gordon Leigh, and Juliette Gordon Low (Daisy). Some secondary sorts have also been attempted, but there is necessarily a good deal of overlap among the categories.
Gordon, Eleanor Kinzie (Nelly): Letters and letter fragments to and from Nelly. Most letters relate to routine family affairs. There is also an undated volume that Nelly kept with records of social events and club work.
Folder
295-297
To and from Nelly. About 50 items.
Folder
298-300
To G. Arthur Gordon. About 50 items.
Folder
301-303a
To W. W. Gordon. About 50 items.
Folder
303b
Volume.
Gordon, G. Arthur: Letters and letter fragments to and from Arthur, including some relating to business matters and others from brother-in-law Rowland Leigh. Most letters relate to routine business or family affairs.
Folder
304-307
To and from G. Arthur Gordon. About 100 items.
Gordon, W. W.: Letters and letter fragments to and from W. W., chiefly relating to business matters, but also including a few family letters.
Folder
308-310
To and from W. W. About 50 items.
Folder
311
To G. Arthur Gordon. About 30 items.
Leigh, Mabel Gordon: Letters and letter fragments to and from Mabel, some relating to the activities of her sister Daisy.
Folder
312-313
To and from Mabel. About 50 items.
Folder
314-315
To G. Arthur Gordon. About 50 items.
Low, Juliette Gordon (Daisy): Letters and letter fragments to and from Daisy, chiefly from family members. Several relate to Daisy's divorce and a very few relate to the Girl Scouts.
Folder
316-319
From Daisy. About 50 items.
Folder
320
To Daisy, including a few from the Baden-Powells. About 20 items.
Miscellaneous family members: Letters and letter fragments to and from various family members other than those mentioned above. In a few cases, both sender and recipient are unknown.
Folder
321-323
To and from various family members. About 75 items.
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2. Other Materials, 1900s.
About 70 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Clippings, 1900s, many relating to the death of Eleanor Kinzie Gordon (Nelly) in 1917, others to social and business events, and a few to the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Folder
324-326
Clippings. About 50 items.
Photographs
Folder
P-2235/1
Mary Stuart Gordon as a child, ca. 1910.
Folder
P-2235/2-4
Three portraits of W. W. Gordon, one in military uniform, undated.
Folder
P-2235/5
Juliette Gordon Low waiving goodbye to President Taft in Savannah, 1912.
Folder
P-2235/6
Unidentified child, undated.
Folder
P-2235/7
Unidentified building, undated.
Printed advertisements for various products and services, undated; lists of rules of various clubs, undated; Juliette Gordon Low's Girl Scout badge; and other items.
Folder
321-323
Miscellaneous.
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3. W. W. Gordon Engagement Calendars, 1900-1912.
12 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Pocket-sized engagement calendars in which W. W. Gordon sporadically recorded brief entries relating to personal and social events--parties, visitors, illnesses, etc.--and, sometimes, the expenses associated with them. Volumes in this series have been given alphabetical designations as a result of reprocessing in order to differentiate them from the business volumes in Series 4; old volume numbers may be found in parentheses in the folder list.
Folder
329
Volume A: 1900 (38)
Folder
330
Volume B: 1901 (39)
Folder
331
Volume C: 1903 (40)
Folder
332
Volume D: 1904 (41)
Folder
333
Volume E: 1905 (42)
Folder
334
Volume F: 1906 (43)
Folder
335
Volume G: 1907 (44)
Folder
336
Volume H: 1908 (45)
Folder
337
Volume I: 1909 (46)
Folder
338
Volume J: 1910 (47)
Folder
339
Volume K: 1910 (48)
Folder
340
Volume L: 1912 (49)
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4. Farm Memoranda Books, 1904-1912.
8 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Memoranda books with entries relating to the operation of Belmont and other farm property owned by the Gordons. Included are copies of communications between W. W. Gordon and Robert Lee Allen about work at Belmont and the condition of the property. Volumes in this series have been given alphabetical designations as a result of reprocessing in order to differentiate them from the business volumes in Series 4; old volume numbers may be found in parentheses in the folder list.
Folder
341
Volume M: July 1904-January 1907 (50)
Folder
342
Volume N: January 1907-December 1908 (51)
Folder
343
Volume O: January-December 1909 (52)
Folder
344
Volume P: October 1909-May 1912 (56)
Folder
345
Volume Q: December 1909-May 1910 (53)
Folder
346
Volume R: June 1910-June 1911 (54)
Folder
347
Volume S: June 1911-March 1912 (55)
Folder
348
Volume T: May 1912 (57)
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5. Scrapbooks, 1863-1901.
15 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Scrapbooks containing clippings and miscellaneous items. Compilers of some of the scrapbooks are known and indicated below; when most of the material in a scrapbook relates to particular subjects, that also has been noted below. Volumes in this series have been given alphabetical designations as a result of reprocessing in order to differentiate them from the business volumes in Series 4; old volume numbers may be found in parentheses in the folder list.
Note that all of these volumes, especially Volume X, are extremely fragile and should be handled with extra care.
Note that folder numbers 364-406 are not in use.
Folder
349
Volume U: 1863-1893, Miscellaneous clippings from the 1880s and 1890s (6)
Folder
350
Volume V: 1885-1887, Miscellaneous clippings (10)
Folder
351
Volume W: 1886, Miscellaneous clippings (11)
Folder
352-355
Volume X: 1887-1901, G. Arthur Gordon's memorabilia relating to his social life, travels, and civic and club activities (12)
Folder
356
Volume Y: 1888, Chiefly clippings, some of them about politics, collected by W. W. Gordon (13)
Folder
357
Volume Z: 1888, Chiefly clippings collected by W. W. Gordon 14)
Folder
358
Volume AA: 1888-1893, Miscellaneous clippings collected by W. W. Gordon (15)
Folder
359
Volume BB: 1889-1891, Chiefly clippings related to Confederate vetrans' reunions and organizations (17)
Folder
360
Volume S-CC: 1889-1892, Chiefly clippings related to Georgia politics and events (S-18)
Folder
361
Volume DD: 1891-1893, Miscellaneous clippings (22)
Folder
362
Volume EE: 1892-1893, Chiefly clippings related to the Central Railroad of Georgia and to Georgia politics (23)
Folder
363
Volume S-FF: 1896, Chiefly clippings, some related to science, compiled by G. Arthur Gordon (S-28)
Volume S-GG: 1896, Chiefly clippings, many related to railroads, politics, and military affairs, compiled by G. Arthur Gordon (S-29)
Volume S-HH: 1896, Chiefly clippings, some related to foreign affairs, compiled by G. Arthur Gordon (S-30)
Volume S-II: 1896, Chiefly clippings, some related to local and national politics, compiled by G. Arthur Gordon (S-31)
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6. W. W. Gordon & Company and Other Business Volumes, 1844-1916.
About 690 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Volumes documenting business activities of W. W. Gordon & Company, cotton brokers of Savannah, Ga. Included are account books, records of sales, shipping records, and other records relating to the cotton trade. Also included are a few volumes of Tison & Gordon, W. W. Gordon & Company's predecessor, and related firms. The connection between the Florida volumes (volume 1 and volume 630) and the others is unclear.
Note that volumes relate to W. W. Gordon & Company except where noted. The volumes labeled missing are know to have existed at some time, but were not received when these volumes were transferred from the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School in 1975.
Note that folder numbers 364-406 are not in use. Note also that many of the volumes are extremely fragile.
Day Books:
Volume S-1: White Springs, East Florida, 1844-1848
Journals:
Volume S-2: 22 September 1853-August 1858 (Reed & Tison)
Volume S-3: July 1856-December 1859 (Tison & Gordon
Volume S-4: January 1862-November 1866 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-5: December 1870-December 1872 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-6: December 1872-October 1874 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-7: November 1874-December 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-8: December 1876-July 1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-9: July 1878-June 1880
Volume S-10: July 1880-February 1882
Volume S-11: March 1882-June 1883
Volume S-12: October 1884-November 1885
Volume S-13: December 1885-December 1886
Volume S-14: January 1887-December 1887
Volume S-15: December 1887-December 1888
Volume S-16: December 1888-February 1890
Volume S-17: February 1890-March 1891
Volume S-18: March 1891-April 1892
Volume S-19: May 1892-September 1893
Volume S-20: September 1893-December 1894
Volume S-21: January 1895-September 1896
Volume S-22: September 1896-March 1898
Volume S-23: April 1898-March 1900
Volume S-24: March 1900-September 1902
Volume S-25: December 1906-June 1909
Volume S-26: September 1878-March 1879 (John W. Anderson & Company)
Volume S-27: 1896-1899 (F.O.B. Dept.)
Folder
407
Volume 28: August 1900-August 1901
Volume S-29: September 1906-February 1908
Ledgers:
Volume S-30: 1853-1858 (Reed & Tison)
Volume S-31: 1856-1859 Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-32: 1861-1864 Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-33: 1865-1867 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-34: 1868-1869 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-35: 1869-1871 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-36: 1871-1873 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-37: 1873-1875 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-38: 1875-1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-39: 1877-1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-40: 1878-1879
Volume S-41: 1879-1880
Volume S-42: 1880-1881
Volume S-43: 1876-1879 (John W. Anderson & Company)
Folder
408
Volume 44: 1900-1902
Volume S-45: 1906-1907
Volume S-46: 1896-1897 (F.O.B. Dept.)
Cotton Ledgers:
Volume S-46a: 1877-1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-47: 1878-1879
Volume S-48: 1879-1880
Volume S-49: 1880-1881
Volume S-50: 1913-1914
Volume S-51: 1913-1914
Volume S-52: 1914
Volume S-53: 1916
Volume S-54: 1882-1883
Volume S-55: 1883-1884
Volume S-56: 1884-1885
Volume S-57: 1885-1886
Volume 58-67: Missing
Volume S-68: 1896-1897
Volume S-69: 1897-1898
Volume S-70: 1898-1899
Volume S-71: 1899-1900
Volume S-72: 1900-1901
Volume S-73: 1904-1905
Volume S-74: 1907-1908
Volume S-75: 1908-1909
Volume S-76: 1909-1910
Volume S-77: 1910-1911
Volume S-78: 1911-1912
Volume S-79: 1911-1912
Volume S-80: 1881-1882
Volume S-81: 1882-1883
Volume S-82: 1913-1914
Volume S-83: 1914-1915
Volume S-84: 1883-1884
Volume S-85: 1884-1885
Volume S-86: 1885-1886
Volume S-87: 1886-1887
Volume S-88: 1887-1888
Volume S-89: 1888-1889
Volume S-90: 1889-1890
Volume S-91: 1890-1891
Volume S-92: 1891-1892
Volume S-93: 1892-1893
Volume S-94: 1893-1894
Volume S-95: 1894-1895
Volume S-96: 1895-1896
Volume S-97: 1896-1897
Volume S-98: 1897-1898
Volume S-99: 1898-1899
Volume S-100: 1899-1900
Volume S-101: 1900-1901
Volume S-102: 1901-1902
Volume S-103: 1902-1903
Volume S-104: 1903-1904
Volume S-105: 1905-1906
Volume S-106: 1907-1908
Volume S-107: 1909-1910
Volume S-108: 1910-1911
Volume S-109: 1911-1912
Volume S-110: 1912-1913
Produce Ledgers:
Volume S-111: 1855-1859 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-112: 1861-1897 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-113: 1866-1869
Volume S-114: 1869-1871
Volume S-115: 1875-1876
Volume S-116: 1875-1877
Volume S-117: 1876-1879 (John Anderson & Company)
Volume S-118: 1889-1894
Cash Books:
S-119: 1853-1858 (Reed & Tison)
S-120: April 1863-July 1867 (Tison & Gordon)
S-121: September 1869-March 1871 (Tison & Gordon)
S-122: March 1871-June 1872 (Tison & Gordon)
S-123: July 1872-December 1873 (Tison & Gordon)
S-124: March 1875-July 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
S-125: July 1876-October 1877 (Tison & Gordon)
S-126: October 1877-July 1878 (Tison & Gordon)
S-127: 1878-1879 (John W. Anderson & Company)
S-128: July 1878-June 1879
S-129: June 1879-February 1880
S-130: February 1880-November 1880
S-131: November 1880-April 1881
S-132: May 1881-December 1881
S-133: December 1881-September 1882
S-134: September 1882-March 1883
S-135: March 1883-June 1883
S-136: July 1883-December 1883
S-137: January 1883-October 1884
S-138: October 1884-January 1885
S-139: January 1885-September 1885
S-140: September 1885-January 1886
S-141: February 1886-October 1886
S-142October 1886-March 1887
S-143: March 1887-October 1887
S-144: November 1887-April 1888
S-145: April 1888-November 1888
S-146: November 1888-April 1889
S-147: May 1889-November 1889
S-148: November 1889-May 1890
S-149: May 1890-November 1890
S-150: November 1890-May 1891
S-151: November 1891-June 1892
S-152: July 1892-February 1893
S-153: February 1893-November 1893
S-154: November 1893-June 1894
S-155: June 1894-December 1894
S-156: December 1894-November 1895
S-157: November 1895-July 1896
S-158: July 1896-January 1897
S-159: January 1897-December 1897
S-160: December 1897-November 1898
S-161: December 1898-December 1899
S-162: December 1902-December 1903
S-163: December 1903-December 1904
Folder
409
Volume 164: 1906-1908 (cash)
Folder
410
Volume 165: 1894-1902
Folder
411
Volume 166: 1902-1910
Cash Balances:
Folder
412
Volume 167: September 1888-December 1896
Folder
413
Volume 168: February 1905-May 1913
Trial Balances:
Folder
414
Volume 169: August 1878-September 1878
Cotton Bills
Volume S-170: 1883-1884
Rice and Naval Store Bills:
Folder
415
Volume 171: 1888-1889
Notes/Stubs:
Volume S-172: 1881-1882
Volume S-173: 1884-1885
Volume S-174: 1887-1888
Volume S-175: 1900-1902
Receipts:
Folder
416
Volume 176: 23 March 1882-17 May 1883
Folder
417
Volume 177: 28 February 1885-30 July 1887
Folder
418
Volume 178: 30 November 1886-15 December 1887
Folder
419
Volume 179: 5 October 1894-7 March 1896
Folder
420
Volume 180: 18 August 1900-7 May 1902
Folder
421
Volume 181: 28 August 1909-12 December 1911
Folder
422
Volume 182: July 1881-June 1882
Folder
423
Volume 183: July 1882-May 1883
Folder
424
Volume 184: August 1884-May 1885
Folder
425
Volume 185: July 1885-June 1886
Folder
426
Volume 186: July 1886-June 1887
Folder
427
Volume 187: July 1887-June 1888
Folder
428
Volume 188: July 1888-June 1889
Folder
429
Volume 189: July 1889-June 1890
Folder
430
Volume 190: August 1890-June 1891
Folder
431
Volume 191: July 1891-June 1892
Folder
432
Volume 192: July 1892-June 1893
Folder
433a
Volume 193: July 1893-Jume 1894
Folder
433b
Volume 194: August 1894-December 1894
Folder
434
Volume 195: December 1894-December 1895
Folder
435
Volume 196: December 1895-November 1896
Folder
436
Volume 197: December 1896-December 1897
Folder
437
Volume 198: December 1897-June 1899
Folder
438
Volume 199: August 1899-June 1901
Folder
439
Volume 200: July 1901-October 1903
Folder
440
Volume 201: December 1905-June 1908
Accounts Current Index:
Folder
441
Volume 202: February 1886-June 1886 (balance sheet)
Advices, Cotton:
Folder
442
Volume 203: 1879
Folder
443
Volume 204: December 1881-July 1882
Folder
444
Volume 205: August 1887-April 1888; February 1891-July 1891
Folder
445
Volume 206: July 1890-January 1891
Folder
446
Volume 207: August 1891-December 1891
Volume 208: (not used)
Folder
447
Volume 209: December 1892-November 1893
Folder
448
Volume 210: November 1893-October 1894
Folder
449
Volume 211: January 1894-November 1896
Folder
450
Volume 212: November 1896-October 1897
Folder
451
Volume 213: November 1897-October 1898
Folder
452
Volume 214: November 1899-January 1901
Folder
453a
Volume 215: November 1905-November 1906
Cotton Market Report:
Volume S-216: 1893-1895
Bales Record, Central Railroad:
Volume S-217: July 1883-August 1884
Folder
453b
Volume 218: July 1891-May 1893
Folder
454
Volume 219: August 1892-June 1893
Folder
455
Volume 220: July 1893-June 1894
Folder
456
Volume 221: July 1894-June 1895
Bales Record, General:
Volume S-222: July 1883-May 1885
Folder
457
Volume 223: August 1890-June 1891
Bales Record, S.F. & W.
Volume S-224: February 1881-July 1882
Volume S-225: July 1882-June 1883
Volume S-226: July 1883-June 1884
Volume S-227: September 1884-June 1885
Volume S-228: July 1885-February 1887
Volume S-229: August 1887-April 1888
Volume S-230: July 1888-July 1889
Volume S-231: July 1889-June 1890
Produce Books:
Volume S-232: October 1876-February 1877
Volume S-233: December 1876-February 1881 (Gulf)
Volume S-234: January 1879-February 1881 (Gulf)
Cotton Sales
Volume S-235: November 1858-July 1860 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-236: July 1860-November 1862 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-237: December 1862-April 1867 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-238: April 1867-June 1869 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-239: July 1869-January 1871 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-240: March 1872-December 1873 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-241: December 1873-January 1875 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-242: January 1875-February 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-243: march 1876-November 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-244: November 1876-February 1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-245: December 1876-March 1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-246: December 1877-June 1878 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-247: July 1878-December 1879
Volume S-248: September 1878-January 1880
Volume S-249: September 1878-December 1879
Volume S-250: December 1879-February 1881
Volume S-251: January 1880-February 1881
Volume S-252: December 1879-February 1881
Volume S-253: July 1881-December 1882
Volume S-254: August 1881-December 1882
Volume S-255: September 1881-December 1882
Volume S-256:September 1881-December 1881
Volume S-257: January 1882-June 1883
Volume S-258: January 1883-May 1883
Volume S-259: January 1883-May 1883
Volume S-260: January 1883-June 1883
Volume 261: (see Volume 46a)
Volume S-262: July 1883-September 1887
Volume S-263: September 1883-January 1887
Volume S-264: September 1883-March 1887
Volume S-265: September 1883-June 1887
Volume S-266: September 1887-May 1891
Volume S-267: October 1887-August 1891
Volume S-268: October 1887-April 1891
Volume S-269: September 1887-May 1891
Volume S-270: September 1891-January 1894
Volume S-271: September 1891-October 1894
Volume S-272: September 1891-October 1894
Volume S-273: January 1894-November 1895
Volume S-274: November 1894-November 1901
Volume S-275: November 1894-October 1901
Volume S-276: October 1901-June 1904
Volume S-277: December 1901-October 1905
Volume S-278: December 1895-February 1898
Volume S-279: March 1898-December 1901
Volume S-280: July 1909-March 1912
Adjustment of Cotton Sales:
Volume S-281: July 1876-December 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume S-282: September 1876-November 1876 (Tison & Gordon)
Volume 283: (not used)
Account Sales:
Folder
458
Volume 284: June 1883-October 1883
Folder
459
Volume 285: September 1883-January 1884
Volumes 286-300: (missing)
Folder
460
Volume 301: September 1883-November 1883
Folder
461
Volume 302: October 1883-November 1883
Folder
462
Volume 303: October 1883-November 1883
Folder
463
Volume 304: November 1883-January 1884
Folder
464
Volume 305: December 1883-February 1884
Folder
465
Volume 306: January 1884-September 1884
Folder
466
Volume 307: February 1884-September 1884
Folder
467
Volume 308: September 1884-October 1884
Folder
468
Volume 309: September 1884-October 1884
Folder
469
Volume 310: October 1884-November 1884
Folder
470
Volume 311: November 1884-December 1884
Folder
471
Volume 312: November 1884-January 1885
Folder
472
Volume 313: December 1884-February 1885
Folder
473
Volume 314: January 1885-October 1885
Folder
474
Volume 315: February 1885-September 1885
Folder
475
Volume 316: September 1885
Folder
476
Volume 317: September 1885-October 1885
Folder
477
Volume 318: October 1885-December 1885
Folder
478
Volume 319: October 1885
Folder
479
Volume 320: April 1884-September 1887
Folder
480
Volume 321: October 1885-November 1885
Folder
481
Volume 322: November 1885-December 1885
Folder
482
Volume 323: November 1885-December 1885
Folder
483
Volume 324: December 1885-March 1886
Folder
484
Volume 325: December 1885-March 1886
Folder
485
Volume 326: March 1886-September 1886
Folder
486
Volume 327: March 1886-November 1886
Folder
487
Volume 328: September 1886-October 1886
Folder
488
Volume 329: October 1886-November 1886
Folder
489
Volume 330: November 1886-December 1886
Folder
490
Volume 331: December 1886-January 1887
Folder
491
Volume 332: December 1886-February 1887
Folder
492
Volume 333: January 1887-March 1887
Folder
493
Volume 334: February 1887-November 1887
Folder
494
Volume 335: March 1887-September 1887
Folder
495
Volume 336: September 1887-October 1887
Folder
496
Volume 337: September 1887-October 1887
Folder
497
Volume 338: October 1887-November 1887
Folder
498
Volume 339: October 1887-July 1891
Folder
499
Volume 340: November 1887-December 1887
Folder
500
Volume 341: November 1887-January 1888
Folder
501
Volume 342: December 1887-June 1888
Folder
502
Volume 343: September 1887-March 1889
Folder
503
Volume 344: January 1888-August 1888
Folder
504
Volume 345: February 1888-November 1888
Folder
505
Volume 346: August 1888-October 1888
Folder
506
Volume 347: October 1888
Folder
507
Volume 348: October 1888
Folder
508
Volume 349: October 1888-November 1888
Folder
509
Volume 350: November 1888-December 1888
Folder
510
Volume 351: November 1888-June 1889
Folder
511
Volume 352: December 1888-January 1889
Folder
512
Volume 353: January 1889-October 1889
Folder
513
Volume 354: January 1889-February 1889
Folder
514
Volume 355: February 1889-April 1889
Folder
515
Volume 356: April 1889-September 1889
Folder
516
Volume 357: September 1889-October 1889
Folder
517
Volume 358: October 1889
Folder
518
Volume 359: October 1889-November 1889
Folder
519
Volume 360: November 1889-December 1889
Folder
520
Volume 361: November 1889-December 1889
Folder
521
Volume 362: December 1889-February 1890
Folder
522
Volume 363: June 1890-October 1890
Folder
523
Volume 364: February 1890-September 1890
Folder
524
Volume 365: September 1890-October 1890
Folder
525
Volume 366: October 1890
Folder
526
Volume 367: October 1890-November 1890
Folder
527
Volume 368: October 1890-December 1890
Folder
528
Volume 369: November 1890-December 1890
Folder
529
Volume 370: December 1890-January 1891
Folder
530
Volume 371: December 1890-February 1891
Folder
531
Volume 372: January 1891-March 1891
Folder
532
Volume 373: February 1891-may 1891
Folder
533
Volume 374: March 1891-November 1891
Folder
534
Volume 375: May 1891-September 1891
Folder
535
Volume 376: September 1891-October 1891
Folder
536
Volume 377: October 1891
Folder
537
Volume 378: October 1891-November 1891
Folder
538
Volume 379: November 1891-December 1891
Folder
539
Volume 380: November 1891
Folder
540
Volume 381: November 1891-January 1892
Folder
541
Volume 382: December 1891-January 1892
Folder
542
Volume 383: January 1892-February 1892
Folder
543
Volume 384: January 1892-March 1892
Folder
544
Volume 385: February 1892-September 1892
Folder
545
Volume 386: March 1892-November 1892
Folder
546
Volume 387: September 1892-October 1892
Folder
547
Volume 388: October 1892-November 1892
Folder
548
Volume 389: November 1892-February 1893
Folder
549
Volume 390: December 1892-April 1893
Folder
550
Volume 391: February 1893-September 1893
Folder
551
Volume 392: April 1893-October 1893
Folder
552
Volume 393: September 1893-October 1893
Folder
553
Volume 394: October 1893-November 1893
Folder
554
Volume 395: October 1893-November 1893
Folder
555
Volume 396: November 1893-December 1893
Folder
556
Volume 397: November 1893-January 1894
Folder
557
Volume 398: December 1893-March 1894
Folder
558
Volume 399: January 1894-March 1894
Folder
559
Volume 400: March 1894-September 1894
Folder
560
Volume 401: march 1894-October 1894
Folder
561
Volume 402: September 1894-october 1894
Folder
562
Volume 403: October 1894-November 1894
Folder
563
Volume 404: October 1894-December 1894
Folder
564
Volume 405: November 1894
Folder
565
Volume 406: November 1894-December 1894
Folder
566
Volume 407: December 1894-January 1895
Folder
567
Volume 408: December 1894-April 1895
Folder
568
Volume 409: December 1894-January 1895
Folder
569
Volume 410: January 1895-March 1895
Folder
570
Volume 411: December 1894-October 1895
Folder
571
Volume 412: March 1895-October 1895
Folder
572
Volume 413: October 1895-November 1895
Folder
573
Volume 414: October 1895-November 1895
Folder
574
Volume 415: November 1895-December 1895
Folder
575
Volume 416: December 1895-February 1896
Folder
576
Volume 417: January 1896-August 1896
Folder
577
Volume 418: February 1896-September 1896
Folder
578
Volume 419: August 1896-October 1896
Folder
579
Volume 420: September 1896-November 1896
Folder
580
Volume 421: October 1896-January 1897
Folder
581
Volume 422: October 1896-December 1896
Folder
582
Volume 423: December 1896-March 1897
Folder
583
Volume 424: January 1897-September 1897
Folder
584
Volume 425: march 1897-September 1897
Folder
585
Volume 426: September 1897-November 1897
Folder
586
Volume 427: (see volume 546)
Folder
587
Volume 428: September 1897-December 1897
Folder
588
Volume 429: October 1897-January 1898
Folder
589
Volume 430: December 1897-February 1898
Folder
590
Volume 431: June 1898-October 1898
Folder
591
Volume 432: February 1898-May 1898
Folder
592
Volume 433: May 1898-November 1898
Folder
593
Volume 434: October 1898-December 1898
Folder
594
Volume 435: November 1898-December 1898
Folder
595
Volume 436: (see Volume 462a)
Folder
596
Volume 437: December 1898-April 1899
Folder
597
Volume 438: December 1898-September 1899
Folder
598
Volume 439: November 1899-November 1900
Folder
599
Volume 440: September 1899-November 1899
Folder
600
Volume 441: April 1899-November 1899
Folder
601
Volume 442: November 1899-June 1900
Folder
602
Volume 443: February 1900-December 1900
Folder
603
Volume 444: November 1900-September 1901
Folder
604
Volume 445: December 1900-May 1901
Folder
605
Volume 446: May 1901-December 1901
Folder
606
Volume 447: September 1901-November 1901
Folder
607
Volume 448: December 1901-march 1904
Folder
608
Volume 449: November 1901-August 1902
Folder
609
Volume 450: March 1902-November 1902
Folder
610
Volume 451: August 1902-October 1902
Folder
611-612
Volume 451a-451b: October 1902-June 1903
Folder
613
Volume 452: January 1903-September 1903
Folder
614
Volume 453: January 1903-February 1903
Folder
615
Volume 454: February 1903-April 1903
Folder
616
Volume 455: April 1903-November 1903
Folder
617
Volume 456: september 1903-October 1903
Folder
618
Volume 457: October 1903-December 1903
Folder
619
Volume 458: November 1903-December 1903
Folder
620
Volume 459: December 1903-May 1904
Folder
621
Volume 460: December 1903-September 1904
Folder
622
Volume 461: May 1904-October 1904
Folder
623
Volume 462: September 1904-November 1904
Folder
624
Volume 462a: October 1904-December 1904
Folder
625
Volume 462b: November 1904-February 1905
Folder
626
Volume 463: December 1904-March 1905
Folder
627
Volume 464: February 1905-September 1905
Folder
628
Volume 465: march 1905-October 1905
Folder
629
Volume 466: December 1905-January 1906
Folder
630
Volume 467: March 1908-October 1913
Volume 468: (missing)
Folder
631
Volume 469: June 1908-October 1908
Folder
632
Volume 470: January 1906-March 1906
Folder
633
Volume 471: October 1905-December 1905
Folder
634
Volume 472: March 1906-May 1906
Folder
635
Volume 473: May 1906-January 1907
Folder
636
Volume 474: October 1906-November 1906
Folder
637
Volume 475: February 1907-September 1907
Folder
638
Volume 476: December 1907-February 1908
Folder
639
Volume 477: February 1908-July 1908
Folder
640
Volume 478: October 1908-November 1908
Folder
641
Volume 479: February 1909-September 1909
Folder
642
Volume 480: September 1909-October 1909
Folder
643
Volume 481: October 1909-December 1909
Folder
644
Volume 482: December 1909-September 1910
Folder
645
Volume 483: October 1910-December 1910
Folder
646
Volume 484: October 1911-November 1911
Folder
647
Volume 485: August 1911-October 1911
Folder
648
Volume 486: January 1912-May 1912
Folder
649
Volume 487: May 1912-October 1912
Folder
650
Volume 488: December 1913-December 1914
Folder
651
Volume 489: February 1909-April 1909
Folder
652
Volume 490: May 1909-October 1909
Folder
653
Volume 491: November 1909-December 1909
Folder
654
Volume 492: December 1909-September 1910
Folder
655
Volume 493: September 1910-February 1911
Folder
656
Volume 494: March 1911-May 1911
Folder
657
Volume 495: May 1911-October 1911
Folder
658
Volume 496: October 1911-December 1911
Folder
659
Volume 497: December 1911-February 1912
Folder
660
Volume 498: March 1912-October 1912
Order Notify Cotton Records:
Volume S-499: 1921
Volume S-500: 1924
Volume S-501: 1925
Volume S-502: 1926
Delivered To:
Volume S-503: February 1881-April 1881
Volume S-504: February 1881-April 1881
Volume S-505: February 1881-April 1881
Volume S-506: April 1881-June 1881
Check Book Stubs:
Volume S-507: September 1900-August 1901
Forwarding Journal:
Volume S-508: November 1866-August 1869
Shipping Books:
Volume S-509: September 1900-October 1900
Forwarding Ledgers:
Volume S-510: ca. 1862
Delivery Stubs, Rice Mill:
Volume S-511: April 1887-January 1888
Stock Books, Exports:
Folder
661
Volume 512: September 1897-May 1901
Accounts Current or Statements:
Folder
662
Volume 513: June 1879-December 1879
Folder
663
Volume 514: february 1880-May 1880
Folder
664
Volume 515: January 1881-March 1881
Folder
665
Volume 516: April 1881
Folder
666
Volume 517: August 1881-October 1881
Folder
667
Volume 518: January 1882-March 1882
Folder
668
Volume 519: March 1883-August 1883
Folder
669
Volume 520: November 1883-February 1884
Folder
670
Volume 521: February 1884-June 1884
Folder
671
Volume 522: October 1884-January 1885
Folder
672
Volume 523: january 1890-June 1890
Folder
673
Volume 524: June 1890-February 1891
Folder
674
Volume 525: October 1891-march 1892
Folder
675
Volume 526: March 1892-December 1892
Folder
676
Volume 527: December 1892-July 1893
Folder
677
Volume 528: July 1893-March 1894
Folder
678
Volume 529: March 1894-February 1895
Folder
679
Volume 530: December 1895-December 1896
Folder
680
Volume 531: December 1896-November 1897
Folder
681
Volume 532: November 1897-January 1899
Folder
682
Volume 533: February 1899-March 1900
Folder
683
Volume 534: February 1900-May 1901
Folder
684
Volume 535: May 1901-September 1902
Folder
685
Volume 536: September 1902-November 1903
Advice of Sales:
Folder
686
Volume 537: August 1890-December 1890
Folder
687-688
Volume 538a-538b: October 1892-March 1893
Folder
689-690
Volume 539a-539b: October 1893-December 1893
Folder
691
Volume 540: February 1897-October 1897
Folder
692
Volume 541: December 1904-October 1905
Sales Tickets:
Folder
693
Volume 542: January 1888-December 1889
Folder
694
Volume 543: December 1889-october 1890
Folder
695
Volume 544: October 1890-February 1891
Folder
696
Volume 545: February 1891-March 1892
Account Sales, Special Depts., F.O.B.
Folder
697
Volume 546: April 1897-October 1901
Folder
698
Volume 547: October 1901-October 1905
Folder
699
Volume 548: October 1901-November 1902
Folder
700
Volume 549: March 1891-December 1894
Receipts for Storage:
Folder
701
Volume 550: September 1889-January 1890
Sales Records:
Folder
702
Volume 551: November 1889-February 1889
Folder
703
Volume 552: January 1890-December 1890
Folder
704
Volume 553: January 1892-March 1892
Folder
705
Volume 554a: February 1894-September 1894
Letters Sent:
Folder
706
Volume 554b: May 1874-September 1874 (Tison & Gordon)
Folder
707
Volume 555: november 1895
Folder
708
Volume 556: November 1895-December 1895
Folder
709
Volume 557: October 1896-November 1896
Folder
710
Volume 558: November 1896-December 1896
Volume 559: (missing)
Folder
711
Volume 560: November 1902
Folder
712
Volume 561: November 1902-December 1902
Folder
713
Volume 562: December 1902-January 1903
Folder
714
Volume 563: January 1903-February 1903
Folder
715
Volume 564: February 1903-March 1903
Folder
716
Volume 565: March 1903-May 1903
Folder
717
Volume 566: May 1903-July 1903
Folder
718
Volume 567: July 1903-August 1903
Folder
719
Volume 568: August 1903-September 1903
Folder
720
Volume 569: December 1914
Folder
721
Volume 570: December 1914
Folder
722
Volume 571: December 1914-January 1915
Volumes 572-574: (missing)
Incoming Letters, Northern:
Folder
723
Volume 575: July 1894-September 1895
Folder
724
Volume 576: September 1895-June 1896
Folder
725
Volume 577: December 1896-September 1897
Folder
726
Volume 578: September 1897-July 1898
Folder
727
Volume 579: July 1898-September 1899
Folder
728
Volume 580: September 1899-January 1900
Folder
729
Volume 581: January 1900-September 1900
Folder
730
Volume 582: September 1900-November 1900
Volume 583: (see Volume 534a)
Letters from B. F. Babcock
Folder
731
Volume 584: July 1881-March 1883
Folder
732
Volume 585: March 1883-June 1885
Letters from A. P. Branley
Folder
733
Volume 586a: 1894-1895
Folder
734
Volume 586b: 1894-1895
Folder
735
Volume 587: August 1894-February 1895
Folder
736
Volume 588: February 1895
Incoming Letters, Foreign:
Folder
737
Volume 589: March 1896-January 1899
Folder
738
Volume 590: January 1899-October 1900
England:
Folder
739
Volume 591:July 1893-November 1893
Folder
740
Volume 592: June 1895-September 1895
Folder
741
Volume 593: September 1895-December 1895
Folder
742
Volume 594: December 1895-May 1896
Folder
743
Volume 595: May 1896-November 1896
Folder
744
Volume 596: December 1896-March 1897
Folder
745
Volume 597: March 1897-February 1898
Folder
746
Volume 598: March 1898-October 1898
Folder
747
Volume 599: October 1898-January 1899
Folder
748
Volume 600: January 1899-October 1899
Folder
749
Volume 601: October 1899-January 1900
Folder
750
Volume 602: January 1900-March 1900
France:
Folder
751
Volume 603: May 1894-August 1865
Folder
752
Volume 604: August 1895-May 1896
Folder
753
Volume 605: June 1896-March 1897
Folder
754
Volume 606: March 1897-October 1898
Folder
755
Volume 607: October 1898-November 1899
Folder
756
Volume 608: November 1899-October 1900
Telegrams:
Folder
757
Volume 609: November 1894-November 1895
Cables:
Volume 610: (missing)
Market Reports, Gordon Co.
Folder
758
Volume 611: September 1881-April 1883
Folder
759
Volume 612: September 1882-April 1883
Folder
760
Volume 613: October 1884-December 1885
Folder
761
Volume 614: December 1885-January 1887
Folder
762
Volume 615: August 1887-March 1889
Volumes 616-617: (missing)
Folder
763
Volume 618: September 1891-November 1893
Folder
764
Volume 619: December 1895-April 1897
Folder
765
Volume 620: April 1897-February 1899