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Colvin-Johnston-Gordin Letters

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-211

Content Description

Letters written to John Colvin of Morrisville, Ohio, his daughter Louie (Colvin) Johnston of Morrisville and Bowersville, Ohio, to her son Ernest Johnston, and to Mrs. F. P. Gordin of Xenia, Ohio, 1895-1963. The letters to Johnston are from friends and relatives, mainly in Ohio. Those to Gordin are from a correspondent in Vienna, Austria.

Dates

  • 1893-1961

Biographical / Historical

John T. Colvin (1825-1897) was a lifelong resident of Clinton County, Ohio. Louie Colvin (1875-1951) of Morrisville, Clinton County, Ohio, married Horace V. Johnston (1875-1951) of Bowersville, Greene County, Ohio, in 1897, and spent the rest of her life in Greene County. Her relationship to Mrs. Gordin is unclear.

Extent

0 Fix

Language of Materials

English

Condition Description

Good. Most still in envelopes.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository

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