TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I: Letters, 1844-1849
Series II: Letters, 1850-1859
Series III: Letters, 1860-1869
Series IV: Undated letters
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Guide to the Morrison Gunn family letters, 1844-1869
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Title: |
Morrison Gunn family letters |
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Dates: |
1844-1869 |
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Abstract: |
Photocopies of 49 letters to Morrison
Gunn from members of his family and various friends. For the most part they are
personal, but also include information on the conditions faced by immigrant farmers
and the problems of establishing a home. |
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Identification: |
MS 151 |
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Extent: |
49 photocopied letters (1 folder) |
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Language |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston,
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Morrison Gunn was born in Edinburgh, Scotland circa 1820. He left Scotland for the
United States as an adult somewhere between the late 1830s and the early 1840s
and first lived in Laurens, Otsego County, New York. Subsequent addresses include
Cold Water and Ann Arbor, Michigan and Angola, Indiana. He was employed by the
American Car Company of Chicago. He was a private in the 129th Regiment of Indiana
Volunteers from November 23, 1863, until his discharge on July 10, 1865 in
Greensboro , North Carolina.
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The collection consists of photocopies of 49 letters to Morrison Gunn from members of
his family and various friends. For the most part they are personal, but also
include information on the conditions faced by immigrant farmers and the problems of
establishing a home.
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Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Gunn family letters, MS 151, must be obtained from
the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Gunn, Morrison, b. 1820 -
correspondence |
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Gunn, Wannay Fred - correspondence |
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Gunn, Ann - correspondence |
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Berger, Samuel -
correspondence |
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Subjects (Places) |
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United StatesHistoryCivil War,
1861-1865. |
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Correspondence |
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Morrison Gunn family letters, 1844-1869, MS 151, Woodson Research Center, Fondren
Library, Rice University.
Photocopies donated by Mr. Dale A. Letts in September 1963. Orignals now held by
Sarah L. Atherton, Mr. Letts daughter.
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Series I: Letters, 1844-1849 |
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Wannay Fred Gunn to unknown (Esteemed Friends), April 3,
1844 |
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Unknown to Morreson Gunn, June 1, 1845 |
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Moreson Gunn to Moreson(?), June 2, 1845 |
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Unknown to father (Morrison Gunn), September 28, 1845 |
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Daniel E. Palmer to unknown, December 18, 1845 |
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Robert Gunn to Morrison Gunn, May 23, 1846 |
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John and Margaret Ryan to brother (Morrison Gunn), July 15,
1846 |
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John Ryan to Morrison Gunn, July 20, 1847 |
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B Sture(?) to Morrison Gunn, July 27, 1847 |
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Wannay Fred Gunn to Morrison Gunn, November 21, 1847 |
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B Sture(?) to Morrison Gunn, January 24, 1848 |
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John R. Massun to Morrison Gunn, January 25, 1848 |
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William Comstock to Morrison Gunn, February 29, 1848 |
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John and Margaret Ryan to Morrison Gunn; & unknown to
Morrison Gunn, December 18, 1848 |
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Son of Morrison Gunn to Morrison Gunn, January 20,
1849 |
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Ann Gunn to Morrison Gunn, Febuary 23, 1849 |
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn, March 20, 1848 or 1849 |
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Series II: Letters, 1850-1859 |
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Morrison Gunn to unknown, January 19, 1850; & John Ryan
to Morrison Gunn, October 10, 1850 |
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn, July 6, 1850 |
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Addison P. Strong to Friends Gunn & Ryan, September 26,
1850 |
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American Car Co. to Morrison Gunn, February 22, 1854 |
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Ann Berger (daughter of Morrison Gunn) to Morrison Gunn, June 17,
1854 |
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James Gunn to Morrison Gunn, July 15, 1854 |
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, July 15, 1954 |
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, August 11, 1854 |
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, October 8, 1854 |
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, October 30, 1854 |
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Ann Berger to Morrison Gunn, November 27, 1854 |
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, December 18, 1854 |
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Morrison Gunn to James Jackson (monetary transfer), February 3,
1954; & Morrison Gunn to unknown (monetary transfer), May 1 1855
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Samuel Berger to Morrison Gunn, February 19, 1855 |
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Thomas English to Morrison Gunn, September 8,1855 |
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Thomas English to Morrison Gunn, February 14, 1856 |
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Morrison Gunn to unknown (monetary transfer) , May 7,
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Series III: Letters, 1860-1869 |
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn (bill), September 5, 1860; &
William Barkhuff to Morrison Gunn, October 27, 1855 |
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Unknown to unknown, April 26, 1862 |
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Cornelia Allen & David Butler to sister (unknown),
December 1, 1862 |
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John Armstrong to Morrison Gunn, December 11, 1862 |
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David Allen and Cornelia Allen to sister (unknown), January 15,
1863 |
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Unknown to unknown, March 5, 1863 |
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David Allen & Cornelia Allen to sister (unknown), May 4,
1863 |
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Moore, to cousin (unknown), May 15, 1863 |
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Unknown to Nelson(?), August 8, 1863 |
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn (discharge from army), July 18,
1865 |
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Morrison Gunn to unknown (monetary transfer), April 8,
1869 |
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Series IV: Undated letters |
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn (envelope), February 20? (no year
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Unknown to Morrison Gunn (envelope), September 29? (no year
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John Ryan to Morrison Gunn, September 30? (no year
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