Correspondence Between Helen M. Chapman and Robert M. Weir

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1
Creator:
Southerland, Helen Mary (Chapman) and Weir, Robert Mitchell, 1877-1949
Scope and content:

This folder contains 10 letters written between Robert (Bob) Mitchel Weir and his 2nd cousin Helen Mary Chapman, later Southerland. Robert's maternal grandfather, Robert Alexander, was the brother of Helen's paternal grandmother, Sigismunda Mary Francis Alexander Chapman. The contents of the letters appear to be messages during a courtship while Robert lived in Noblesville, Virginia and Washington, and Helen lived in Gunston which is now Arlington, Virginia.

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
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Alexandria, VA 22314
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