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Elijah T.P. Gibbons papers

1 box (0.25 linear feet)

(1861 – 1879)

bulk 1861-1865

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 1990.028
Creator(s) Gibbons, Elijah
Acquisition

The Elijah T.P. Gibbons papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Gladys Gibbons in 1990.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. Van Veen McRoberts, January 2014.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

Elijah T.P. Gibbons papers document through correspondence the activities of Gibbons’ cousin, Alexander King, a Union soldier who served in Tennessee’s Company K and Hiram Scott, Gibbons’ uncle who was living in Kentucky during the Civil War. The correspondence also includes friends and family members and expresses opinion on the war including the draft, life in military camp, and their on-going activities, 1861-1865. Also included are debt payments and bond statements between Gibbons and James Cottman from the 1870s.

Biographical History

Elijah Thomas Parsons Gibbons (1841-1892), the son of Burton C. Gibbons and Elizabeth P. Parsons Gibbons; he was a farmer and Magistrate in Somerset County, Maryland. He married Adaline F. Dryden in September of 1865, and they had eight children.

Arrangement Statement

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Personal Names
    • Gibbons, Elijah T.P. (1841-1892)
    • King, Alexander ( )
    • Scott, Hiram ( )
  • Location Terms
    • Accomack County (Va.)
    • Locustville (Va.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1.      Correspondence, From Alexander H. King [cousin] to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1861 May 14

2.      Correspondence, From Hiram Scott [uncle] to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1861 August 18

3.      Correspondence, From Hiram Scott to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1862 August 10

4.      Correspondence, From Hiram Scott to Mary Polly Scott Gibbons [mother], 1862 November 16

5.      Correspondence, From Hiram Scott to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1864 October 2

6.      Correspondence, From Letha to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1864 December 11

7.      Correspondence, From Alexander H. King to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1865 January 2

8.      Correspondence, From Hiram Scott to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1865 January 30

9.      Correspondence, From Alexander H. King to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1865 March 12

10.  Correspondence, From Thomas C. Kellam [friend] to Elijah T.P. Gibbons, 1865 August 21

11.  Correspondence, From Elijah T.P. Gibbons to Sister, undated

12.  Song Lyrics, Handwritten, “Southern Girl with Homespun Dress,” 1865 January 10

13.  Order Debt Payment, From Elijah Gibbons to John Parsons, 1874 September 12

14.  Bond Statement, From James Cottman to Elijah Gibbons, 1879 April 24

15.  Statement of Indebtness, From Elijah Gibbons to James Cottman, 1879

16.  Land Grant, Amity Tract, undated

17.  Photocopies, Original Letters, undated

18.  Correspondence, Transcribed, undated

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